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All IATA Airlines to Restrict Smart Luggage Beginning Jan. 15
The International Air Transport Association’s (IATA’s) Dangerous Goods Board has decided to restrict the carriage of so-called “smart luggage” on passenger aircraft operated by its 275 member airlines around the…
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Alaska Airlines Joins American, Delta in Restricting Smart Luggage
Bag manufacturer calls new restrictions an ‘absolute travesty’
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American, Delta to Restrict Use of ‘Smart Bags’ for Safety Reasons
American Airlines and Delta Air Lines both have announced restrictions on passenger-carried “smart bags” that contain lithium-ion battery power banks. Effective Jan. 15, 2018, smart bags will only be allowed…
U.S. Laptop Ban is Lifted
The ban on laptops in the cabins of planes flying from the Middle East to the U.S. is over, federal officials said Thursday as large airports in the region have…
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UPDATE: U.S. Laptop Ban Lifted for 4 Airlines
Qatar Airways passengers are again able to carry their personal electronic devices in the passenger cabin on flights bound to the United States from Doha, the airline said Thursday. “Qatar…
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New Security Measures Ordered for U.S.-Bound Flights
DHS opts for enhanced screening over expanding laptop ban.
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IATA Calls for Greater Cooperation on Security, Again Questions Laptop Ban
Cracks are beginning to show in the “natural partnership” on security between governments and airlines, Alexandre de Juniac, director general and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), said…
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ICAO Urges ‘Balanced’ Approach on Proposed Laptop Restrictions
Aviation security risks must be weighed against safety risks in reviewing proposals to bar laptops and other relatively large personal electronic devices (PEDs) from airplane cabins, Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, president…
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Extending Laptop Ban on Hold, But Not Off the Table
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) apparently has put on hold an expected expansion of the so-called laptop ban to flights to the United States from Europe, but left…