by Donald Wood
Last updated: 12:50 PM ET, Mon July 10, 2017
Government officials have announced Royal Jordanian and Kuwait Airways are now exempt from the laptop ban on flights to the United States.
In recent weeks, other airlines including Emirates, Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines also announced that the ban on their large electronic devices had been lifted.
According to Reuters.com, Royal Jordanian President Stefan Pichler announced that the laptop ban had been lifted on flights from Amman to New York, Chicago and Detroit after the airline added new security measures required by the U.S. government.
Kuwait Airways also reported the ban was lifted on flights from Kuwait to New York via Ireland. Transportation Security Administration spokesman Mike England said the airports in Amman and Kuwait implemented the enhanced security measures and gained approval to be removed from the ban.
The new security measures put forth by the Department of Homeland Security June 29 required airports to screen passengers and electronic devices for possible explosives. The requirements would impact around 325,000 passengers a day traveling on 180 airlines from 280 airports around the world.
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Government officials announced the original ban in March, which did not allow laptops and other large electronic devices on flights originating at 10 airports in eight countries, including Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Turkey.
Saudi Arabian Airlines and Royal Air Maroc believe the ban will be lifted for their flights to the U.S. by July 19. EgyptAir has also been affected, but no date for the electronics ban being lifted has been announced.
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