Donald Trump’s laptop ban takes a new shape, after the US
and Europe entered a vital decision concerning the embargo.
According to latest information, discussions between the US
and Europe have defeated a plan for the laptop ban to be extended.
It was said that the US government was putting plans to
implement the electronic device restriction on inbound flights from the
European continent, including Britain. But was later put on hold after a
meeting between officials from both sides in the European Capital in Brussels.
After which they all promised to engage in further talks and
improved intelligence sharing, when they meet next week in Washington.
The two parties while making a joint press statement
mentioned that they would “further assess shared risks and solutions for
protecting airline passengers, whilst ensuring the smooth functioning of global
air travel”.
The electronics ban is already being enforced for airlines
coming from ten Middle East nations. And encouraged Britain to also do same in
implementing its own ban to also include famous holiday destination Turkey.
Nevertheless, the planned extension of the restriction to
Europe is being faced with strong criticism from the aviation industry.
Records show that about 65 million passengers travel between
the US and Europe, which amounts to about 400 flights on a daily basis. Most of
whom are business travellers who need such devices to execute business
transactions while embarking on their journey.
Currently, if you’re flying to the US directly from Egypt,
Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia or the United Arab
Emirates, your electronic devices are banned from the cabin. Similarly, the
UK’s ban applies to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.
Instead passengers have to check their laptops into the hold
or refrain from travelling with them at all.
This new restriction is came after an intelligent
information revealed how terrorists were planning to hide explosive devices as
electronic gadgets on airlines.
On the other hand, the ban has brought about significant drop
on demand for Emirates Airlines to the US, which is now forcing the company to
making moves to cut airline services to the US.
An Emirates spokesperson said: “Over the past three months,
we have seen a significant deterioration in the booking profiles on all our US
routes, across all travel segments.”
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