According to AppleInsider, following initial reports in German media, the airline’s Twitter account was asked to confirm that a ban is in place.
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“Furthermore, due to their transmission function, the trackers must be deactivated during the flight if they are in checked baggage and cannot be used as a result.”
But, the claim that the airline is making about ICAO guidelines is completely wrong, the report said.
Specifically, the regulation that Lufthansa is citing specifically talks about lithium-ion battery regulations, such as those used in larger devices like a MacBook Pro.
Secondly, the AirTag uses CR2032 cells that aren’t lithium-ion batteries and as such, not covered under the regulation.
If CR2032 cells were, in fact, a danger, then watches using the same CR2032 would be disallowed on flights — and they are not.
