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New limits affect four daily trips at Logan

Several flights that carry hundreds of passengers daily to Logan International Airport in Boston will be affected by the new restrictions imposed Tuesday on passengers bringing certain electronics as carry-on items.

The US and British governments announced new rules barring passengers flying nonstop from several international airports from bringing laptops, tablets, and electronic devices on board in carry-on bags.

The rules will affect four flights that arrive at Logan each day, according to Jennifer Mehigan, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Port Authority, which manages the airport.

The flights, which are in the air for between about 11 and 14 hours, are:

■ A daily Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul

■ A daily Qatar Airways flight from Doha, Qatar

■ And a twice-daily Emirates Airlines flight from Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates

Nationwide, about 50 flights a day, all on foreign carriers, will be affected. US officials said no US-based airlines have nonstop flights from the affected cities to the United States.

The rules took effect Tuesday morning and airlines will have until 3 a.m. EDT Saturday to implement them or face being barred from flying to the United States, the officials said.

MATT ROCHELEAU