There are now only three restricted airports left on the Transportation Security Administration’s list for laptop restrictions for flights to the United States, following the lifting of the ban on flights from Cairo International Airport.
EgyptAir joins Etihad, Turkish Airlines, Emirates, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian and Kuwait Airways in once again being able to permit customers to take laptops and larger electronic devices onboard flights from the Middle East to the United States.
The remaining three airports from the 10 include Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport, Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport and Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport. In the coming weeks, TSA will assess airlines from Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Egypt, to see if they have introduced security measures to allow the ban to be removed. The ban can be lifted after airlines tell U.S. officials new security measures are in place and American authorities verify compliance.
The laptop ban was put in place by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security earlier this year, including flights from 10 Middle Eastern airports to the United States. Last month, DHS announced new enhanced screening measures, stating the laptop ban could be removed should the 10 airports comply with the enhanced security measures and when TSA inspectors verified the procedures.
Airlines with a last point of departure outside of the United States will need to put security upgrades in place in order to avoid facing a similar electronic ban.
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