{"id":121870,"date":"2017-07-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/emirates-turkish-airlines-and-etihad-allow-passengers-to-take-laptops-in-cabins-on-us-bound-flights\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T13:05:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:05:33","slug":"emirates-turkish-airlines-and-etihad-allow-passengers-to-take-laptops-in-cabins-on-us-bound-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/emirates-turkish-airlines-and-etihad-allow-passengers-to-take-laptops-in-cabins-on-us-bound-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Emirates, Turkish Airlines, and Etihad allow passengers to take laptops in cabins on US-bound flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Emirates and Turkish Airlines have announced that the laptop cabin ban no longer applies to their flights bound for the United States.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Emirates, which operates flights from Dubai to the United States, announced that it has worked with US authorities to meet new security requirements.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Turkish Airlines announced on Twitter that its passengers traveling to the United States can take their laptops into the cabin.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Additionally, Etihad, which operates flights to the US from Abu Dhabi, has been exempted from the ban imposed by Washington.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Airports in Dubai, Istanbul, and Abu Dhabi have reportedly implemented stricter security controls. Under these conditions, it is unclear whether passengers flying to the US from Dubai or Istanbul will need to allocate more time for security checks.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Qatar, Morocco, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait are still affected by the ban.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Saudia, the main Saudi airline, announced that its passengers might be allowed to board planes with laptops starting July 19.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On June 28, the United States announced it was imposing stricter security measures on all flights bound for the United States, regardless of the country of origin.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Washington promised to lift the laptop ban, imposed in March, for all airlines that comply with the new measures.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economica.net\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Economica<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Which airlines are now exempt from the US laptop ban?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emirates, Turkish Airlines, and Etihad have been exempted from the ban after meeting new security requirements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why was the laptop ban lifted for these specific airlines?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ban was lifted because the airports in Dubai, Istanbul, and Abu Dhabi implemented stricter security measures mandated by US authorities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are other countries still affected by the laptop ban?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, countries such as Qatar, Morocco, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait remain under the restriction until they comply with the new security standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emirates and Turkish Airlines have announced that the laptop cabin ban no longer applies to their flights bound for the United States. Emirates, which operates flights from Dubai to the United States, announced that it has worked with US authorities to meet new security requirements. Turkish Airlines announced on Twitter that its passengers traveling to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-121870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121870"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=121870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}