Europeans Slash US Trips on Lasting Transatlantic Tensions (1)

Sept. 19, 2025, 10:04 PM UTC

Europeans are booking fewer trips to the US this fall, with planned transatlantic travel down 11% according to a major data provider, as concerns linger over President Donald Trump’s immigration and tariff policies.

Air travel from Germany is set to decline 13% from a year ago, while Spain is 9% lower and Italy is down 7.6%, based on data from Cirium, an aviation analytics company. Bookings from the UK slid 4.9% while France declined 2.9%.

“European demand has been down,” United Airlines Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby said in an interview earlier this week, adding that it ...

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