Turkey Secures Laptop Ban Exemption

EghtesadOnline: Turkish Airlines said it expects measures barring laptops from the cabins of aircraft leaving Istanbul for the U.S. to be lifted Wednesday, while rival Emirates is counting on the curbs being removed from its Dubai hub soon, and Saudi Arabian Airlines predicts it will be free of the ban in two weeks.

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Publish Date:05/July/2017 | 04:53

U.S. and Europe to Hold Talks on Broadening Airline Laptop Ban

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly will meet with European Commission officials in Brussels next week to discuss prohibiting passengers bound for America from carrying laptops and other electronic devices in airliner cabins.

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Publish Date:14/May/2017 | 03:50

U.S. Mulls Expanding Airline Electronics Ban Beyond Middle East

EghtesadOnline: Anti-terrorist officials in the U.S. are considering expanding the restrictions on carrying electronic devices in airline cabins beyond the handful of Middle East airports currently covered.

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Publish Date:10/May/2017 | 04:36

Laptop Ban Raises Warning of Fire Risk on Planes

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. order prohibiting passengers from carrying laptop computers and other electronics into the cabins of some overseas flights is raising concerns about a risk unrelated to terror: the potential for those devices’ lithium-based batteries to catch fire in the baggage hold.

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Publish Date:08/April/2017 | 04:31

Emirates Will Adjust U.S. Offering if Laptop Ban Hurts Demand

EghtesadOnline: Emirates will adjust its offering if customer demand drops following a U.S. ban on in-flight electronics and called for the measure to be imposed more widely.

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Publish Date:27/March/2017 | 11:13

Trump's Laptop Ban Is Proof His Hands Aren't Tied, Hawaii Says

EghtesadOnline: Hawaii’s attorney general says new U.S. government rules prohibiting the use of laptops and other electronic gadgets on flights from eight Muslim-majority nations prove that President Donald Trump’s control of immigration and national security isn’t hampered by the state’s lawsuit over his travel ban.

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Publish Date:26/March/2017 | 04:47

Emirates to Let Travelers Keep Laptops Until U.S. Boardings

EghtesadOnline: Emirates airline will let passengers take their laptops past security gates at Dubai International Airport and collect the devices only before they board U.S.-bound flights as the world’s largest international carrier seeks to minimize the impact of an electronics ban.

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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 24:30

How Middle Eastern Airlines Have Responded to the Laptop Ban

EghtesadOOnline: Middle East airlines scrambled to find ways to respond to a ban on electronics introduced this week.

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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 24:28

Laptop Ban May Expand to All International Flights, Kelly Says

EghtesadOnline: Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said he may ban laptop computers in the cabins of all international flights into and out of the U.S. amid continuing terrorist threats to bring down airplanes, but that a final decision hadn’t been made.

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Publish Date:29/May/2017 | 04:51

New Airport Scanners Could End Bans on Laptops and Liquids

EghtesadOnline: Manufacturers of airport security equipment have a message for travelers who fear they will have to give up laptops and tablet computers on international flights: They have a solution.

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Publish Date:27/May/2017 | 04:05