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IATA CEO Says Electronics Ban Is 'Not an Acceptable Long-Term Solution'

Brian Sumers

Photo Credit: During a speech on Tuesday to the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations, IATA CEO Alexandre de Juniac criticized the new U.S. and UK electronics bans. IATA

Skift Take

Most airline CEOs have avoided harshly criticizing the U.S. and UK electronics bans. That makes sense, because airlines do not want to anger their security regulators. But IATA's CEO has no such concerns, so he can speak more honestly.

A week after the U.S. and UK banned passengers flying from some Middle East and North African countries from bringing large electronics in airplane cabins, the head of the world's largest airline trade group sharply criticized the new policies, saying they're "not an acceptable long-term solution to whatever threat" faces the two nations. "Even in the short term it is difficult to understand their effectiveness," Alexandre de Juniac, CEO of the International Air Transport Association, or IATA, told the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations on Tuesday, according to a transcript of his remarks. "And the commercial distortions they create are severe. We call on governments to work with the in

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