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Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

(1) ‘air carrier’ means an air carrier as defined in Article 3, point (1), of Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council ;

(2) ‘border checks’ means border checks as defined in Article 2, point 11, of Regulation (EU) 2016/399;

(3) ‘flights into the Union’ means flights flying from the territory either of a third country or of a Member State to which this Regulation does not apply, and planned to land on the territory of a Member State or Member States to which this Regulation applies;

(4) ‘border crossing point’ means a border crossing point as defined in Article 2, point 8, of Regulation (EU) 2016/399;

(5) ‘scheduled flight’ means a flight that operates according to a fixed timetable, for which tickets can be purchased by the general public;

(6) ‘non-scheduled flight’ means a flight that does not operate according to a fixed timetable and that is not necessarily part of a regular or scheduled route;

(7) ‘competent border authority’ means the authority that is empowered by a Member State to carry out border checks and that is designated and notified by that Member State in accordance with Article 14(2);

(8) ‘passenger’ means any person, excluding on-duty members of the crew, carried or to be carried in an aircraft with the consent of the air carrier, such consent being manifested by that person’s registration in the passenger list;

(9) ‘advance passenger information’ or ‘API data’ means the passenger data and the flight information referred to in Article 4(2) and (3) respectively;

(10) ‘the router’ means the router referred to in Article 11 of this Regulation and Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2025/13;

(11) ‘personal data’ means personal data as defined in Article 4, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679;

(12) ‘real-time flight traffic data’ means information on the inbound and outbound flight traffic of an airport covered by this Regulation.