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The Laptop Ban: Expand It or Banish It?
27.07.2023 - 18:41 / smartertravel.com
If this morning’s reports from the BBC and other sources have it right, the ban on in-cabin laptops will not be extended to include additional flights from Europe to the U.S.
The current ban applies to electronic devices larger than smartphones on nonstop flights to the U.S. from airports in Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, and to nonstops from Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia to the U.K.
U.S. Homeland Security officials met this week in Brussels week with their counterparts from European Union countries to discuss an expansion of the ban, leading many to expect that such action was a foregone conclusion. After all, if U.S. security agencies had credible intelligence indicating a terrorist threat, EU countries couldn’t very well neglect to take appropriate action.
It appears, however, that EU officials were unconvinced by the U.S. argument for adding new flights to the ban, either because they discounted the security risk or because they believed that adequate screening measures were already in place.
Related:American’s New Upgrade Policy – What You Need to KnowAccording to a terse news release issued by Homeland Security following the meeting, the group will reconvene next week in Washington, D.C., to “further assess shared risks and solutions for protecting airline passengers, whilst ensuring the smooth functioning of global air travel.”
In the meantime, the existing ban continues to be the object of harsh criticism from the public, the media, and representatives of the travel industry. The latest attack on the ban came in the form of a May 16 letter from the International Air Transport Association to Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly and Violeta Bulc, the European Commission’s Commissioner of Transport.
In the past, IATA, which represents the interests of the world’s airlines, has argued that the current ban — and by extension, any additional bans — is unnecessary, ineffective, and harmful to travelers, the travel industry, and the economy at large. And in this week’s letter, IATA proposes a number of measures that could be taken to reduce the threat without resorting to an all-out ban. Among them:
Use Explosive Trace Detection technology at airport checkpoints Increase scrutiny of electronic devices, including trace analysis Deploy behavioral threat officers and dogs at airports Increase reliance on trusted-traveler programs Better training of screenersWhile IATA’s recommendations were intended specifically to forestall any expansion of the current ban, they are also clearly intended as an alternative to the existing U.S. and U.K. restrictions.
With the U.S. pushing to expand the ban, and other groups
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