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U.S. Department ofTransportation Docket Section Docket CST 1998-3305 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 

### Re: Silk wayWest

AirlinesProceduresPursuantto 14 

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# *243 Enclosed please find SilkWay West Airlines' Procedures pursuant to 14 CFR Part 243. A copy ofsame document containing the 24-hour contact information is submitted in the referenced Docket separately, as a confidential submission. Please contact the undersigned ifyou have any questions or comments with respect to the enclosed document.
Respectfully Submitted,

Glenn P. Wicks Counsel for Silk way West Airlines



# ~- Ekaterina A. Grimes Consultant for SilkWay West Airlines

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### U.S. Department ofTransportation

Docket 1998-3305

SUMMARYOF SILK WAYWEST AIRLINES PROCEDURES

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

OPERATING TO/FROM THE UNITED STATES) In compliance with 14 CFRPart 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 coveredflight segments operating to/fromthe United States in case ofan aviation disaster occurring on such flight segments, Silk WayWestAirlines ("Carrier") shall, prior to operation ofits inaugural flight to the United States, initiate the following passenger manifest procedures: 1. Information Gathering

• The full name (first, middle, family) ofeach coveredpassenger (including every person onboard the plane, exceptthe crewworking on that particular flight), defined as each passenger traveling on a flight segment to/fromthe United States who is a U.S. citizen, shall be collectedat 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 beboarded.

• Emergency notification information shall besolicited or caused to be solicited of each coveredpassenger (including every person onboard the plane, except the crew working onthat particular flight) traveling on a flight segment to/fromthe 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 inthe form ofEmergency Notification Information Cards filledout by 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 be kept strictly confidential, shall be released only to the U.S. Department ofState, 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.

• In the event ofan aviation disaster involving a covered flight segment, Carrier shall notify the Department ofState (.Managing Director ofOverseas Citizen Services, Bureau ofConsular Affairs) through the Department of State Operations Center at: 202-647-1512, immediately upon learning ofsuch disaster. The collected information about U.S. citizen passengers shall be transmitted to the Department ofState as quickly as possible but no later than within 3 hours after the Carrier learns ofan aviation disaster involving a covered flight segment and notifies the Department ofState ofsuch an accident. 3. Silk Way West Airlines Contact [SUBMITTED IN A SEPARATE CONFIDENTIAL SUBMISSION]