Executives from two Mideast carriers, Qatar Airways and Emirates, disagree on whether the the Trump presidency has impacted international travel to the U.S.Emirates Airline President Tim Clark said Thursday that the original travel ban imposed by President Trump caused a 35% decline in Emirates bookings to the U.S. U.S. courts quickly overturned the ban, which was replaced Monday, March 6, by a more limited ban that will take effect on March 16. We have brought millions of Muslims to the United States, but now they may not feel welcome, they may look at going on holiday elsewhere." We have not seen any drop in demand for our flights to the United States. The three include American Airlines CEO Doug Parker, Delta CFO Paul Jacobson and Copa Airlines CEO Pedro Heilbron.

Source: Forbes March 09, 2017 17:02 UTC