AvFinity recently provided timely assistance to a charter jet company that needed to file on the eAPIS website but had not yet received an APIS ID.
This charter operator planned to fly from an airport in Florida to a Caribbean destination and back but didn’t realize it takes 5-8 days for CBP to issue an ID after initial registration. As the charter’s clients were flying in the next morning to immediately take the charter to the Caribbean, the operator needed a fast solution. CBP agents could only advise him to call a vendor. AvFinity is among the handful of authorized vendors listed on CBP’s site.
One after business hours call to AvFinity’s APIS specialists, and the charter company found its solution. AvFinity’s team directed the charter operator to the AvFinity APIS web site page that allows qualified companies and individuals to self-register for an APIS Private Aircraft account.
Within an hour, the charter operator completed his registration by entering contact and billing information; received an auto-generated confirmation email advising him that his APIS Navigator account was operational; and logged into the secure site to enter the required APIS information including aircraft, passenger and crew data on the user-friendly APIS Navigator web pages.
After verifying a test manifest, AvFinity notified the customer that his account was enabled to permit APIS filings to CBP. The charter operator returned to the secure AvFinity Registered User site, logged in, and selected the aircraft, emergency contact, itinerary, crew and passengers for the flight. Within seconds the charter operator had securely met CBP’s APIS requirements for the planned flight into and out of the Caribbean islands. Even better, he was able to meet his obligations to his charter passengers on time and as promised.
Repeat filings became even easier for the charter operator as he can replicate all of his secure, private information for the next trip, cutting down on data entry time and reducing chances of data errors for re-entering info.
Contact AvFinity today if you too would like to enjoy the quick, easy, secure and cost-effective APIS filings for your next international flight.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
The FAA's CMHP
AvFinity recently implemented CMHP (Common Message Handling Protocol) as a replacement for the common legacy X.25 synchronous connection for connectivity to NADIN II. CMHP offers many advantages not previously offered by X.25. Leading the list is the massive throughput advantage in the range of four to six flight filing strips per second.
In addition because CMHP utilizes IP versus the analog X.25 synchronous connection, high availability is enhanced significantly. CMHP allows you to retire the dedicated Telco circuit and CSU/DSU synchronous modem, which inherently provided a major fail point should the dedicated circuit become interrupted. Previously with X.25, AvFinity achieved redundancy through a back-up CSU/DSU and the Telco. Now, with TCP/IP-based CMHP redundancy, high availability is achieved through well known techniques.
For instance, with CMHP, AvFinity is capable of connecting reliably to both Atlanta and Salt Lake City centers and can switch between the two centers within 3 seconds should one of the connectivity points fail. In addition due to the high bandwidth AvFinity now enjoys with CMHP, flight plan filings occur in a fraction of a second while AvFinity also will be able to offer additional products from the FAA such as one-minute weather observations. These services are available through AvFinity via direct server-to-server connectivity using the AvFinity network as well as through AIRS (AvFinity Integrated Router Solution), which is an appliance that handles communications and integrates with backend operational systems.
With CMHP and AvFinity's non-repudiation protocols, AvFinity has significantly enhanced connectivity capability to airlines and flight departments desiring connectivity to the FAA. At our customers' request, AvFinity can provide many products such as weather and NOTAMs in addition to flight plan filing quickly and seamlessly. Give us a call to discuss how your operations can benefit from the efficiency that this exciting technological advancement offers the aviation industry.
In addition because CMHP utilizes IP versus the analog X.25 synchronous connection, high availability is enhanced significantly. CMHP allows you to retire the dedicated Telco circuit and CSU/DSU synchronous modem, which inherently provided a major fail point should the dedicated circuit become interrupted. Previously with X.25, AvFinity achieved redundancy through a back-up CSU/DSU and the Telco. Now, with TCP/IP-based CMHP redundancy, high availability is achieved through well known techniques.
For instance, with CMHP, AvFinity is capable of connecting reliably to both Atlanta and Salt Lake City centers and can switch between the two centers within 3 seconds should one of the connectivity points fail. In addition due to the high bandwidth AvFinity now enjoys with CMHP, flight plan filings occur in a fraction of a second while AvFinity also will be able to offer additional products from the FAA such as one-minute weather observations. These services are available through AvFinity via direct server-to-server connectivity using the AvFinity network as well as through AIRS (AvFinity Integrated Router Solution), which is an appliance that handles communications and integrates with backend operational systems.
With CMHP and AvFinity's non-repudiation protocols, AvFinity has significantly enhanced connectivity capability to airlines and flight departments desiring connectivity to the FAA. At our customers' request, AvFinity can provide many products such as weather and NOTAMs in addition to flight plan filing quickly and seamlessly. Give us a call to discuss how your operations can benefit from the efficiency that this exciting technological advancement offers the aviation industry.
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