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to shad the recipe for its anti viral pill, but not the vaccine. i'm returned to the skies bass said by the pandemic. the airline industry hopes to put the billions in losses behind it. we talked to the former chief executive of british airways about the industries for covering. i'm dorsey jibari at the doha international airport where this experimental, boeing, triple 7 x is paying a fleeting visit. it's already behind schedule. i'll explain why some of his biggest customers want to know when it will be delivering a real game changer. that's how pfizer is chief executive alba borla describes. that's coven, 19 oral anti viral drug. the pharmaceutical giant claims it cuts the risk of hospitalization and death by 89 percent global markets. welcome the needs of the additional weapon in the fight against cove. it a virus which 19 months has crippled economies and led to the deaths of moore,

the 5000000 people. but on surprisingly campaign as are already raising concerns that the rich world will once again, corner the antique faro market. let's crunch some numbers. the biggest makers of vaccines have seen super size sales of their coven jobs. 5 expect sales at 36000000000 dollars this year. and astrazeneca foresees revenue of just over 2000000000. now take a look at this chart from bloomberg using data from health intelligence analysts affinity of the 2 plus 1000000000 doses of vaccines produced by pfizer by and take the vast majority shown here in chunky dark blue went to high income countries with less than a $150000000.00 doses to low income countries. that is a 150000000 out of 2000000000. compare that to the vaccine produced by astrazeneca, lower middle income countries, like india, is shown here in light blue received the vast majority of the 2200000000 doses

produced. so why does this matter? well, apart from the obvious health reasons, the economist intelligence unit predicts that countries that vaccinate less than 60 percent of their populations by the middle of 2022 will suffer economic losses of over 2 trillion dollars between 20222025. well, it looks like history is now repeating itself, and wealthy countries are already cornering the market for coven 19 pills. the united states has done a $2000000000.00 deal for $3000000.00 doses of a rival drug for mug. pfizer has agreements in place to sell its pill to the u. k. australia and south korea lies as new pill could be available in early 2022. if regulatory approval is given. probably expecting push back the company said it would license its pale to the un medicines patent poll to provide low income countries with a cheaper option. which is in sharp contrast to its attitude to handing over the

payton's for its job, which is forced the world health organization to high a lab in south africa to crack the m r n a code. meanwhile, bonsai can madonna have announced plans to settle plans on the african continent to produce bet ammo and aid jobs. jeremy's bon tech says it would go further. i'm start with such work that a new vaccines for malaria an h i v. what does this all mean for the developing on low income countries i'm joined from nairobi by dr. n. g guitar. he's the chief executive of m ref health africa. he was appointed commissioner of the africa cove and 19 commissioned by the african union. many thanks for joining the program, sir. that's been huge pressure on big farm and wealthy countries to end this vaccine inequality. but when 19 months into the pandemic, and less than one percent of all vaccines have gone to poor countries. why is that? because of greed, literally, and you know,

if you look at the environment which tend to be called the shocking balance, which is driven by trade practices, supply and demand. and therefore, the pattern will have the money when fast, the simple mach adult, and that to the so we have doses that have been taught for each countries. and now the risk under that, using those low risk people. and also using the type dozier, well, what country after waiting to get hands on, it's not a votes. absence of resources for resources, right? but since, what country, but it doesn't help the rich country. this is the problem. even when developing countries often vaccines, that costs they're having to take out loans to pay for these. so their debt burdens are getting worse. so what's solution is terrible because you see what's going on. is that institution like the one bank, which i mean presenting dick a solution to receipt of boxing them solving, bake with the problem? but as we know of that actually challenges that complex, which is holding almost 10 $1000000000.00 to buy $10.00 for the poor countries. is

unable to do this anyway. so what comes up in big bits to patches, some of the governmental bucks in the scene that can be bought by the probably about 2 percentage and what countries it isn't just the country that, that have to already include them straight to the budget document. there are people having now to include debt. would you mean, but in future we're going to have a serious problem with a few cars based driven by man, the general health system petitions. obviously it is a disaster doc ticket i. let's talk about this plan by the w h o to pay a south african company. it's called african biologics. to attempt to replicate magenta's coven vaccine. what do you think of this plan? and do you think they're going to be able to do it? well, i think the plan that we're hearing from the blue chill enough is more about learning and don't think it has any capacity to produce the things that are needed for africa. otherwise, we may get some back to,

but it's more learning agenda because whatever they choose to do is engineer an existing i'm out of need from a donor so that we can use it for teaching. this is really what the issue is. and then the question is whether it will actually be ready time on landing in time for the scene. the truth is we will not get adequate coverage. but since from this initiative, but definitely showing that we did a lot of future anemic. we will prepare for the condition, but maybe you haven't seen or now even though we are asking for ending the ending 5 boost as until everyone had vaccine. and once you've only sharing knowledge existing, so that we can ramp up the box mission and also share what devolving, this is, what are even our own and injustice petition is asking for. we need to commit action. these are long term action will be good by the come. so the current

progress report that in which box in a box in deleted and denied it calculates when it comes to the new coven 19 pill treatment pill. pfizer said it will allow it to be made unsold in $95.00, developing countries. how do you view 5, his willingness to share the peyton to its anti this anti viral drug when they've been so rigid about their vaccine? well, it shows you that actually the key to these activities is actually broken here. if you look at the amount of money that's actually been put together by companies like i'm with, you know, it will meaning and thing that when put in $500000000.00 to be a factor there, they're going to provide that late cents to mention putting m p, p full countries, one they're making, i think between a pay them down and then we can make a $3000000000.00 deposit next year. so it is actually talking to them. and i think they're really meeting well, they should actually see it. we are not,

we have to provide the technology end of the month with anyone so that we can round up those. then we have enough for everyone including the one that was, that was once based on that, but for now, if you're holding the button for the most necessary tool, again, it's probably $900.00 right now. then providing the patent for, for the medicine point on want to pick it in future when you're holding does i'm telling them which countries because of non terms of pricing is actually i would say it is unfair. i need to get on it. so what do you think of these plans by medina and by, in tech, to build plans for vaccines in africa? is that not a change in attitude from these companies? well, again, say father, a 1000000 dollars you're trying to support, you know, the content when you're holding millions of those these, you know, i'm not transparent pricing that you're selling, reach countries. it is a good just job, but even up to now i'm waiting to hear what the problem is in terms of where,

where the month and then your monthly plan. that's going to tell you up to $2000000.00 a year. you know, well actually another $100000000.00 in a month. how it took me in the year. going to help the problem about said of us into countries into the matter. got it will not, they make it action is actually to move probably maxine facility and facilities like africa, seen tasking. ahead of the cues. and actually, people at stockpiling, talked about the queue, so that made dispute faster, even as we discuss future one factory of vaccine, believe about can deny that you did now not in 2023. 1924. we may prepare for the future, but we need about this today for the report bank today as we speak, understand that the investment is investment and we have these new buy and take hubs that have been planned for countries like senate. gov and wonder. what does it tell us about these particular countries ability to track these huge manufacturers?

well, the point that we need to make is up up because not asking for, for seems to be just don't need to, to them. we have money for more to electrodes. now these countries run the cynical south africa, egypt i give you that actually planning. but since i've been but i think i'm the thing that i'm asking for myself is that up because, you know, mom booked up but to sponsor go up because you might want to look for the one like in a little while you will shoot talk. thank you. then we move from talking to you soon, we're going to do a b or once more, i mean, we need to know we have to go up to the center for disease control, africa union. i'm been talking to like, women talked about for the while in africa, not been talked about for africa. did we leave? we, you know, we're driving thought these people are putting 500000000 dollars in, in synagogue. i'm yet. and then i, you know, obviously that africa, that would be much more april. so we're happy with these initiatives,

but they are far from me. now. you're far from adequate. dr. get than g guitar. he chief executive of address health africa, also commission of the africa coven, 19 commission by the african union. thank you. thank you very much. oh, that's always as bringing back into service the ed bus. a 3, a c super jumbo hold on a year off to a ground at the at cross. at the time as chief executive i, i'll baka said buying the plane was a big mistake g to the high cost of running it. well, with climate change in huge losses racked up during the pandemic. airlines are queueing up to buy more fuel efficient plates. i'll just, there's dos jibari has a story. this is the world's largest twin engine plane. the experimental, boeing triple 7, x made a short visit to dos international airport as the firm attempts to boost its image

. boeing says it has sold $309.00 of the plane worth more than $442000000.00 each. the $252.00 foot long passenger plane had been due to launch this year, but has been delayed by some technical difficulties and cut our airways is not only one of its top customers, but it also helped develop the plane. the reason we are always investing in your technology is said to have a sustainable growth this aeroplane is 20 percent more fuel efficient than they cut on triple 7. which means that we will be burning 20 percent less fuel, so less sir emissions from this aeroplane. boeing is looking to improve its image after its 737 max plane was grounded last year, following 2 fatal crashes that killed 346 people. the grounding of the $737.00 max,

which had been boeing's best selling plane, is estimated to have already caused the company more than $9000000000.00. but at this event, it's all about strengthening old bonds. they've launched the airplane with us. they've developed the airplane with us. they've helped us design the airplane, and they're helping us improve everything around it. and that's why we're here today. the delays and delivery have been one of the major issues for boeing. airlines are desperately searching for claims that are more fuel efficient and meet higher emission targets from regulators. but this plane is already behind schedule and some of its biggest customers, like emeralds are not happy. the boeing triple 7 ex model was scheduled to be delivered to the 8th airline carriers earlier this year. but due to technical issues and concerns from regulators, it's now being pushed back till the end of 2023. a delivery date. many airlines are counting on to replace the current fleet within your more cost efficient model, which appears to be the goal for the future of the evolution industry. dorset

jibari al jazeera, doha. the pandemic has been unkind to the ace and industry with 40 airlines collapsing under the financial strain. but the gloom may be lifting as borders reopen vaccination rates. increase and passengers start to fly again. but when will the industry recover to pre pandemic levels? well, that's just the 1st of many questions. my colleague, adrian finnegan, put to willie walls, the director general of the international air transport association. i'm actually more confident that we will get back to normal, but it's gonna take some time in a we're predicting 20232024. we're depending on where you are in the world, but we're heading in the right direction now. okay, about 40 airlines when under, during the pandemic is that situation got to get worse, but before, before we reached out, but normally you expecting others to, to, to fall by the wayside. unfortunately, i think some will in fact i'm surprised at more, haven't gone at this stage, but i think the risk for some, the still ahead of them,

particularly as they start building up their operation again, because they'll incur course that they haven't been incurring with their craft rounded and i think getting that scared connection between the revenue inflow and the course outflow is going to be critical because cash is the thing that so you know, everybody is worried about at the moment. so i mean, some, some governments and some part of the walls and out of bailed out airlines, but, but not every country can afford to do that. they don't have such deep pockets, do they? no, they don't em to, we estimate a little over 200000000000 has been made available to airlines from government. most of that has actually come in the form of employee support programs to keep people in jobs. and then the, the next biggest chunk of it is in terms of fair loans that will have to be repaid . so it hasn't been, you know, free money that's been given out to airlines. every airline has suffered as a result of the pandemic. so a lot of work will need to be done by our lives to recover and repair the balance sheet. it must become but must have come as

a relief to have the us open its borders at least to some countries. and that does not take the pressure off, do you think? yeah, definitely. it's a big positive development. so from the 8th of november that it's reopen for 33 countries that had been prevented from flying to the u. s. principally in europe. so i think that's going to generate additional momentum as well as other countries look to what the us has done. so i think in terms of signals very, very strong on what needs to happen to get us all back in the area. i know that many people watching itching to get flying again to go on holidays have to go visit relatives abroad. but while some of us are managing to do that at the moment, i mean, we were talking before we started the interview about how difficult it is with all of districts that are still in place in terms of vaccinations and what have you, what needs to happen why i think the key is vaccination, to be honest, because we've been arguing for some time the people who are vaccinations should be free to travel without restriction and without testing. and for those who can't

access the backseat, i think having us sensible testing regime in place. so it doesn't need to be the expense of and said difficult p c or testing. you know, it's clear that the quality of an engine testing has improved significantly since the start of this pandemic. but it vaccination really is the key and we are seeing that more and more countries are allowing people who are fully vaccinated to travel . what about the stand, a nation standardization of requirements, big peers at the moment, every country has, has different requirements for you to, to before you're allowed. fairyland is, i mean, what role does i out of play in that? i mean, it hasn't in case of you ringing up the health, and this is a look we need to get this straightened under coordinator. we have been trying to do that. i'm. we're actually seeing greater coordination now. it was the disappointing thing i felt at the beginning of this plan to make that in effect, every country went their own way. even within europe, where you would've expected the 22nd country as i was in d, u to coordinate with our policies, we saw 1213 different regimes in place. it is going in the right direction. and in

fact, one of the positives has been the development of the you digital covert certificate, which has now been adopted by over 50 countries. so we've been encouraging countries to have mutual recognition of passes or to adopt a single pass. and, and, you know, it has been improving, but it is still very confusing for the average consumer who's trying to work out. what do i need to do? and when do i need to do? when you talk to governments, what, what are the main concerns they continue to highlights, you know, protecting the health of the nation. and i think the data actually points to a, you know, a regime that could be much more relaxed. i quote figures from the u. k. all the time because people flying into the case since february have had to take a pc or test after they arrive. and of the $9000000.00 tests that were taken up to the end of september, the positivity rates was less than one percent 0.8 percent. while at the same time in the general population, the positivity rates with 7 point one percent. so the risk was not from people

flying into the country, the risk was already in the country. and what we've been encouraging governments to do is look at the data and make decisions based on the data rather than apply rules that may have been sensible when we were dealing with an unknown event, i can february of last year when we were talking a few moments ago about governments bailing bailey, our airlines. she's you said, of course those that's not free money, that that's lunch. if they've got to pay that back, do you think that the government says they seek to recoup the money that they've, they've learned to airlines are going to start passing on costs to passengers to the likes of you and me track station. yeah, unfortunately, i think that is the case and we've seen that in some countries already, the u. k, for example, has increased air passenger duty, particular for long hall flights. so the we are seeing some additional costs beginning to come back onto the consumer. and clearly we've got to fight against that because it's unfair to start damaging the recovery. i think people will recognize that still the can now make contribution of aviation is significant.

ation and actually can play a major role in recovering economies around the world. do you think that matters to consumers the the fact that that, i mean they don't necessarily see the breakdown sometimes i just see this in great something i think, well, that's expensive. yeah. it's definitely discouraging. some people, particularly when you aren't on top of that, the cost of doing these tests. you know, so if you have to do a pc or tests, we've seen prices ranging from $27.00 to $270.00 for the same testing. so, you know, i think this is an area that will concern consumers, but the good news exactly is you said where restrictions are removed and we see an immediate recovery. and that's particularly evident in domestic markets where travel restrictions in general have not been imposed. let's talk about sustainability, the industry of course, in the cross hairs right now for, for its emissions. and what is the plan as far as your concern? so the industry to reduce its carbon emissions. so we have

a real challenge because there isn't a quick alternative to the fuel that we used to do, jack kerosene. what we have committed to is getting to net 0 by 2050 to align our targets with those of the purchase agreement and with the targets that most governments have agreed to in the short to medium term, we see sustainable aviation fuel. so these are fuels that are generated from other sources that can have a carbon footprint of up to 80 percent lower than jet kerosene. how does the relationship with aircraft manufacturers? i mean, do go to the likes of abas and boeing and say, we need to do this. we need to get our carbon emissions lower. or is it the other way round? do they come to you and they say, well look, we've got a more efficient engine, we've got more efficient. yeah, it's, it's a great question because traditionally it has been the manufacturer coming to us and say, look, we've got a better option for you. we're now saying actually, you're not moving fast enough and you need to do better, you know, the aircraft and engines that are being produced today need to be more efficient.

so it's to see airbus, for example, are committing to having a hydrogen powered aircraft, which clarity would be gross 0 know c o 2 emissions by 2035. and i think that's going to be challenging, but they're, they're getting more and more confident that they can do that. but in the timeframe up to 2050, we think that's going to have limited impact. it will have more significant impact beyond 20th. it will come a day when we can fly without emissions that will electric engine say for instance, i mean we've got some, some commercial flights. now let's go off around the world on, on one, on one. so fuel will, will an electric power plane or other form of power play and be able to do that in, in time. not again, not into 2050 timeframe. and that's why we think sustainable fuels is the answer there. but electric hybrid electric, these will be part of the solution, particularly for short range flights and hydrogen from 2035. and again, initially for short range, but beyond 2050,

i think the will be technological solutions of will enable us to fly without missing any c o 2 living and dough her i've i've, i've been a frequent flyer with, with colorado for a long time before that the last time we met, i was a frequent b, a flyer because i was working for another organization whenever i booked a ticket and you completed the purchase, iraq ox, if you wish to offset the cost of your, your carbon footprints. and i've always wondered what was that, what was the take up of that like very low. yeah, yeah, very low impact. lufthansa disclose some figures recently where they said it was about one percent. so when the option is provided to consumers, i think a lot of consumers look at it, but they're, they're not actually availing off the top facilities while the price conscious, they're not necessarily socially conscious as well. i think they are becoming, you know, and consumer behavior changes. and that's why we, as an industry, we've got to make sure that we are listening to what consumers are telling us. and more and more people are saying, this is the number one item. well, it's been great to you. thanks for of good to see. and that is our site for this

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