Emirates Airlines has told Telegraph Travel that President Trump’s travel ban has forced it to make adjustments to its crew rosters, to ensure that no staff who are citizens of the seven affected Muslim-majority countries are scheduled to work on US-bound flights.

An Emirates spokesperson confirmed to Telegraph Travel that the airline’s staffing roster has been affected by Trump’s executive order, which was signed on Friday: “We have made the necessary adjustments to our crewing, to comply with the latest requirements.”

While the effects of the ban on the wider public has been well-documented, with some travellers being turned away from US-bound flights, it has also caused issues in the aviation industry.

Demonstrators protested against the ban outside the White House over the weekend Credit: getty

All pilots and flight attendants who are non-US citizens need visas to pass through US immigration, but any staff who hold passports issued by the seven affected countries – Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen – are unable to enter the country, whether they already have the necessary visa or not.

Thanks to the Emirates’ timely amendments, its employees have not been actively turned away by US immigration: “No Emirates crew has been impacted by the change… Emirates continues to operate flights to the US as scheduled.”

Emirates is not the only airline to have made crew adjustments since the ban, which will be enforced for a 90-day period. A spokesman for Etihad Airways of Abu Dhabi told Reuters that the airline had “taken steps to ensure there will be no issues for flights departing over the coming weeks.”

A British Airways spokesperson told Telegraph Travel that its staffing “has not been affected by [the ban] as all of our staff must have permission to work in the UK so will have dual UK nationality or an EU passport.”

There has been some confusion about whether Trump’s policy affects dual nationality travellers, i.e. nationals of the affected countries who are travelling on a second passport issued by a country which is not affected by the ban, such as the UK. But on Sunday evening, Britain’s Foreign Office confirmed that the ban will only apply to British dual nationality citizens who are flying directly from the seven identified countries.

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British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Emirates have stated that travellers who are affected by the travel ban will be eligible for a refund or have the option to rebook their flight, and should contact their customer services teams directly.

A spokesperson from Qatar Airways told us that the airline is not commenting on the US travel ban, beyond its customer travel advice which is available on its website.

Some aviation experts have spoken out about the impact that the ban has already had on the aviation industry. “I cannot think of anything comparable,” independent aviation consultant John Strickland told Reuters. “This brings a mix of administrative confusion, impact and uncertainty for many travellers as well as practical operational headaches and complexities for airlines in planning their flight programs.”

A spokesperson from the British Airline Pilots Association [Balpa], the UK pilots’ trade union, said that it has not been contacted by any of its members regarding the US travel ban, but “will monitor the situation closely and be prepared to offer support should a situation arise.”