US and UK ban large electronic devices on flights from specific countries
The American administration issued a security directive banning large electronic items from carry-on luggage on direct flights from a number of Middle Eastern and African airports to the US.
The measure forbids passengers to bring laptops, tablets, e-readers and cameras on board. It affects direct flights to the US from 10 airports in 8 countries:
- Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) – Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Dubai International Airport (DXB) – Dubai, UAE
- Hamad International Airport (DOH) – Doha, Qatar
- Queen Alia International Airport (AMM) – Amman, Jordan
- Cairo International Airport (CAI) – Cairo, Egypt
- Mohammed V Airport (CMN) – Casablanca, Morocco
- Ataturk International Airport (IST) – Istanbul, Turkey
- King Abdul-Aziz International Airport (JED) – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- King Khalid International Airport (RUH) – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Kuwait International Airport (KWI)- Kuwait, Kuwait
There are nine carriers that operate direct flights from the listed airports to the US: EgyptAir, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Kuwait Airways, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Saudia and Turkish Airlines.
Hours later, the UK administration issued a similar directive. Strangely though, the restriction refers to only six countries, some of them different than those on the US list: Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.
14 airlines will be affected by the British ban, including six UK carriers (British Airways, EasyJet, Jet2.com, Monarch, Thomas Cook, Thomson) and eight foreign carriers (Atlas-Global Airlines, Egyptair, Middle East Airlines, Pegasus Airways, Royal Jordanian, Saudia, Tunis Air and Turkish Airlines).
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