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Airline cabin ban on notebooks and tablets eased, two more airlines lighten restrictions

This is a bit more encouraging. According to the BBC, flights from the Abu Dhabi airport are now being exempted from the ban imposed on notebooks and tablets in cabin baggage on certain US-bound flights, and the same now applies to two airlines flying from different airports … Per the article: Emirates has said the […]

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Tablet, notebook ban reportedly off the table for flights between US and Europe

The proposed ban on tablets and notebooks from cabin baggage on flights between Europe and the USA have reportedly been shelved … The ban, which proposed preventing electronic devices larger than a smartphone on inbound flights to the USA from 10 airports located mostly in the Middle East and Northern Africa was offered in response […]

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In-cabin notebook ban may soon apply to flights from Europe to U.S.

The Department of Homeland Security may be expanding its notebook ban, forbidding notebooks in the cabins of all flights from Europe to the United States. News of the expanded ban, which could be announced as soon as Thursday, came from European security officials. Passengers flying from Europe to the United States may need to store […]

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Notebooks and tablets may be banned from cabin baggage on certain inbound flights to the U.S. from U.K., Europe

The U.S. ban on notebooks and tablets in the cabin of certain inbound international flights may be extended to European countries, including the UK. Any electronic device larger than a phone would have to be placed in hold baggage. The ban, which currently extends to flights from 10 airports, mostly from the Middle East and […]

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Trump administration looks to carry out electronics travel ban from six Muslim-majority countries

The travel ban now applies to some devices coming into the U.S. from some flights. The Trump administration has banned devices larger than a smartphone in the passenger cabin of flights coming to the U.S. from several airports in Muslim-dominant countries. The ban restricts iPads and other tablets, Kindle ebook readers, notebooks, and other larger […]