Dubai Duty Free to lose $2m after electronics ban

 Dubai International Airport's duty free operator estimates that it will lose about $2 million in sales this year from the ban on carrying most electronic devices on United States-bound flights, reports Reuters.

"We estimate that the ban will cost us around $2 million in revenue for the year," Dubai Duty Free's Chief Operating Officer Ramesh Cidambi told Reuters in an emailed statement.

The ban applies to all electronics sold in Duty Free as well. 

Just a day after the US declared an indefinite ban on passengers carrying large electronics on direct flights from some Middle Eastern countries, the United Kingdom has also followed suit.

Passengers flying directly to Britain from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Turkey will face restrictions with the UK banning laptops and tablet computers from the plane cabin following a US security warning.

However AFP reports that the British ban only involves six countries, two of which - Lebanon and Tunisia - do not feature on the US list. Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar and United Arab Emirates are on the US list, but not the British one.

According to reports, Dubai Duty Free made $1.85 billion in total sales last year.