While the entry requirements for European countries are currently falling, the Americans are taking things slowly. The US government does not plan to lift travel restrictions early.

As a White House spokesman told Reuters, they do not want to give in to growing pressure from US business groups and some MPs for the time being: "We have made tremendous strides in our vaccination efforts, like many other countries, but we want to make sure that we move consciously and are able to sustainably reopen international travel if it is safe to do so. This is reported by the aviation portal Aero.