The airline told passengers that "the entry of passengers with passports issued by Libya, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen would be restricted until 27 April 2017".

US president Trump suspended and imposed restrictions last Friday on the entry of refugees and immigrants from the seven countries by an executive order, supposedly to “protect against foreign terrorists entering the USA”, blatantly ignoring the fact that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by Saudis, whose country is obviously not on the list.