We have a company ban on any laptops travelling in checked baggage for (perceived) security issues. I suspect we are not alone so this must have an economic impact on the effected carriers.
Not to mention the consequent lost productivity on a long haul flight, too.
It looks like SriLankan (a direct flight) will be getting all my regular LHR-CMB business rather than SriLankan or Qatar based on my mental "reasonable price & reasonable timing" algorithm as historically.