It was not easy but IATA just updated their web site. I wanted to Thanks everyone here on this forum for the valuable insights. Thanks Shannon at United Airline that told me what TIMATIC is. Thanks Tatiana at the Russian Embassy, Washington, D.C. for her confirmation that direct flight rules from USA is FALSE and most likely not up-to-date. Last but not least, I want to Thanks the team at IATA for speedy resolution on this matter. I cannot even begin to imagine the enormous duties and responsibility that IATA have to the traveling world, specially complicated with COVID-19.

For those of you that are reading this, I encourage you to check your itinerary against the IATA Travel Centre web site ensuring that everything is in order prior to any international travel. Remember IATA is what the airlines and the gate agents goes by for international travel requirements.

Let’s go USA Climbing.

IATA change it from and to.

2021-08-18 the warning reads “Nationals of USA must arrive on a direct flight from USA.”

2021-08-19 the warning reads “Nationals of USA must arrive on a direct flight from USA or on a flight transiting through Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, China (People's Rep.), Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland (Rep.), Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea (Rep.), Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, North Macedonia (Rep.), Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkey, USA, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Venezuela or Viet Nam.