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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
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Nisha Ramchandani
Published Wed, Mar 29, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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 effectiveness. And the commercial distortions they create are severe."
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