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Iata criticises laptop ban on planes, calls for alternatives

It says the measures aren't acceptable long-term solution to whatever threat the US and UK are trying to mitigate

Singapore

THE International Air Transport Association (Iata) has urged governments to swiftly find alternatives to measures by the United States and the UK banning the carry-on of large electronic items on certain flights.

"The current measures are not an acceptable long-term solution to whatever threat they are trying to mitigate," said Alexandre de Juniac, Iata's director-general, in a speech to the Monteral Council on Foreign Relations. "Even in the short term, it is difficult to understand their...

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