Airline laptop ban

The president of the UN’s civil aviation body, ICAO, has said he will put the issue of carrying laptops and other electronic devices on flights at the top of his organisation’s agenda. Speaking at IATA’s Annual General Meeting in Mexico this week, Dr Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu said that security must be balanced with passenger comfort […]

The US ban on laptops and tablets on flights from certain Middle Eastern and African airports appears to be impacting passenger traffic. IATA’s figures for March 2017 – the most recent month available – shows that passenger traffic on flights operated by Middle East airlines to the US fell 2.8% year-on-year during the month. This […]

IATA, the global airline body, has urged governments to “urgently” find alternatives to the recently introduced ban on laptops and tablets on certain flights. The association, which represents 265 of the world’s biggest airlines, said that the recent measures imposed by the US and the UK governments to restrict the carry-on of large electronic items […]