Originally Posted by
MCO Flyer
Well for one, Trumps travel restrictions didn’t include a “full ban of flights” to EU Schengen countries, rather a ban of EU citizens from coming to the U.S. DL has released another press release that states other than the flights announced for immediate suspensions earlier today, all other EU flights will operate normally until 3/15 (Sunday) to get US-citizens out of the EU. After 3/15, DL says that there will be major scheduled reductions throughout the EU.
https://news.delta.com/delta-evaluat...avel-directive
+1. And they absolutely need their full capacity for the trip back from Europe for the next few days though will undoubtedly operate at a loss on the outbound. The lack of advanced warning has stuck a ton of US citizens in Europe and not all of them will be able to make it on the widely sold out flights tomorrow.
Plus there is no ban on people traveling to Europe, it just presents a problem for those coming home. I imagine a number of Europeans may consider heading back in the next few days rather than being stuck in the US and unable to get back into the EU as the US rapidly approaches being on the receiving end of travel bans from the rest of the world.