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Royal Air Maroc has confirmed on Twitter today that the electronics ban on flights to the US has been lifted effective July 13, 2017. Shortly afterward Egyptair also confirmed via Twitter that effective July 12, 2017, they also had the ban lifted by US authorities. These last two liftings of the ban almost consign the whole saga of the electronics ban to the footnotes of aviation history.
Currently the ban only remains in place for Saudi Arabia, and affects the following airports:
- King Abdul-Aziz International Airport (JED) – Saudi Arabia
- King Khalid International Airport (RUH) – Saudi Arabia
Although last week Saudia, the country’s airline, confirmed that they expected to have the ban lifted on or before July 19, 2017. Once the Saudi ban is lifted, travelers worldwide can finally relax and enjoy using their electronic gear again.
It seems the ban will disappear almost as quickly as it came into force. Within 10 days Etihad had their ban lifted, followed by Emirates and Turkish Airlines. Then a few days later Qatar followed swiftly by Royal Jordanian and Kuwait Airways, and finally Royal Air Maroc, and EgyptAir.
So it’s Over?
Well, to the US, once the all clear comes from Saudia, it is at least. The UK, on the other hand, banned electronics onboard flights from different destinations with some overlap with the US ban. The UK ban affected the following countries:
- Turkey
- Lebanon
- Jordan
- Egypt
- Tunisia
- Saudi Arabia
Up until now, the UK has kept very quiet, and the latest news is that all UK Bans are still in place, though now that the US ban is nearly completely gone, we think it is only a matter of time before the UK ban is lifted as well.
Overall
It is great news that this ban is coming to an end, with the introduction of new enhanced security procedures passengers will feel safer, and will be more comfortable using their own electronic devices. In addition, various European regulators were very concerned about the fire hazard of having so many lithium Ion batteries in an aircraft hold have had their concerns answered, since electronics will be where they belong, in the cabin with their owners.
Source: One Mile At A Time & Twitter
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Glad this is over.
So today the US electronics ban for Saudi should be lifted and so no more US electronics ban.
That would be a great news.
Then we hope also the UK electronics ban will end as soon as possible.
Where do you see the ban should be lifted for Saudi today?
I read somewhere that the ban for Saudi Airlines could be lifted on 17 July (today).
But it was more a forecast that something sure.
It could be necessary some more days.
Everything we’ve read says the 19th, but any day now will be nice.
Figured Egypt air would be on top of this. So many tourists funneled through to US
I suppose one thing the ban may have done is raise awareness of a potential threat. We have to hope the ending of the ban reflects the risk being mitigated.
I wonder if they got any value out of it. Or learned anything from the experience.
Somehow I believe we will figure out someway to make flying comfortable again. Everything comes around again right? There has got to be a way to incorporate all the changes we’ve had over time and technology advancement that are and the ones coming. I remember the days of no security check point. Oh how pretty the airports looked!
Is Samsung Galaxy 8 still banned?
Th Samsung device was the Galaxy Note 7; you’ll need to contact your specific airline for any device bans as this ban was separate from any governmental ban.
what would he do next? move day light savings time around then move it back?
Finally I can bring my PS4 onto the plane again. HAHA
LOL
Thank goodness….. I can’t survive a flight without my electronics
the ban probably won’t even be remembered in a few years
It is great news and natural development of a very silly saga that should have never happened in the first place!
Was this another Trump PR disaster which will also go down in history. I wonder if Ivanka thought this one up?
It just seems pointless to introduce an inconvenient control measure to then very quickly reinstate it, why bother!
Agreed. Seems it wasn’t well thought out.