Arinc launches new system to aid airports' border controls

It has been designed to meet the requirements of countries to protect their borders against a range of threats, from terrorism to organized crime and illegal immigration. It offers a scalable and robust solution to meet the varying budgets and specific requirements of individual border agencies in Europe, The Middle East, and Africa.

The focus is on providing border agents with a usable flow of information derived from the range of available traveler data and external intelligence sources. The Arinc ABMS interface uses ARINC’s Avinet global communications network to carry and process the data streams. These include traveler data from Passports, Visas, Watch Lists, and Passenger Name Record (PNR), Advanced Passenger Information (API), No Fly, and Authority to Carry (ATC) lists, combined with external data from law enforcement agencies, Interpol, Europol, and Customs.

Key to ARINC’s ABMS is the exploitation of technology to maximize human resources. Low-risk passengers who are pre-checked or hold new electronic passports can be streamed through a primary line—for example a line with electronic gates. This frees the border agent for higher-risk categories where the human interface can be of vital importance, and prevents these passengers from holding up the flow.

“With over 100 countries in the EMEA region, there are wide variations in the mode of operating border control and in budgets. For this reason ARINC’s approach uniquely allows each country to have a robust and scalable system tailored to their needs,” said Ray Batt, director, government & security, ARINC EMEA.