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| December 27, 2009 | US curbs on international air passengers’ movements | | Washington: In the wake of Christmas Day’s failed flight bombing bid by a Nigerian man, the US Department of Homeland Security has introduced new screening to limit the movements of international passengers. The US Government has said that it wanted the security experience to be “unpredictable” and different restrictions would be put in place at different
airports, a prospect that may upset airlines and travellers alike, The New York
Times reports. According to detailed information released by several airlines,
passengers coming to the United States will be required to remain in their seats
for the last hour of a flight without any personal items on their laps. Already,
overseas passengers are restricted to only one carry-on item, while domestic
passengers
are facing longer security lines. Travellers at airports around the world are
experiencing heightened screening in security lines. On one flight, from Newark
Liberty International Airport to Little Rock , Ark. , flight attendants kept cabin
lights on for the entire trip instead of dimming them for takeoff and landing.
The restrictions can worsen the recession-hit airline industry’s woes. Travel
has declined about 20 percent since 2008 because of the economy, and airlines
have been dealing with numerous delays in the past week because of snowstorms
on the East Coast and in the Midwest . Airline industry executives said the new
steps would complicate travel as vacationers return home from holiday trips and
could also cause travellers to cancel plans for flights in 2010.
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