Turkish Airlines (THY) CEO Bilal Ekşi announced that the laptop ban on THY flights from Istanbul Atatürk Airport and Sabiha Gökçen Airport to the U.K. was lifted on his official Twitter account.

Last week, authorities from the U.K notified their Turkish counterparts that the electronics ban in cabins imposed in March will be lifted in flights from Turkey.

In March, the U.S. banned large electronics in cabins on flights from 10 airports in eight countries in the Middle East and North Africa over concerns that explosives could be concealed in the devices taken onboard an aircraft. The ban was considered to be among one of the controversial travel restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump's administration.

Middle East carriers have blamed Trump's travel restrictions, which include banning citizens of some Muslim majority countries from visiting the U.S., for a downturn in demand on U.S routes.

A similar ban covering direct flights from six countries was later imposed by the U.K., which continues to enforce a similar in-cabin ban on electronics ban on flights from some Middle Eastern airports. Those restrictions apply to flights from Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.

As of July 20, the U.S. ban was lifted on the nine airlines affected, including Emirates, Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Royal Jordanian, Kuwait Airways, EgyptAir and Royal Air Maroc, the only carriers to fly direct to the United States from the region.

Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communication Minister Ahmet Arslan previoulsy noted that Turkey's efforts to ensure maximized security measures such as installing tomography-based devices at the Atatürk Airport and its successfuly negotiations since the ban was imposed bore fruits and were effective in the reversal of the ban.