EU air-traveller terror proposal likely to be widened

Strasbourg

THE European Union will probably broaden a plan for airlines to give national governments in Europe information on passengers because of heightened terrorism concerns following this month's attacks in Paris, said a leading EU lawmaker.

Timothy Kirkhope, a UK member of the European Parliament, predicted that the draft law would cover flights within the EU rather than only air travel to and from the 28-nation bloc as a response to the Nov 13 killing of 130 people in Paris by jihadists armed with automatic weapons and suicide belts. The planned measure relates to the "passenger name record" (PNR), including seat number, reservation date, payment method and travel itinerary.