Originally Posted by
ExXB
Yes Jet II, but for transborder flights to be caught into the ban, they would have to add Canada to the list. Not saying they wont but the number of flights involved would increase by an order of magnitude. And affect US based airlines to a much greater degree. Doubtful, but you never know ...
The EK flights that transit ATH and MIL enroute to the US, with no additional security checks, are exempt from the ban. Now explane (pun intended) that one.
Of course it doenst make sense - just like they dont think an ISIS bomber capable of turning a laptop into a bomb couldnt work out that travelling from Athens would be a better idea than travelling from Istanbul. As a security policy it has some rather large holes.
But as a policy to support the US carriers and hurt the ME 3... - judging by EK's results its working.
