{"id":25828,"date":"2017-04-03T09:23:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T09:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=25828"},"modified":"2017-04-03T09:23:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T09:23:09","slug":"etihad-airways-says-bookings-u-s-healthy-despite-laptop-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/etihad-airways-says-bookings-u-s-healthy-despite-laptop-ban.html","title":{"rendered":"Etihad Airways says bookings to U.S. healthy despite laptop ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Etihad Airways says bookings to U.S. healthy despite laptop ban<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Etihad Airways says bookings to U.S. healthy despite laptop ban:- Etihad Airways&#39; bookings to the United States are healthy despite last month&#39;s introduction of a ban on most electronics from the cabins of passenger flights to the United States, the Abu Dhabi carrier said on Monday.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">On March 25, the U.S. banned electronic devices larger than a mobile phone from passenger cabins on direct flights to the U.S. from 10 airports in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, including the United Arab Emirates.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">&quot;Bookings to U.S. destinations remain healthy and customer feedback to the initiatives taken by Etihad Airways to provide for their business and entertainment needs has been very positive,&quot; an Etihad spokesman said.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Industry experts warned the ban &#8211; prompted by reports that militant groups want to smuggle explosive devices in electronic gadgets &#8211; could be damaging to fast-growing Gulf carriers by weakening demand among corporate flyers who use their travel time to complete work on laptops and other devices.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Etihad said last week it would lend approved tablets and offer unlimited wifi to business and first-class passengers traveling on U.S.-bound flights.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">In March, fellow Gulf carrier Emirates said booking rates on U.S. flights fell 35 per cent after President Donald Trump&#39;s first travel ban which like the electronics ban only applied to Muslim-majority countries.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-airlines-electronics-etihad-idUSKBN1750KO<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/etihad-airways-says-bookings-u-s-healthy-despite-laptop-ban.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Etihad Airways says bookings to U.S. healthy despite laptop ban Etihad Airways says bookings to U.S. healthy despite laptop ban:- Etihad Airways&#39; 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