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Flight Electronics Ban | Turkey Wants Exception from U.S. and U.K.

March 27, 2017 by amin.lalani@tcbworkplace.com Leave a Comment

Reuters reports that Turkey is “urging the U.S. and Britain to lift the flight electronics ban,” although the body of the story makes it sound more like Turkey is negotiating an exemption for its own flights.

ANKARA: Turkey is in talks with the United States and Britain to exclude Turkish Airlines and Istanbul’s main Ataturk airport from a ban on passengers carrying electronics larger than cell phones, Turkey’s foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday passengers traveling from specific airports, including Istanbul, could not bring into the main cabin devices larger than a mobile phone such as tablets, laptops and cameras.

The foreign ministry spokesman, Huseyin Muftuoglu, made the comments at a news conference in Ankara.

Turkish Airlines acknowledged it was part of the American ban on Tuesday in a fairly anodyne statement that said, “It has been decided by the relevant authorities that electronic devices larger than cell phones or smart phones should not be allowed inside the cabin.”

A Nasdaq report on Thursday said some in Turkey see the ban as “a ploy to undermine their aviation industry.” The report notes that Turkey has been working for years to build up the Istanbul airport as a major international hub, but the electronics ban would reduce its appeal to travelers. The newest airport in Istanbul is scheduled to open in 2018 with capacity for 90 million passengers and eventually double that traffic.

Some  media houses see this electronics ban   as a  conspiracy  to sabotage the Turkish airline industry, with claims that U.S. air carriers lobbied for the ban to undermine competition from Turkey and Gulf State carriers.

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