Overview
Amadeus Passenger Data Gateway
An end-to-end solution for governments seeking full control over obtaining, managing, and forwarding Advance Passenger Information (API and iAPI), Passenger Name Records (PNR), and other traveler data from various modes of transport such as air, maritime, rail, and road.
Fully compliant “Passenger Data Single Window”
The solution ensures a fully compliant “Passenger Data Single Window”. A centralized point for integrating all traveler data flows across transportation modes and border crossings.
Fully compliant with ICAO standards
Amadeus Passenger Data Gateway is fully compliant with ICAO standards and the recommended practices outlined in Annex 9 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation.
Connects airlines to governments directly
Amadeus serves airlines worldwide. Therefore, the Amadeus Passenger Data Gateway can securely connect airlines to governments directly without the need for sending sensitive passenger data over a third-party data network.
Compliant with international standards and mandated by the United Nations
The collection of API & PNR passenger data by governments is mandated by the United Nations Security Council resolutions.
With almost 5 billion airline passengers per year and many more travelling by sea and land, border authorities, customs, police and intelligence officers have a tough job screening all passengers. However, many countries still have no effective systems for managing such data.
Therefore UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) 2178 (2014), 2396 (2017) and 2482 (2019) mandate all UN Member States to implement API and PNR data collection to detect threats and to improve international cooperation to tackle these threats jointly.
Amadeus Passenger Data Gateway connects seamlessly with the Amadeus Passenger Screening application in order to help governments around the globe to comply with international standards and secure their borders in order to combat transnational organized crime and terrorism but also protect the victims of crime.
Connect directly with airline reservation and departure control systems
Amadeus Passenger Data Gateway connects seamlessly with airline reservation and departure control systems to obtain passenger data.
By receiving passenger data directly from the airline’s systems, without the need to send this data over a third party data network, Amadeus Passenger Data Gateway is a trusted and affordable solution for both governments and airlines since it removes the necessity of a third party data network.
Ensure real‑time approval to board
Interactive API (iAPI) provides real‑time approval to board by instantly connecting airline check‑in systems with government border authorities.
It ensures that every traveller receives an immediate OK‑to‑board or Do‑Not‑Board decision within seconds, enhancing security and preventing inadmissible passengers from flying.
Carriers benefit from these automated compliance checks in advance as these avoid costly returns. The Amadeus Passenger Data Gateway ensures the iAPI data transmissions flow securely from Departure Control Systems to the Screening system and back.
Capabilities
Out‑of‑the‑box capabilities
Support for Maritime, Bus, and Rail
Provides support for tailored data formats for ferry, cruise, bus, and rail operators, enabling seamless batch submissions via SFTP. For maritime, supports standard IMO formats like FAL5 and FAL6.
Data Quality Management
Handles Data Quality, Normalization, and Enrichment for all incoming travelers’ data streams.
Data Merging for Screening
Merges API and PNR data before forwarding it to the Amadeus Passenger Screening application or existing Screening solution.
Operational Analytics & Reporting
Provides detailed operational analytics and reports on system performance, reporting on timeliness or missing messages.
Consolidation of traveler data
Amadeus Passenger Data Gateway is able to deliver all data in a single standardized data format, consolidating travelers’ data under a Unified Traveler Data (UTD) model.
Data uniformization
This process of data uniformization allows governmental agencies to avoid spending precious resources consolidating data from different operators arriving in different formats with consistent data quality and uniformity.
Passenger Data Submission Web portal
For manual submission of travelers’ data (e.g., for general aviation, charter flights, etc).
Single source of truth
Data cleansing and identity resolution enhances data quality and passengers identity information is combined to create a single source of truth.
