Turkish Airlines offers laptops on UK-bound flights

Turkish Airlines began Friday to offer laptop computers to business-class passengers on UK-bound flights from Istanbul Ataturk Airport, according to the state-run news agency, Anadolu. The service was made available to passengers on a Manchester-bound flight early Friday. The agency said that business-class passengers can hand over their laptops to a Turkish Airlines employee and request a computer from the cabin crew to use in-flight. The move is an attempt to deal with a US and British ban on in-cabin laptop use on flights departing from several airports in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. Turkey's flag-carrier previously introduced a similar service for US-bound customers. Britain introduced the security measures on March 21st to cover tablets, laptops and some cellphones, echoing the US Department of Homeland Security. Turkish Airlines' dual-functionality devices can be used as both a laptop and a touchscreen tablet. <br/>