US says it is helping to restore order to global air industry

The US govt said it was taking steps to restore order to the global air transport industry after a weekend of chaos following president Donald Trump’s travel ban on 7 predominantly Muslim countries. Permanent US residents from nations covered by Trump’s order should no longer be detained at American airports and no one covered by the ban should be getting on planes overseas, the Department of Homeland Security said. The agency’s statements late Sunday were attempts to rectify a weekend of confusion in which everyone from travellers to airline gate crews to immigration officers were left to contend with conflicting edicts. In the hours after the presidential edict, many airports imposed blanket bans on US travel for citizens from the affected countries. <br/>