The UK Bans Large Electronic Devices on Some Flights From Middle East
Skift Take
It's interesting that the UK left off three of the busiest airports in the Middle East — Doha, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Why are they making a different calculation than U.S. authorities?
The UK on Tuesday said it is banning passengers on flights from six countries —Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Tunisia — from bringing laptops, tablets, large e-readers and other bigger electronic devices in passenger cabins, arguing they may pose security threats.
The ban, announced several hours after the United States issued its own limits on electronic devices for some flights, is similar, though not identical to U.S. policy. Unlike the U.S. restriction, the UK's does not cover flights from the three most robust hubs in the Middle East — Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and Doha in Qatar — so Emirates, Etihad Airway
