Emirates to lend Microsoft Surface tablets to certain passengers on U.S. bound non-stop flights

Dubai based Emirates airline has found a way for its passengers to get around the electronics ban that was announced last month for certain flights landing on U.S. soil . The ban affects flights departing from Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates; it prevents passengers from carrying into the cabin any electronics device larger than a cellphone. Those devices can be placed inside luggage being carried inside the plane.

Emirates, one of nine airlines affected by the ban, is getting around it by lending passengers on non-stop flights ...