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October 29, 2013


# u.s. Department ofTransportation Docket Section Docket OST 1998-3305 1200New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 

### Re: UkraineInternational Airlines ProceduresPursuantto 14 

### C.F.R. ~243 Enclosed please find Ukraine International Airlines' Procedures pursuant to 14CFR Part 243. A copy ofsame document containing the.24-hour contact information is submitted in the referenced Docket separately, as aconfidential submission.
Please contact the undersigned ifyou have any questions orcomments with respect to the enclosed document.
Respectfully Submitted,

Glenn P. Wicks Counsel for Ukraine International Airlines

Ekaterina A. GrinEs Consultant for Ukraine International Airlines

Enclosures

## u.s. Department ofTransportation

Docket 1998-3305
SUMMARY OF UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES PROCEDURES

IN COMPLIANCE WITH 14 CFR PART 243 PASSENGER MANIFEST INFORMATION (U.S. CITIZEN PASSENGERS ON PASSENGER-CARRYING SEGMENTS

OPERATING TOIFROM THE UNITED STATES) In compliance with 14CFRPart 243 issued by theU.S. Department ofTransportation 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, Ukraine International Airlines ("Carrier'') shall, prior to operation ofits inaugural flight tothe United States, initiate the following passenger manifust procedures: 1. Information Gathering

• The full name (first, middle, fumily) ofeach covered passenger (including every person on board the plane, except the crew working onthat particular flight), defined as each passenger traveling on aflight segment to/from the United States who is aU.S. citizen, shall be collected atcheck-in and boarding and included inthe standard Carrier passenger manifest. U.S. citizen passengers for whom this information is not obtained shall not beboarded.

• Emergency notification infonnation shall be solicited orcaused tobe solicited ofeach covered passenger (including every person onboard the plane, except the crew working on that particular flight) traveling on aflight segment to/from the United States who is aU.S. citizen, and included as an additional section to the standard Carrier passenger manifest, and/or attached to the manifest inthe form ofEmergency Notification Infonnation Cards filled outby each such passenger.2. Information Processing

• The information shall be kept until all covered passengers have disembarked from the covered flight segment.

• The Emergency Notification Information collected shall bekept strictly confidentiill, shall be released only tothe U.S. Department of State, the National Transportation Safety Board (upon request), the U.S. Department ofTransportation, and other governments or governmental agencies that have alegal right to obtain it. The infurrnation shall notbeused for commercial or marketing purposes.

• In the event ofan aviation disaster involving acovered flight segment, Carrier shall notifY the Department ofState (Managing Director ofOverseas Citizen Services, Bureau of Consular Affuirs) through the Department of State Operations Center at: 202-647-1512, irrnnediately upon learning of such disaster. The collected information about U.S. citizen passengers shall betransmitted to the Department of State as quickly aspossible but no later than within 3hours after the Carrier learns of an aviation disaster involving acovered flight segment and notifies the Department ofState ofsuch an accident. 3. Ukraine International Airlines Contact [SUBMIITED IN A SEPARATE CONFIDENTIAL SUBMISSION]