To enhance safety, SWISS and Edelweiss are introducing, from January 15th, new regulations on the carriage and use of power banks on board their planes.
Concretely, power banks may no longer be used or charged during the flight, and there is a limit of two per passenger maximum.
Charging the power bank itself from the aircraft’s electrical power supply is also prohibited.
Power banks may also no longer be placed in the overhead baggage compartments: they must be kept on the passenger’s person, stowed in the seat pocket or in carry-on baggage under the seat in front.
These devices remain prohibited in checked baggage as well.
More information about this ban can be found on the SWISS website.