The vast majority of respondents who took part in a TravelMole poll agree with warnings that plans to extend a ban on laptops in carry-on luggage to European flights would be catastrophic for the industry.
Last week, TravelMole reported EU business travel leaders warned the proposal could create ‘an economic tsunami of the likes of which terrorists are dreaming of’.
In a letter, addressed to EU transport commissioner Violeta Bulc, Business Travel Coalition chairman Kevin Mitchell said that such a ban could even threaten the survival of some European airlines.
Mitchell said extending the ban to Europe would affect 3,500 flights a week this summer, hit 65 million passengers a year and ‘slam business travel’.
This week’s TravelMole poll posed the question: ‘Europe electronics ban will cause "economic tsunami"’ – will it?
Of those that took part in the poll, 75.5% agreed, while 24.5% disagreed.
Two days after the letter was published, TravelMole reported plans to extend the ban to Europe have been put off for the time being.
