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Docket OST 1998-3305

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Re: Azerbaijan Airlines ProceduresPursuant to 14 CF.R. §243

Enclosed please find Azerbaijan Airlines' Procedures pursuant to 14 CFR Part 243.

A copy of same document containing the 24-hour contact information is submitted in the

referenced Docket separately, as a confidential submission.

Please contact the undersigned if you have any questions or comments with respect to the

enclosed document.

Respectfully Submitted,

Glenn P. Wicks

Counsel for Azerbaijan Airlines

Ekaterina A. Grimes

Consultant for Azerbaijan Airlines

Enclosures
U.S. Department of Transportation

Docket 1998-3305

SUMMARY OF AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES PROCEDURES

IN COMPLIANCE WITH 14 CFR PART 243

PASSENGER MANIFEST INFORMATION

(U.S. CITIZEN PASSENGERS ON PASSENGER-CARRYING SEGMENTS

OPERA TING TO/FROM THE UNITED STATES)

In compliance with 14 CFR Part 243 issued by the u.s. Department of Transportation on

February 18, 1998, ensuring that the U.S. Government has prompt and adequate information

about U.S. citizen passengers traveling on covered flight segments operating to/from the United

States in case of an aviation disaster occurring on such flight segments, Azerbaijan Airlines

("Carrier") shall, prior to operation of its inaugural night to the United States, initiate the

following passenger manifest procedures:

1. Information Gathering

e The full name (first, middle, family) of each covered passenger (including every person on

board the plane, except the crew working on that particular flight), defined as each passenger

traveling on a flight segment to/from the United States who is a U.S. citizen, shall be

collected at check-in and boarding and included in the standard Carrier passenger manifest.

U.S. citizen passengers for whom this information is not obtained shall not be boarded.

• Emergency notification information shall be solicited or caused to be solicited of each

covered passenger (including every person on board the plane, except the crew working on

that particular flight) traveling on a flight segment to/from the United States who is a U.S.

citizen, and included as an additional section to the standard Carrier passenger manifest,

and/or attached to the manifest in the form of Emergency Notification lnfonnation Cards

filled out by each such passenger.
2. Information Processing

iii The information shall be kept until all covered passengers have disembarked from the

covered flight segment.

41 The Emergency Notification Information collected shall be kept strictly confidential, shall be

released only to the U.S. Department of State, the National Transportation Safety Board

(upon request), the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other governments or

governmental agencies that have a legal right to obtain it. The information shall not be used

for commercial or marketing purposes.

III In the event of an aviation disaster involving a covered flight segment, Cartier shall notify

the Department of State (Managing Director of Overseas Citizen Services, Bureau of

Consular Affairs) through the Department of State Operations Center at: 202-647-1512,

immediately upon learning of such disaster. The collected information about U.S. citizen

passengers shall be transmitted to the Department of State as quickly as possible but no later

than within 3 hours after the Carrier learns of an aviation disaster involving a covered flight

segment and notifies the Department of State of such an accident.

3. Azerbaijan Airlines Contact

[SUBMITTED IN A SEPARATE CONFIDENTIAL SUBMISSIONj