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Ajay Awtaney is the Founder and Editor of Live From A Lounge (LFAL), a pioneering digital platform renowned for publishing news and views about aviation, hotels, passenger experience, loyalty programs, travel trends and frequent travel tips for the Global Indian. He is considered the Indian authority on business travel, luxury travel, frequent flyer miles, loyalty credit cards and travel for Indians around the globe. Ajay is a frequent contributor and commentator on the media as well, including ET Now, BBC, CNBC TV18, NDTV, Conde Nast Traveller and many other outlets.

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Time to transfer via India: Indian airports & Jet Airways / Air India should shine under #electronicsban

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With the changes in the aviation world hitting us hard and fast over the past two days, it seems a lot of Indians and other Asian travelers won’t be able to fly to the USA with their gadgets in sight. Perhaps it’s time for them to consider Air India and Jet Airways as an option.

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#ElectronicsBan: Valid through October 2017. Important information for (Indian) travellers, applies to everyone else too!

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The Electronics Ban is now confirmed and will be rolled out over the next 3-4 days by a lot of the middle-eastern airlines, and some African ones too. If you are flying from Asia to the US of A via these regions over the next few days, check out all the information you need to know, here!

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