AirTags, smart bags and lithium batteries: Airlines’ electronic rules explained

People with AirTags have been receiving some mixed signals about whether the tiny tracking devices are allowed on flights.Apple’s gadget launched last April, and has since become popular as a way for passengers to see if their baggage has made the journey too. The Bluetooth device has come in particularly handy this year, during the so-called summer of lost luggage.But a tweet from German carrier Lufthansa has left AirTag owners confused about whether they are in fact able to deploy the €1 coin-sized devices in their suitcases.In response to a query from a customer asking Lufthansa to address the “rumours” that it has banned AirTags from checked baggage, an airline representative said it “is banning activated AirTags from luggage as they are classified as dangerous and need to be turned off.”But is that really the case? We looked further into the global rules governing…

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