Airlines Urge EU and US on Passenger Data Agreement

Air traffic by commercial airlines has not been affected by the failure of the European Union and the United States to reach a new agreement on passenger data transfer.

Airlines have however urged negotiators to reach a new agreement as the previous one expired over the weekend (30 September - 1 October).

According to the EU justice commissioner Franco Frattini, there is some hope a new agreement could be signed with US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on 6 October if a mandate from EU justice ministers is given that day.

Frattini also said that a new agreement is very close and "only a few issues remain to be solved", Reuters reported.

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