Airlines
Lifting of U.S. Travel Ban Normalizes Airline Ops, For Now
Passengers from seven countries on Trump’s list begin trickling into U.S.
Airlines around the world, including those connecting transiting passengers at Dubai International Airport, over the weekend began boarding U.S.-bound nationals from the seven Muslim-majority countries on the now blocked Trump travel ban.
Airlines around the world, including those connecting transiting passengers at Dubai International Airport, over the weekend began boarding U.S.-bound nationals from the seven Muslim-majority countries on the now blocked Trump travel ban.

Airline passengers from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Yemen and Sudan carrying valid visas or green cards again began entering the U.S. over the weekend following Friday night’s federal court reversal of the travel ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on nationals from those seven countries. Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways all responded on February 4 to the decision from a federal judge in Seattle by booking legal permanent residents, visa holders and refugees on U.S.-bound flights from the UAE and Qatar. Lufthansa Airlines, Air France and Iberia Airways soon followed suit, allowing properly documented passengers to board flights from their European hubs.