EMIRATES PRESIDENT: We don’t know if the US laptop ban will hurt business — but here’s how things went this weekend

Emirates Airline won’t be able to gauge the financial effects of the US government’s ban on laptops on flights from the Middle East until May, but the rollout of the policy last weekend was relatively smooth, its president said in an interview.

“I can’t tell you the long term effects because it’s still early days,” Sir Tim Clark told Business Insider over the telephone from Dubai.

Emirates, one of nine airlines affected by the ban, counts on direct flights to the US for about 11% of its revenue, Clark said. The policy prohibits passengers from carrying electronic devices larger than read more >>>

Source : BusinessInsider.Com

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