A Syrian woman travelling to the United States through Amman opens her laptop before checking in at Beirut international airport on March 22,2017. Hours after the US government warned that extremists plan to target passenger jets with bombs hidden in electronic devices, and banned carrying them in cabins on flights from 10 airports in eight countries in the Middle East and North Africa, Britain tightened airline security on flights from the same region, banning laptops and tablet computers from the plane cabin. / AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO
Airline and travel-industry groups are quietly expressing concern about a plan under consideration by US security authorities to prohibit passengers from carrying their laptop computers into the cabin on flights from Europe.
Extending electronics restrictions – now in place for travel from some Middle Eastern and African airports – to Europe would disrupt one of the world’s busiest and most lucrative travel markets just ahead of the peak summer tourism season. It could also hinder business passengers’ ability to work on their laptops on long-haul routes across the Atlantic.
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