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European airlines have to provide information on their passengers to the US authorities before they can touch down (Photo: European Commission)

EU and US struggle to avoid air travel chaos

The European Union and the United States are still negotiating a deal on air passenger data transfers in an attempt to avoid "legal chaos" despite a "temporary break down" on Saturday night, EU officials said.

The European Commission said on Monday (2 October) that negotiations on the data transfers are still "ongoing" after officials returned to Brussels having failed to reach an agreement in Washington on Saturday as planned.

They brought with them a draft agreement already sig...

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