Gov't battles EU over use of air-passenger data
News The government is battling EU proposals to restrict the way it uses air-passenger data to monitor immigration. PNR data includes a passenger's names, travel agent or airline contact, ticket number, itinerary of at least one segment of the journey...
[August 11, 2008, 8:48]
US prevails in air-travel data row
News Despite opposition from the European Parliament, the European Commission has formally decided to declare the transfer of passenger data between the EU and US to be satisfactory. It will include a clause which validates what has been happening since...
[May 19, 2004, 16:25]
Biometric checks get air-passenger approval
News Air travellers have backed biometric security checks after a four-month trial of the passenger-screening technology at London's Heathrow airport. The miSense trial was aimed at testing the feasibility of advanced passenger screening in the UK...
[June 21, 2007, 12:12]
EU-US passenger data row heats up
News At stake is the Americans' right to access passenger data, some of it highly sensitive, which at present US customs have been accessing directly -- trying to satisfy the niceties of American air safety concerns as well as European data protection...
[December 3, 2003, 15:45]
US hits legal turbulence over EU passenger data
News The European Council and the US Government reached a disputed agreement in May 2004 on the processing and transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for all European air passengers travelling to the US.
[November 23, 2006, 16:26]
US to create 'risk assessments' of air passengers
News So-called Passenger Name Record (PNR) data may include passenger name, address, contact details, flight details, frequent flyer details, accommodation details, and general remarks. Under a deal with the European Union, the DHS can electronically...
[December 5, 2006, 11:45]
Home Office: 50,000 ID cards to be issued by April
News We do not intend to publish details of those routes for which Passenger Name Record data will be captured, as this is operationally sensitive," he added. On the scheme's future, Byrne said that e-Borders will check and screen 60 percent of all...
[September 9, 2008, 14:04]
Airlines fear delays from e-Borders surveillance tech
News These details include passenger names, date, method of payment and place of ticket issue. The cost to airlines of upgrading existing hardware and running systems for e-Borders is £242m over 10 years, an average of about 14p per passenger.
[February 12, 2009, 10:14]
Broadband joins the Mile-High Club
News It's not yet completely clear how much a passenger might expect to pay to get broadband in the air, but Carson said that it in discussions with one airline there had been talk of charging $35 (around £22) for access during a whole flight.
[January 14, 2003, 16:38]
US to keep EU passenger data for 15 years
Blog The US will now keep European Union passenger name records (PNR) data for fifteen years -- far longer than the the three and a half years it kept it previously, reports Out-Law.com. PNR data can be used by the Department of Homeland Security "in...
[July 26, 2007, 16:02]
Government launches new immigration screening system
News A Government project to use passenger and intelligence databases to track and screen travellers entering and leaving the UK is set to begin trials by the end of the year. Project Semaphore will initially involve six million passengers a year...
[September 29, 2004, 12:30]
BA: In-flight mobile for new aircraft only
News BA chief information officer Paul Coby predicted "exciting" new developments in in-flight passenger comms on new aircraft but warned it is essential for these communications to be "firewalled and separate from the cockpit".
[July 1, 2009, 16:26]
Lufthansa broadband poised to take flight
News The system could also be of great help if a passenger is taken ill mid-flight. Once we have broadband onboard, we can contemplate rigging up a heart monitor and sending data electronically," explained the Lufthansa spokesman, adding that work on...
[March 22, 2004, 15:40]
RFID to track airport passengers
News The plan is to issue every passenger with an RFID tag at check-in so human traffic can be monitored around the airport. The current tag does not store any data but might incorporate biometric data in the future, Brennan added.
[October 16, 2006, 9:50]
