After US now United Kingdom bans electronic devices from Mideast

New travel restrictions imposed by the United States government severely limit the kinds of electronics travelers will be able to bring into the cabin of some USA -bound intentional flights that originate in eight Muslim-majority countries.

The U.S. ban also didn’t affect any U.S. airlines, but the United Kingdom ban affects a total of six local carriers that operate direct flights.

The move comes rapidly on the heels of the US Department of Homeland Security establishing rules that will see passengers travelling on airlines from eight nations banned from bringing laptops, iPads, Kindles and cameras aboard flights.

A Trump government official-who remained anonymous-said the ban on big electronics was being considered for weeks, and cited “evaluated intelligence” about threats on US -bound flights.

The TSA said it chose the airports “based on the current threat picture” and after consultation with intelligence officials, though more airports could be added in the future.

According to the Guardian, the restrictions affect 14 airlines, six of which are based in the United Kingdom. No US airline will be affected. Ten airports are affected, including global hubs like Dubai worldwide Airport in the United Arab Emirates.

Other airlines affected include Royal Jordanian, EgyptAir, Qatar Airways, Emirates, Etihad Airways and Turkish Airlines.

Q: Which devices are restricted?

Al Riyadh quoted a civil aviation authority source as saying that these measures from senior USA authorities were relayed to the Saudi interior ministry. Airlines have 96 hours to roll it out, and it will only impact nine airlines from the Middle East and Africa.

On Monday, Royal Jordanian Airlines tweeted an extensive description of an electronics ban implemented by the US Government.

Royal Jordanian said it was following “instructions from the concerned United States departments” and would ban “laptops, cameras, DVD players, and electronic games” from the flight cabins.

Q: How long will this new ban remain? A little more than a year ago a laptop loaded with explosives handed off in an airport detonated in a Somali airliner. As for future bans on additional airports, Homeland Security said the security requirement of the Transportation Security Administration may change “as threats change”.

United Kingdom airlines included in the directive are British Airways, easyJet, Jet2, Monarch, Thomas Cook and Thomson.