US laptop ban lifted on Kuwait Airways and Royal Jordanian
Kuwait Airways and Royal Jordanian
have become the latest Middle Eastern airlines to let passengers take
laptops in the cabin on US-bound flights.
Both carriers said they had worked with US officials to tighten security checks on flights from Kuwait and Jordan.
The
US imposed the ban in March on direct flights from eight mainly Muslim
countries to address fears that bombs could be concealed in the devices.
Etihad, Turkish Airlines, Emirates and Qatar Airways became exempt last week.
Royal
Jordanian, which flies to three US cities from Amman, the Jordanian
capital, lifted the ban after new security measures were implemented for
US-bound flights, airline president Stefan Pichler said.
State-owned
Kuwait Airways, which flies from Kuwait to New York via Ireland, said
the ban was lifted after US officials inspected security measures on its
flights.
Airport security
Last
month, the US Department of Homeland Security announced measures
requiring additional time to screen passengers and electronic devices on
US-bound flights from 105 countries.
Airlines expressed hopes at the time that the changes would pave the way for the lifting of the electronics ban.
Airlines in Morocco, Egypt and Saudi Arabia are yet to announce a lifting of the ban.
Saudia,
the flagship carrier for Saudi Arabia, has said passengers would be
able to take personal electronic devices on US flights from 19 July.
Royal
Air Maroc also believes it can have the ban lifted for flights out of
Casablanca by the same date, a senior official told Reuters last week.
BBC
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