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US lifts laptop ban on final airport

Air
Tom Parry
20 July 2017

The Trump administration has ended its four-month laptop ban on inbound flights from the Middle East and North Africa.

Politics and global events

The policy was curbed after King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, became the last of 10 terminals to have its restrictions lifted.

David Lapan, the US department of homeland security (DHS) spokesperson confirmed the ban’s ending in a tweet yesterday (July 19).

https://twitter.com/SpoxDHS/status/887791925775958017

The ban has now been lifted on all nine airlines affected including Emirates, Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines and Royal Jordanian.