{"id":112195,"date":"2021-06-18T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=112195"},"modified":"2021-06-18T22:15:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T22:15:43","slug":"eu-lifts-restrictions-travelers-from-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/06\/eu-lifts-restrictions-travelers-from-us.html","title":{"rendered":"EU lifts restrictions on travelers from U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The European Union lifted travel restrictions for U.S. residents, in the latest step toward restoring lucrative transatlantic airline routes despite concerns over the spread of potentially dangerous coronavirus variants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albania, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Taiwan were also added to a so-called \u201cwhite list\u201d of countries from which non-essential travel is allowed. The new rules will take effect within days, as soon as they are published in the Official Journal of the EU, Bloomberg<\/a> reporter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/em><\/strong>Air France offer flights to nearly 200 destinations this summer.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some EU countries already allow vaccinated Americans to visit. Inclusion in the white list means restrictions on fully inoculated U.S. residents will now be lifted across the bloc. Member states also have leeway to grant entry to unvaccinated visitors from white-listed places without requiring a quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move will provide a boost for major American carriers like United Airlines Holdings Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc. that fly the world\u2019s most profitable routes alongside European peers Air France-KLM and Deutsche Lufthansa AG. Long-distance travel, a segment laden with premium customers paying for business- and first-class seats, has been hit hard by restrictions brought on by the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/em><\/strong>Frankfurt Airport Terminal 2 reopens.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision is \u201cgreat news for the EU economies and all transatlantic travel supply chain participants,\u201d said Martin Ferguson, vice president of public affairs at corporate travel agency American Express Global Business Travel. \u201cWe anticipate a strong return of bookings on these routes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Reciprocity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, traffic across the Atlantic hasn\u2019t been fully restored, with U.S. presidential proclamations banning Europeans from visiting still in place. The EU is pushing Joe Biden\u2019s administration to reciprocate by lifting curbs for its citizens, as vaccinations progress across the continent and the number of coronavirus infections falls sharply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe latest vaccination data and low virus spread in Europe would allow for this to happen in a safe manner,\u201d trade group Airlines for Europe said in an email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some diplomats in Brussels were wary of allowing Americans to return before the U.S. agreed to a corresponding reopening. The bloc decided to go ahead amid pressure from the tourism-dependent economies ahead of the summer season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. launched a series of working groups, including with the EU, on border reopening during Biden\u2019s trip there this month. A White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, cited those in response to the EU decision Friday. That work is ongoing and no decisions have been made by the groups, the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are in close contact with the U.S. administration on the issue of safe resumption of all travel between the EU and the U.S. and we\u2019ve received assurances that this is a high priority issue for the U.S. administration,\u201d European Commission spokesman Adalbert Jahnz told reporters Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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