US embassy cable - 05VIENNA1340

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LIGHTER BAN DEMARCHE - AUSTRIAN REACTION

Identifier: 05VIENNA1340
Wikileaks: View 05VIENNA1340 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Vienna
Created: 2005-04-21 14:07:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: EAIR PTER AU
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS VIENNA 001340 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EB/TRA/OTP AND EUR/AGS 
DEPT ALSO PLEASE PASS TO TSA 
FRANKFURT FOR TSA/ABROWN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAIR, PTER, AU 
SUBJECT: LIGHTER BAN DEMARCHE - AUSTRIAN REACTION 
 
REFS: A) VIENNA 1186  B)STATE 66181  C) STATE 41383 
 
1.  This message includes a request for guidance in 
paragraph 3. 
 
2.  On April 21, Manfred Bialonczyk, Civil Aviation 
Director General in the Ministry of Transportation, 
Innovation and Technology, told us that the GoA is taking 
a pragmatic view of the lighter ban and accepts the ban 
of lighters on flights to and from the U.S.  As a follow- 
up to TSA notification to foreign carriers operating 
flights to and from the U.S. (ref C), Bialonczyk said his 
office would reinforce the USG position with Austrian 
Airlines to ensure passengers are aware of the new ban. 
 
3.  Request for Guidance: Bialonczyk enquired whether the 
ban applied to all aircraft arriving and leaving the 
U.S., including private aircraft.  Post would appreciate 
confirmation that the lighter ban also applies to private 
aircraft. 
 
BROWN 

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