Doha – According to Italian media reports, low-cost Moroccan airline Air Arabia Maroc has been fined approximately €85,000 by Italian border police at Cuneo-Levaldigi Airport for failing to provide required passenger data from a flight arriving from Casablanca.
Reports state that Air Arabia violated Legislative Decree 144/2007, which mandates that airlines communicate Passenger Name Record (PNR) data to police for flights entering the Schengen Area.
PNR data includes passenger names, travel dates, itinerary, seat assignment, and baggage information.
Under current European regulations, airlines must provide PNR data to border police in the destination country immediately after passengers have boarded any flight from outside the Schengen Area to a European airport.
This data is critical for enhancing border controls, preventing serious crimes such as terrorism, and combating illegal immigration.
Italian border police issued payment injunctions totaling around €85,000, which the airline must pay within the prescribed time frame.
The PNR data allows authorities to conduct pre-arrival passenger assessments based on established criteria, including verifying that travelers have the necessary documents to enter the Schengen Area and cross-checking them against law enforcement databases.
In addition to airport surveillance and document checks at borders, the Italian Border Police also focus on criminal activity such as airport theft, document fraud, and illegal immigration.
Furthermore, they carry out preventive measures to thwart potential terrorist attacks through planned procedures to counter unlawful interference with civil aviation.
The reports indicate that these fines were issued in response to several irregularities discovered by the Cuneo Border Police during frontier checks on an Air Arabia flight arriving from Morocco at Cuneo-Levaldigi Airport.
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