Aircraft Operators Required to Transfer Passenger Data 24 Hours Prior to Departure and at Wheels-Off Time: CBIC Amends PNR Regulations [Read Notification]
The amendment aims to ensure that passenger data is provided both 24 hours prior to departure and at the wheels-off time.
CBIC – Aircraft Operators – CBIC Amends PNR Regulations – Taxscan
CBIC – Aircraft Operators – CBIC Amends PNR Regulations – Taxscan
The aircraft operators are required to transfer the passenger data 24 hours prior to the departure and the wheels off time, as per the new amendment notified by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes ( CBIC ).
The board, vide Notification No. 68/2024 — Customs (N.T.) dated 22nd October 2024 has amended the Passenger Name Record Information Regulations, 2022. It is called ‘Passenger Name Record Information (First Amendment) Regulations, 2024’.
According to the new amendment, “In the Passenger Name Record Information Regulations, 2022, in regulation 5, in sub-regulation (4), for the words "departure time; or", the words "departure time and" shall be substituted.”
The Sub regulation (4) of Regulation (5) states that “Every aircraft operator shall transfer passenger name record information not later than twenty four hours before the departure time; or at the departure time – wheels off.”
Thus, according to the new amendment, the term ‘or’ will be substituted as ‘and’. Thus it reads as follows as per the new changes:
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“Every aircraft operator shall transfer passenger name record information not later than twenty four hours before the departure time and at the departure time – wheels off.”
The amendment aims to ensure that passenger data is provided both 24 hours prior to departure and at the wheels-off time. Under the original regulation, aircraft operators had the option to transfer data either within 24 hours of departure or at the wheels-off time. However, the new amendment eliminates this flexibility, mandating that operators must provide passenger details at both intervals. From the date of publication in the official gazette, compliance will be required at both times, with no options available.
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