{"id":54408,"date":"2026-05-25T09:02:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T09:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=54408"},"modified":"2026-05-25T09:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T09:02:50","slug":"saudi-arabia-announces-new-power-bank-restrictions-for-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/saudi-arabia-announces-new-power-bank-restrictions-for-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Announces New Power Bank Restrictions for Flights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If there\u2019s one thing many travellers never leave home without, it\u2019s a <strong>power bank<\/strong>. However, you can no longer charge your precious device onboard Saudi flights. The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation has issued new <strong>instructions to airlines operating at national airports<\/strong> regarding portable chargers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s what passengers need to know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Charging power banks during flights is now banned<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Power banks must stay in hand luggage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each passenger can carry a maximum of two power banks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shutterstock_2646350319.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shutterstock_2646350319.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shutterstock_2646350319-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shutterstock_2646350319-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shutterstock_2646350319-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saudi authorities said the rules follow international aviation safety requirements linked to lithium battery, which can overheat or catch fire onboard aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several Gulf airlines already follow similar rules. Back in October 2025, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/emirates-bans-use-of-power-banks-during-all-flights-from-october-1\/\">Emirates introduced new power bank restrictions<\/a><\/strong>, prohibiting passengers from using or charging their devices onboard. Another UAE airline, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/flydubai-issues-new-guidelines-for-power-banks-during-flights-starting-october-1\/\">flydubai, announced that passengers can carry only one power bank per person<\/a><\/strong> in hand luggage, and the device must remain switched off throughout the flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there\u2019s one thing many travellers never leave home without, it\u2019s a power bank. However, you can no longer charge your precious device onboard Saudi flights. The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation has issued new instructions to airlines operating at national airports regarding portable chargers. Here\u2019s what passengers need to know: Saudi authorities said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":38782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15507,"slug":"ksa","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/ksa\/","api_id":215,"title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia"}}],"cities":[{"id":15508,"slug":"riyadh","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/ksa\/riyadh\/","api_id":283,"title":{"rendered":"Riyadh"}},{"id":15509,"slug":"jeddah","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/ksa\/jeddah\/","api_id":296,"title":{"rendered":"Jeddah"}},{"id":15510,"slug":"dammam","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/ksa\/dammam\/","api_id":308,"title":{"rendered":"Dammam"}},{"id":30107,"slug":"khobar","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/ksa\/khobar\/","api_id":310,"title":{"rendered":"Khobar"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}