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karen dee is chief executive of the airport 0perators association, which represents uk airports.med the decision as a small but important step. certainly as other sectors are beginning to open up and as we see the vaccines rolled out within the uk, we have always felt that that meant the risk became less and much more manageable for us, so really important for us to begin to restart the aviation sector in the uk in a safeway, and let's not forget we still, passengers will still be required to have significant test before they travel to the uk. the government has also announced international cruises will be allowed to restart from england on monday. andy harmer is managing director of the cruise lines international association, which is the world's largest cruise industry trade association. he's very much welcomed that announcement and spoke to my colleague ben brown earlier this evening. he explained that cruise holidays have already safely resumed elsewhere in the world. there's about 800,000 people globally have taken a cruise holiday and that has been a safe return to service,