Washington/Strasbourg/Brussels: The US is considering expansion of a ban on laptops in airliner cabins on flights not only from Europe but from other regions as well, as objections against any broader restrictions mounted. US anti-terror officials are looking at other areas “not solely Europe”, David Lapan, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, told reporters in Washington on Tuesday. “We are concerned about the consequences that such a ban would have on demand for trans-Atlantic air travel,” Olivier Jankovec, director-general of ACI Europe, said in a statement. The EU-US meeting on Wednesday will involve an “information exchange,” European Security Commissioner Julian King said in Strasbourg. A senior EU official who is involved in the matter and who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the commission’s concerns so far have prevented the US from widening the laptop ban to Europe.

Source: Mint May 17, 2017 04:07 UTC