Ryanair today (Friday, 14th September 2007) informed passengers that the Spanish Government has introduced new measures requiring all passengers travelling to Spain (including the Canaries and Balearic Islands) from the UK and Ireland to provide passport or National ID data prior to flight departure. This is known as ‘advance passenger information’ (‘API’ or ‘APIS’ data) and all passengers travelling from September 19th will be required to submit the following details:
Full Name (as it appears on the passport) Date of birth Nationality Passport or Travel document number Type of Document Issuing State Any passenger who refuses to provide this information to authorities will be denied travel at check-in.
Advance Passenger Information can be submitted at check-in and all passengers travelling to Spain from September 19th are advised to allow extra time to check-in for their flights.
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