Trump Administration Expected to Extend Airplane Laptop Ban

British Airways-owner International Consolidated Airlines Group and Air France-KLM traded lower Thursday after reports the Trump administration will likely expand the laptop to include some European countries.

Author:: TheStreet Staff
Publish date:: May 11, 2017 5:52 AM EDT

British Airways-owner International Consolidated Airlines Group (ICAGY) and Air France-KLM (AFLYY) traded lower Thursday after reports the Trump administration will likely expand the laptop to include some European countries.

Department of Homeland Security officials are said to be planning to meet with airline industry officials Thursday to discuss security issues, including the safety of storing a large number of lithium batteries in the hold of an aircraft.

The expansion could also hit U.S. carriers United Airlines (UAL) - Get Report , Delta Air Lines (DAL) - Get Report and American Airlines (AAL) - Get Report , which fly multiple routes between Europe and the U.S.