In response to the recently imposed electronics ban on US flights, Qatar Airways will offer a laptop loan that allows its Business Class passengers to rent laptops for free on all the airline’s US flights, ensuring seamless connectivity for business travellers onboard.
The complimentary laptops will be available from next week and can be collected after boarding. Customers will be able to download their work on to a USB before stepping on board to pick up from where they left-off.
“We truly appreciate the importance of being able to work onboard our aircraft and that is why I have insisted on offering only the best possible solution for our customers,” says Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, Akbar Al Baker. “By providing this laptop loan service we can ensure that our passengers on flights to the US can continue to work whilst onboard.”
Qatar Airways is the only airline to offer passengers a replacement laptop on all flights to the US. The airlines will also offer a special service at the gate for all passengers, whereby any electronic items prohibited by the new ban will be collected and securely packaged. These devices will be tagged, loaded as check-in baggage, and returned to the customer on arrival to the US.
Qatar Airways will also provide one hour of free wifi to all passengers on board US-bound flights and a wifi package of US$5 to stay connected for the duration of the whole flight.
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