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Travelers in the United States woke up to news on Feb. 11 that the airport in El Paso, Texas, was closed for 10 days – only for that order from the Federal Aviation Administration to be lifted hours later.
A few weeks prior, U.S. flights in the Caribbean were disrupted as the Trump administration prepared and executed its capture of Venezuela’s then-leader Nicolás Maduro.
U.S. arrivals to Iceland plunged 27% year over year in January, according to new data from the Icelandic Tourist Board, a decline travel companies say aligns with rising geopolitical tensions around Greenland that are beginning to ripple through North Atlantic travel demand.
Meanwhile, flights from the U.S. to many Asian destinations continue to be rerouted as the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has led to the closure of Russian airspace to U.S. and other Western airlines.
