DHS demanded that security measures for global flights bound for the United States airlines around the world increase security measures or face the possibility of a total electronics ban for planes.
Since the ban in March U.S. 10 airports in the Middle East and North Africa have implemented advanced security measures.
A spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that all airlines and airports with flights departing for the USA had met the agency's first phase of new security measures, which were announced in late June but not described in any detail.
As a part of the measures for screening of electronic devices, all electronic devices larger than a smartphone will have to be removed from protective casing and be fully charged for potential inspection. The ban affected airports in eight countries: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.
Planes flying from the Middle East to the US had banned the laptops in the cabin after an explosion destroyed an airplane during a test.
"That was dealt a first blow from the travel ban and then a second from the large electronics ban".
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"We are heartened to hear that the Trump administration has finally ended its laptop ban". Those enhanced measures were verified by US officials before the ban was lifted.
The new requirements affect 325,000 airline passengers on about 2,000 commercial flights arriving daily in the USA, covering 180 airlines flying out of 280 airports in 105 countries.
USA officials lifted the ban after visiting the 10 airports in Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Turkey over the past three weeks to confirm new security measures announced last month were being implemented.
The limitations were lifted after the Department of Homeland Security announced that the airlines and airports affected by the ban have all complied with the initial phase of new standards. They affect 325,000 airline passengers on about 2,000 commercial flights arriving daily in the United States, on 180 airlines from 280 airports in 105 countries.
"There are now no airlines under restriction for large personal electronics devices", the TSA announced in a statement.
The United Kingdom continues to enforce a similar in-cabin ban on electronics ban on flights from some Middle Eastern airports.
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