Nevertheless, passengers will want to consider their travel plans carefully, as passenger demand for seats between the U.K., Ireland and United States destinations will likely increase in the coming days and weeks, making seat availability more difficult.
What if I am a foreign national in Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus or Romania? I’m fine, right?
These four countries are not included in the travel ban. However, there are no direct flights from these countries to the United States. Passengers will need to travel through a country affected by the travel ban — such as Frankfurt, Germany — or via Istanbul or London, which are not affected by the ban.
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Airlines
Which airlines will be most affected?
The travel ban will affect all 28 trans-Atlantic carriers, which collectively make around 1,500 flights per week from Europe and carry more than 400,000 passengers.
Delta Air Lines, the largest trans-Atlantic carrier, has 266 flights from Europe to the United States weekly, according to Cirium, an airline data research firm. In a memo released Friday, Ed Bastian, Delta’s chief executive, said the airline would halt flights to and from continental Europe for 30 days, beginning Sunday. The airline will continue to service London.
This means a drastic and sudden reduction in the supply of flights, and more cuts are expected from other airlines. Passengers on low-cost carriers in particular may want to consider backup travel arrangements; those airlines will be most immediately affected by the loss of passenger revenue and are the most likely to cut flights.
he low-cost carrier Norwegian Airlines announced Thursday that it would drastically reduce the number of flights from Europe to the United States, canceling some 4,000 flights and temporarily laying off 50 percent of its employees.
In a statement, the carrier said that beginning Friday through the end of March, all flights to the United States from Amsterdam, Madrid, Oslo, Stockholm, Barcelona and Paris would be canceled. Though Norwegian flights between Gatwick Airport and the United States are unaffected, and the airline said it would attempt to reroute European passengers through that airport, the airline, already struggling financially, may not be able to weather this sharp reduction in sales.
