virgin atlantic flew this boeing 787 across the atlantic last year using nothing else. a quicker way to cut emissions on long journeys than other technologies, such as hydrogen power or electrification, which simply aren't ready. the technology solutions for sustainable aviation fuel are already available and certified for use in aircraft, so it's really about getting sustainable aviation fuel at scale across the globe because this is a global industry, at an affordable price. that's an issue which people within the industry gathered here at farnborough are grappling with. sustainable fuels are currently in very short supply and they're also very expensive. green campaigners insist their impact will be limited. there are lots of different types of safs and some of them are better environmentally than others. but the brutal truth is that all of them are available in very minuscule quantities right now. conversely, right now, airlines have thousands of new planes on order and all of them will burn fossilfuels for at least the next 20 years. governments, aerospace manufact

for example, we have got a virgin atlantic cancellation to new york, they would have to find you a seatne of their flights or on a british airways or delta american, whatever, to new york. furthermore, the airport has to provide hotels and meals for you. you're not going to get any cash compensation because this is truly out of their hands, but on the first big getaway weekend we are having similar problems to the august bank holiday last year, everybody trying to get back, and the air traffic control computer field, as to the back—up system, and we saw days of chaos. i'm hoping it is not going to be this bad this time. yes, it is the beginning of the summer holidays in this area, in this part of the world. of course scotland broke up much earlier. interesting that you see that ryder will check you in for free. good to know that. just an update on one of our colleagues, joshua, reporting from luton airport, see after the delay to his eight o'clock take—off, eight o'clock local time, it is now midday local time here, he is pleased to see checkouts are now open for the flights to vilnius

as many dream liners arrival of us got an order from japan airlines on virgin atlantic for it's a 330 and a 350 plane. that's it for me down jordan, for now. more information of course on our website. i'll just here dot com. there it is. the news continues here, off to witness state you. thanks for watching. the security concerns and political uncertainty, or just some of the issues facing the organizers of the 2024 olympic games in paris . as millions turned their attention to friends with the whole nation, be ready to welcome the world on july, the 26 stay without a 0 for the latest updates the the gmc, i'm, as you mentioned to feelings between the 2. the 2 of us can cheat the gentleman in the system. so me the son who is assuming that the that the one the still the case the court as soon as you give me the best route the . mm hm. mm mm. as long as you don't usually use quickbooks or something because we are looking to ship just the simple one in this account in the movies as well. of course. and we'll see you at the, the really does it with the numbers on the floor set for stuff on

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and i understand that although virgin atlantic has cancelled their london to montego bay flight , actuallyactually, tomorrow we are going to see the british airways flight from gatwick to, montreal to kingston, jamaica. so people will be able to get in and out. if you're booked to mexico. well, i am really sorry to say that there's a possibility your flight may go and crucially, if you're watching gb news in your hotel online at the moment and you're in cancun, it could well be that you will be staying there longer than expected. now, all of these destinations know that they've got to look after tourists. they all the hotels have hurricane plans and you simply need to obey the instructions for what needs to be done. >> okay, all right. brilliant. thank you so much. simon calder there. live in zante now. i was at henley regatta all morning. in fact , guests got in touch to in fact, guests got in touch to say. did i enjoy my boat trip? yes, i did, yes, very much so. it's been a long day, but it's lovely. it's a it's great to be on gb news on a day like this. we're talking about all sorts of

atlantic, and up at luton, if things aren't, particularly great, cancelled flights cancelled to athensaw. and while it's quite possible that, most people, i hope will get where they need to be today , the big problem is be today, the big problem is that if you don't, even though the law says right, somebody's got to get you a flight, there simply isn't the slack in the system. everything is working absolute full tilt. >> goodness me, simon, it does seem like this is the worst time for this sort of meltdown to possibly have happened. as you say, the busiest flying day of the year. what have we heard from which airlines are most effective affected and which airports are most affected? does it seem to be random or is there a pattern here, >> right. okay so all the airlines have now put out statements saying that they are being affected by this. but it's a very tricky system. i mean, you've been hearing from tech experts. it affects everything from online check in, which many of us are absolutely used to. and indeed on ryanair, europe's busiest, biggest budget airline, you have to check in