FAA bans Turkish Airlines from flying to the US

No airlines may fly from Turkey to the US due to a FAA order, US govt officials said Saturday. “All airline carriers, regardless of country of registry, are prohibited from flying into the US from Turkey either directly or via third country,” the US Embassy in Ankara said. The FAA has also banned any US registered aircraft from flying into Turkey. The FAA’s decision is likely a bigger problem for Turkish Airlines, the global behemoth that had made US flights a key part of its strategy. Turkish tries to capitalise on its unique location to sell Americans one-stop itineraries to hard-to-reach places, especially in Africa, the Middle East and India. Turkish flies nonstop to Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Houston, San Francisco, Washington Dulles and Chicago. <br/>