In the long-lasting trade conflict between the United States legacy carriers and the Gulf big trio, some U.S. airlines are stepping up to advocate for Qatar Airways, arguing that government interference might cause retaliation, which could seriously harm their own expansion plans to Europe.
The US command for Central Asia and the Middle East (CENTCOM) announced on April 15, 2019, that F-35A of the United States Air Force had been deployed in the Middle East for the first time.
The European Commission published an update of its list of banned airlines within the European Union airspace on April 16, 2019. The main changes concern Moldova and Angola.
