By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The United States and the European Union failed to reach a new deal on sharing air passenger data by Saturday's deadline, putting airlines at risk of huge fines or the loss of landing rights if they do not hand over data to U.S. authorities, the EU executive said.
Such data - including passengers' names, addresses and credit card details - must be transferred to U.S. authorities within 15 minutes of a flight's departure for the United States.
But the talks in Washington broke down before the deadline, the European Commission said, triggering a risk of massive disruptions in trans-Atlantic travel.
Without the deal, airlines that hand over passenger data to U.S. authorities could face legal action from national data protection authorities in EU states, the Commission said.
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