On Thursday, Qatar Airways said it would offer free laptops to business-class passengers flying to the US — for the duration of their flight — in an effort to get around an American ban on electronics. In a statement, the Doha-based carrier said it would begin offering a "laptop loan service" to those travelling in business class from "next week".

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