{"id":16261,"date":"2017-03-22T17:34:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T17:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=16261"},"modified":"2017-03-24T15:56:30","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T15:56:30","slug":"usa-and-uk-ban-electronic-devices-in-cabin-of-inbound-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/usa-and-uk-ban-electronic-devices-in-cabin-of-inbound-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban on Electronic Devices in Cabin of Passenger Flights to USA and UK from Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"
The US government is up with a new security measure banning electronic devices excluding smartphones in the aircraft cabin for US-bound flights from and through the Middle East. The same measure has been adopted by the United Kingdom too.<\/strong><\/p>\n Brought into effect on March 21, 2017, the ban on electronic devices other than smartphones in cabin bags is strictly applicable to Emirates Airlines<\/a><\/span>, Qatar Airways,\u00a0Etihad Airways<\/a><\/span>, Turkish Airlines, Kuwait Airways, Saudi Arabian Airlines, EgyptAir, Royal Air Maroc, and Royal Jordanian operating flights to USA from and via Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Istanbul, Amman, Kuwait City, Casablanca, Cairo, Jeddah and Riyadh. However, U.S. airlines are exempted from the restriction since they don\u2019t operate flights to USA from these cities.<\/p>\n