French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux is pushing for tighter security for air passengers at home and across Europe. <br /><br />As part of his proposed plans more complete data will be collected on passengers - not just at check-in counters in airports - but as soon as tickets are reserved on-line or at travel agencies. <br /><br />Passengers would have to submit information that would include method of payment, the postal address for receipts and the name of any travel agency involved. <br /><br />Hortefeux says he’s not sure that body scanners in airports are the only solution. <br /><br />[Brice Hortefeux, French Interior Minister]: <br />"The body scanner is a solution, I know it is being tested in the UK, I am not hostile to experiments, but there are other solutions such as the technical detectors." <br /><br />Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport plans to start using full-body scanners within three weeks to scan those traveling to the U.S. <br /><br />According to French newspaper Le Figaro, airline companies traveling from high-risk countries such as Syria and Iran would need to hand passenger lists in advance to the French authorities. <br /><br />Starting on January 1st, companies failing to do so will face a fine of 50 thousand euros, or around 70 thousand U.S. dollars. <br /><br />The list of high-risk travel destinations will also be enlarged from the current seven to thirty.
