Qatar Airways is the latest carrier to no longer be subjected
to the U.S. ban on carry-on electronic devices.
"The airline gained the exemption earlier today after
U.S. officials inspected the security measures in full operation at Qatar's
state-of-the-art Hamad International Airport," Qatar said in a statement
Thursday.
Qatar joins Emirates, Etihad and Turkish Airlines, which have
been exempted over the past week.
The Department of Homeland Security announced last week that
airports and airlines would be removed from the ban once they comply with
enhanced security directives. The DHS issued the ban in March in response to
intelligence reports that terrorist groups were seeking to use electronic
devices as vessels for bombs on commercial airliners.
The ban still applies to U.S.-bound flights from airports in
Morocco, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.