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Viewing cable 09HONGKONG515, HONG KONG BUSINESS AVIATION CENTRE PARTNERS WITH

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09HONGKONG515 2009-03-19 08:08 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Hong Kong 
VZCZCXRO3526
RR RUEHCN RUEHGH
DE RUEHHK #0515 0780808
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 190808Z MAR 09
FM AMCONSUL HONG KONG
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7184
INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 3000
RUEHCN/AMCONSUL CHENGDU 1411
RUEHGZ/AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU 0182
RUEHGH/AMCONSUL SHANGHAI
RUEHSH/AMCONSUL SHENYANG 3852
RHMFIUU/DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/TSA HQ WASHINGTON DC
 
UNCLAS HONG KONG 000515 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/CM 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAIR ASEC ECON OVIP HK
SUBJECT: HONG KONG BUSINESS AVIATION CENTRE PARTNERS WITH 
TSA 
 
ΒΆ1. (SBU) At a March 5 meeting, Hong Kong Business Aviation 
Centre (BAC) General Manager Madonna Fung told visiting U.S. 
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for 
International Affairs, Cindy Farkus, that BAC would join the 
Secure Fixed Base Operator Program (SFBOP) on April 1, 2009. 
The SFBOP is a U.S. Transportation Security Administration 
(TSA) public-private sector partnership program whereby fixed 
base operators (BAC in this case) physically check the 
identifications of passenger and crew against 
charter/business planes' Air Passenger Information System 
(APIS) filings.  Pilots or their designees currently must 
submit APIS information to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) personnel in advance of flights to the U.S.  Under the 
SFBOP, BAC will notify TSA of its APIS verification checks 
within 60 minutes of aircraft departure and highlight any 
discrepancies.  BAC is the only fixed base operator 
supporting private/business aircraft in Hong Kong. 
DONOVAN