No US carriers are affected, but the ban hits passengers on approximately 50 flights per day from the busiest hubs in the Arab world and the three Gulf carriers that recently emerged as giants: Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways. INTELLIGENCEBritain issued a similar order, applied to direct flights from a shorter list of countries. Canadian and French officials are considering a ban, but Germany said it was not. The US ban will hit flights operated by Royal Jordanian, EgyptAir, Turkish Airlines, Saudi Airlines, Kuwait Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Qatar Airways, Emirates and Etihad Airways. The British ban only involves six countries, two of which — Lebanon and Tunisia — do not feature on the US list.

Source: Daily Nation March 22, 2017 03:53 UTC