Trip Support Services

Universal APIS Transmission Service

How can you save time and avoid costly penalties and delays under the expanded APIS submission rules?

Trust Universal® to provide an efficient solution for your Part 91 APIS transmission needs, either as part of your trip or whenever you need assistance.

Dedicated, specialized regulatory services team with 24/7 accessibility

• 50 years of international trip planning experience and more than two million trip legs facilitated since company inception
• Team members have an average of 10 years of experience
• Team processes thousands of permits, waivers, APIS submissions, and more each month

Proprietary, secure data transmission system

• Validates data entry fields for accuracy
• Compliant solution transmits APIS directly to Department of Homeland Security, eliminating hand-offs to a third party
• Stores your crew/passenger data for repeat use, resulting in less data transfers and redundancy, and fewer errors

Transmit your APIS manifests securely with Universal:

Planning your trip with your Universal Trip Support Team?

• Trust your Team to collect and file your APIS transmission data along with the rest of your trip details
• Start-to-finish seamless APIS support

Managing your own trip?

• No problem – Universal can still prepare an APIS-only submission on your behalf
• Secure filing is made based on your trip schedule and preferences

Part 91 APIS Transmissions – Required Data

The Advance Passenger Information System, or APIS, facilitates research on crew and passengers on International flights. Part 91 flights are required to submit APIS manifests for the crew and passengers on board the aircraft prior to arriving into or departing out of the United States on or before the day of operation.

Operator data	Crew data	Passenger data
Operator name	Full name (first, middle, last) as it appears on travel documents	Full name (first, middle, last) as it appears on travel documents
Operator address	Date of birth (DD-MON-YYYY)	Date of birth (DD-MON-YYYY)
Operator phone	Gender	Gender
Operator fax	Citizenship	Citizenship
Operator email	Residence country	Residence country
Owner / lessee name	Travel document type (passport, permanent residence card)	Travel document type (passport, permanent residence card)
Owner / lessee address	Travel document number	Travel document number
Owner / lessee phone	Travel document expiration date	Travel document expiration date
Owner / lessee fax	Travel document issuing country	Travel document issuing country
Owner / lessee e-mail	Pilot license number (not required for F/A, F/E)	Residence address
Aircraft registry	Pilot license issuing country	U.S. contact address (if U.S. Resident report residence address otherwise U.S. contact; hotel, etc.)
Aircraft make / model	Place of birth (city, state, country)
Aircraft color	Residence address
Aircraft call sign (if applicable)	U.S. contact address (if U.S. Resident report residence address otherwise U.S. contact; hotel, etc.)
Border crossing (time and location)
Itinerary (full itinerary fm/to ron)
U.S. arrival / departure from CBP-approved airports