U.S. EASES BAN ON CARRYING LAPTOPS

Passengers, including from India, travelling to the United States on Emirates and Turkish Airlines can now carry laptops and other electronic devices on board with American authorities lifting the restrictions. In May, the US had banned large electronic devices like laptops and cameras as cabin baggage on US-bound planes from 10 foreign destinations, mostly in Muslimmajority countries. “Effective immediately, the electronics ban has been lifted for Emirates flights from Dubai International Airport to the USA,” Dubai-based Emirates said in a statement on Wednesday.

The airline, which operates a significant number of flights to the US, also said it had been working hard “to implement heightened security measures and protocols that meet the requirements of the US department of homeland security’s new guidelines for all US-bound flights”.