Originally Posted by
garykung
Think about your conspiracy theory again.
First, before COVID-19, nonstop air traffic between the U.S. and India is quite limited. With the service suspension by airlines, it is quite difficult for Indian to travel into the U.S., ban or no ban (FWIW - there is even a FTer crying for help at FT to get out India). Also - even connections are available (either via Europe or Asia), many have banned transit traffic.
Also - there is no so-called retaliation. The U.S. did not ban EU and the U.K. just because the EU and the U.K. ban the U.S. The ban has been in place for a while.
you can sugarcoat it all you want....usa banning even transit through the schengen area is simply retaliation against the ban imposed on them....