How many Lufthansa passengers failed this year on the US entrance

Since Donald Trump took over government transactions in the United States in January 2025, the news feels no longer quiet. This also includes numerous media reports on stipulations of EU citizens at the US border, for example about the fate of German Fabian Schmidt, which flew from Luxembourg to Bosten on March 7, where he was unexpectedly captured by the US immigration authorities and then moved to a detention center for 60 days. The exact background is also unclear after his release.

The background for the procedure of the US authorities could be an old drug offense. According to his mother, Schmidt’s survey repeatedly revolved around a cannabis offense from almost ten years ago. The procedure had been stopped. The Federal Republic of Germany Federal Foreign Office supplemented its travel instructions for the United States in mid -March.

Number of refusal to enter declined

The reports of the past few weeks about problems when entering are caused by travelers, which also notices the travel industry. « So far, we have actually had a break -in for 2025, » almost 20 percent, « reveals Michael Gloor, General Director of the Travel Group Luxembourg, in April in a conversation with the « Luxemburger Word ». « Of course this is a lot, precisely because the USA is a big destination. »

The Lufthansa Group board Dieter Vranckx now has in one « LinkedIn » posting Insights into the company’s internal passenger statistics, such as the industry portal “aero.de“Reported. According to this, the German airline flown to the USA from January 1 to May 12, 2025. There were 1.3 million passengers on board, which was an increase of around eight percent compared to the same period in the previous year.

However, the proportion of passengers who were denied entry into the USA is particularly interesting. As VRANCKX reports, the quota would be 0.016 percent. On 100,000 passengers, 16 came with a refusal to enter, which means a slight decline compared to the previous year (17). The US border control policy has not changed, according to Dieter Vrandckx. As a rule, « incomplete travel documents or inconsistencies in the surveys » are to blame for entry problems.

This coincides with Michael Gloor’s assessment from the Travel Group Luxembourg from Last April. « You have to see that you are well prepared that you have all the papers and all the entry documents. This is correct and important. » Accordingly, the customer does not advise the customer from a trip to the USA, you just have to stick to the rules. But that is the case in many countries.

Again more US entries from Luxembourg

Last month, entering Europe to the United States had broken up by 17.2 percent compared to the same month, with Luxembourg particularly noticeable with a minus of 43.2 percent, the April numbers of the US National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) A clear relaxation. Last month, entry from Europe to the United States rose by 12.1 percent compared to April 2024, with Luxembourg even significantly above average at 26.3 percent.

The Lufthansa turn in Frankfurt, on the other hand, reported a passenger decline in April of 1.9 percent compared to the same period last year, whereby all airlines started from Frankfurt are included there. Overall, however, passenger volume has grown by 4.8 percent. Many Luxembourgers use the Lufthansa flights from the boulder to Frankfurt to switch from there to long-distance flights to the USA.