{"id":5934,"date":"2017-05-31T07:35:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T07:35:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-05-31T07:35:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T07:35:01","slug":"us-has-confirmed-there-will-be-no-laptop-ban-for-eu-which-looks-as-though-its-just-a-war-on-gulf-carriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/emirates\/us-has-confirmed-there-will-be-no-laptop-ban-for-eu-which-looks-as-though-its-just-a-war-on-gulf-carriers\/","title":{"rendered":"The US Has Confirmed There Will Be No Laptop Ban For EU Which Looks As Though It&#8217;s Just A War On Gulf Carriers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The United States has confirmed that the electronics ban in plane cabins will not extend to the European Union this week, sparking debate that the ban is designed specifically to target gulf carriers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ban applies to any electronic devices larger than a mobile phone being checked in, as they are not permitted in the cabin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Emirates linked a cut in regular flights to the United States to the ban, which extends to Gulf carriers, Turkey, Jordan and Egypt and Morocco.<\/p>\n<h3>Sultan Al Qassemi, the prominent Emirati columnist tweeted in response to the news that the ban would not be extended to the EU<\/h3>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Very clear from the outset that this was a commercial decision aimed at Gulf (and Turkish) airlines. 1\/2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aHmFJlg2bK\">https:\/\/t.co\/aHmFJlg2bK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0633\u0645\u064a (@SultanAlQassemi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SultanAlQassemi\/status\/869634206145671169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2017<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">American (&amp; European) airlines can&#8217;t compete in service quality so they resort to below the belt tactics such as the laptop ban. 2\/2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aHmFJlg2bK\">https:\/\/t.co\/aHmFJlg2bK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0633\u0645\u064a (@SultanAlQassemi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SultanAlQassemi\/status\/869634287943000064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2017<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The UAE\u00a0airlines, Emirates and Etihad have done their best to minimise inconvenience to passengers, including <a href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/lifestyle\/travel\/emirates\">Emirates<\/a> implementing new services for packing devices.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/community\/qatar-airways-chief-on-electronic-ban\">The Chief Executive At Qatar Airways Has Some Pretty Strong Words To Say About The Electronics Ban <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United States has confirmed that the electronics ban in plane cabins will not extend to the European Union this week, sparking debate that the ban is designed specifically to target gulf carriers.\u00a0 The ban applies to any electronic devices larger than a mobile phone being checked in, as they are not permitted in the &hellip; 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