Airlines in Europe and Africa vowed on Tuesday to cancel flights rather than comply with American demands to carry armed air marshals on some U.S-bound planes to guard against more September 11-style attacks. The statements by South African Airways and Thomas Cook Airlines, the charter flight arm of Europe’s second biggest travel firm, deepened controversy over a move Washington sees as essential to outwitting al Qaeda and other extremist groups. In Britain — where the Christmas and New Year global aviation scare has already grounded flights to Saudi Arabia and Washington — another jet was delayed overnight as protracted security checks could not be completed in time for takeoff. Full Story
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