U.S. travel directive expands to U.K. and Ireland Updated 15 March 2020
UPDATE March 15, 2020 - 12:00 UTC
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS BETWEEN THE U.K., IRELAND AND THE U.S.:
The U.S. government has announced a new directive for travel from the U.K. and Ireland, effective midnight on Monday, March 16.
Under the directive, foreign nationals with 14-day prior travel within the United Kingdom, excluding overseas territories outside of Europe, or the Republic of Ireland will not be eligible to enter the United States.
U.S. citizens and Legal Permanent Residents and certain of their family members (and other limited exceptions) will be allowed to enter the U.S. through one of 13 CDC-approved airports.
These orders apply to all flights departing for the United States after 11:59 p.m. ET on March 16, 2020. It does not apply to flights that depart prior to 11:59 p.m. ET on March 16.
FLIGHT CHANGES AND FLEXIBLE WAIVERS:
As communicated yesterday, Delta will significantly reduce its Europe to U.S. flying beginning Tuesday, March 17. To read further details please click here.
Delta is also waiving change fees for customers traveling to, from or through Europe, the U.K. and Ireland through May 31. For further information please visit our Travel Exception Policy Archive.
Additional Updates will be posted to the Coronavirus Situation Update page.
March 14, 2020 - 18:00 UTC
Delta is aware of reports that the U.S. travel directive has expanded to include the U.K. Schedule adjustments will be made shortly. We will update this page as soon as possible.
Delta has waived change fees for customers traveling to, from or through Europe, the U.K. and Ireland through May 31. Details are available on delta.com.
To help address customers with immediate travel needs, Delta is asking those who do not have travel in the next 72 hours to wait and contact the airline closer to their trip.
The safety and health of our customers and employees is always our highest priority. More information on Delta’s response to the COVID-19 virus is available here.
Updated 15-March-2020 12:00 UCT
