Apple's voluntary recall of 15-inch MacBook Pros due to faulty batteries resulted in a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ban earlier this month. Now the flight restrictions imposed on Apple's laptops are spreading to an increasing number of airlines.
As Bloomberg reports, MacBook owners need to start checking with an airline if they intend to take their laptop on a flight because the restrictions imposed vary. The worst case so far is when flying with Virgin Australia as the airline has decided to ban all Apple laptops from checked-in luggage.
Other airlines confirmed as imposing restrictions include Qantas Airways, Singapore Airlines, and Thai Airways. For Qantas passengers, if your MacBook Pro ($2,399.00 at Amazon) is on Apple's voluntary recalls list then it must be kept in your carry-on luggage and switched off at all times. For Singapore and Thai Airways, the affected MacBook Pros are banned from flights.
The faulty batteries were sold in MacBook Pros between Sept. 2015 and Feb. 2017. You can check if your laptop is affected on Apple's support page.
Regardless of who you are flying with and which Apple laptop you own, with the FAA and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency both issuing bans/warnings it's safe to assume every airline could (should?) react in some way. If they do, then passengers need to be informed even if it's just a notice on a website. So before you fly, contact the airline as it could save you a lot of hassle at the airport.
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