we've brought hugh back to london's heathrow with al bridger, british airways' top 747 pilot.sed to? this is a big change, of course. flatbed seats. american and most asian carriers have retired the 747 for smaller fuel—efficient craft, but ba revamped these even larger modern ones for five more years. so, this is where you want to come and see, hugh, the flight deck? yes. it's all screens, whereas we had clockwork instruments. it wasn't all clockwork. boeing had installed space—age autopilot, but the british didn't trust it, so put in their own sextants, the things used by sail ships to read the stars. the first three jumbos of the boac had sextants in case the automatic navigation didn't work. is that right? it was used in the apollo project. we would go down a corridor, and on the right would be all the apollo astronauts, those aircrafts because they were going to the moon, and on the other side of the corridor would be the jumbo, because it was the same system. absolutely. there's just something about it, isn't it? it's iconic, it's fabulous and you have a real affinity to

owner of f british airways and liberia has been told the plant to keep flying in the eu after brexitsn't work. u.k. leaves the european union, airlines will have to show they are 50% -- they are more than 50% eu controlled to maintain flying rights. convince yet to authorities that threshold will be met after brexit. france says the yellow vests protests cost 50 million euros in last -- in lost revenue last december. nevertheless, some carried more passengers than the year previously. andrance -- air france another carried more in 2018. companies showing like for like sales down over 1%. have c createdrs worse thanan expted d figures. >> a a big pay rise for r the bs of apple. earned $15.7e cook billion, including a tells -- -a $12 million bonus. don't look so optimistic for the current year. the company warning of a slowdown in demand for iphones. it has knocked hundreds of billions of dollars off of its value. it is 238 times the median salary at apple which is just over $55,000. employees, ingry bet. one of president erdogan's massive projects is the hydroelectric dam. it is now t

british airways that a date if it didn't get a say i have it everything. for me it really began and about eight years ago i had the opportunity to take a boat around the world we see. for the first couple of years on the sea dragon. wanted to look at these islands of pasta that we were hearing about and quickly realized that actually what we were looking for what the micro plastics these tiny pieces. and i'm going to accept them back i. guess and that that and opened up this whole question about toxics and that's really where x. expedition that came from all right let's move on everyone i'm shanley i'm your skipper for this. it's going to be an awesome week and i have been living on board see dragon for the past three and a half years now and she's a great home so yeah we're. where we're going to get to go in this film cameras already here. hi guys i'm john mission coordinator for this leg of execution caribbean i was on the first x. expedition across the atlantic in two thousand and fourteen with emily. i have never sailed before more so less some time aw

and this that includes british airways and iberia moved up. doing well in this market. the ftse up.t. let's put it like that. a baby born on boxing day and given just five weeks to live, just five weeks to live needs a new heart — and doctors say they have just two days to find a donor. three—week old carter cookson has suffered three cardiac arrests and is on a life—support machine. doctors at newcastle's freeman hospital have advised the family that a new organ must be found in the next 48 hours. carter's father, chris cookson, stepped away from his son's bedside this morning to speak to the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire programme. he appealed to other parents to think about organ donation. by ten o'clock at night, everything went downhill. they found something wrong with his heart, he was ventilated, he was rushed to the freeman hospital and when he was in the freeman, he nearly had three cardiac arrests. for any parent it is devastating. they had to put a pacemaker into his heart because his heart was racing from zero to 300. when the surgeon went into his heart, the left ventricle

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british airways said there could be delays on shorthaul flights out of the south—east of england.ains are also predicting some problems. so for the rush—hour tomorrow morning, bbc news teams in all those areas will have the very latest for you and of course full coverage on bbc breakfast. well, that was john well, that wasjohn k reporting. —— well, that was john kay reporting. meanwhile, millions in the american midwest are experiencing a blast of arctic air so ferocious they're being warned they risk frostbite if they stay outside for more than ten minutes. at least eight people have died, and hospitals have been treating patients reporting frostbite as the region deals with the worst cold snap in decades. some 250 million americans overall have experienced the polar vortex conditions. social media companies are facing the prospect of new laws, giving them a legal duty of care to children and young people who use their sites. the culture secretary, jeremy wright, says he's considering the move very carefully following the case of molly russell, the 14—year—old who took her own li

british airways have said they could be delays on short—haul flights out of the south—east of englandms as well. for the rush out tomorrow, bbc news teams in all of those areas will have the latest for you and of course full coverage on bbc brea kfast. thank you. by contrast, the weather conditions in the us are far more challenging. temperatures have dropped to —30 celsius as the arctic air sweeps across much of america's mid west. temperatures could fall even further tonight. it's so cold that millions are being told to avoid taking deep breaths and to minimise talking if they're outside. live to chicago and our north america correspondent chris buckler. you can feel it whenever you breeze, temperatures have slowly been rising, you can tell that from the chicago river behind me —— when you breathe. there was a solid sheet of ice covering it but it feels like -27 ice covering it but it feels like —27 celsius according to the weather service. to demonstrate, we have been using what was a wet t—shirt, we brought this out of the hotel a short time ago. within about 60 seconds, it froze

shery ahn: british airways' owner abandoned its eight-month the discounting airline reeling during theng travel season. region rejected and of offers from idg saying they undervalue the airline. they said they would not make a further bid and would sell its stake in the carrier. haidi: the airline belonging to china's beleaguered hna group is ready to sell dollar-denominated bonds. we said earlier this month it more than $100 million offshore bond quarter. this is bloomberg. ♪ er. this is bloomberg. ♪ selena: this is "daybreak: asia." bills ending the u.s. government shutdown have been rejected in the senate. a democratic bill without wall funding was also voted down. president trump tweeted he will not caved on his wall. the dispute means he will not deliver his state of the union address in congress is planned next week. big business is sounding a new warner on brexit with airbus' ceo announcing what he calls the madness of its supporters. airbus says it directly employs 14 -- 14,000 people in the u.k. >> if there is a no deal brexit, we at airbus will have to make a potentially very

the parent company of british airways announced it was no longer interested in buying norwegian .said it is running into cash problems. they counsel their flight to san francisco in and all but four u.s. cities. the two airlines quickly expanded in the u.s. in the first couple years with flights to europe as low as $79 one way. >>> deftly wants to make single- use plastic containers a thing of the past. p with -- its adorable packaging program led by the jersey base recycling company the company is back to the drawing board they are designing packaging that can withstand the test of time and also be reused by consumers . early designs include nestli's double-walled aluminum jars for their hdagen- dazs ice cream. 25 consumer goods companies have joined this green package program . >>> happening today at some mcdonald's restaurants they are featuring bacon. they will be served free bacon with anything i order between 4 pm and 5 pm at participating restaurants. mcdonald's says they are celebrating adding bacon on his famous burgers, the big mac in the quarter pounder . >>> the warrio

we have the brexit story, which we were just discussing, trying to understand iag, which owns british airwayswill have a problem flying in the event of a hard brexit? do you try to analyze the market and understand the profitability of these companies and potential for that going forward? how much of a coin toss is it? george: frexit is a big variable. but even away from brexit, when we look at the european market in 2019, we still see too much capacity coming to that market. i talked about 4% growth in the u.s., we see 5% in europe, so even more. i would say if brexit goes badly and really does interrupt air travel, you are in a bigger mess in europe. we think they will find a way to work through their problems, because it is in everybody's best interest to keep airlines flying between the u.k. and the continent. but if it does not go well, it could be even worse. we do see some deteriorating profitability in these european airlines as well. vonnie: thanks to george ferguson. and checking markets, we are off of our lows. s&p 500 down 4/10 of 1%. a little bit lower as president trump was spea

pilot, a british airways captain had recently been sending karen romantic texts. but he was aboard a flight over the middle east when karen was killed. so he was ruled out as were most of karen's known male friends, all can prove they were nowhere near her house in oldsmartha night. every boyfriend except car guy, tim permenter reported finding her body. >> is she conscious? >> i don't know. >> is she breathing? >> i don't know. >> tim would later tell detectives he had lost the love of his life. the woman he was hoping to marry. but the people who knew karen best started telling police a very different story. >> i'm not sure why she stayed in that relationship or began a relationship like that. >> the relationship began with tim trying to sell karen a new car. police learned he sold her a bill of goods about himself, saying he had been a navy seal, involved in top secret missions never mentioning the sort truth about his criminal past. >> karen told me he exfland scars as he got on a mission. >> super commando stuff? >> i think that was his impression of himself.

college student from texas has been jailed for six months in britain because of what he did on a british airwayspened before christmas on a flight from london to dallas. here is abc's david kerley. >> reporter: that is a 21-year-old texas college student screaming as he is restrained after grabbing a woman's arm and spitting on and biting the crew members forcing the flight to dallas to turn around to britain. but in this case the outburst resulted in six months in jail for the young man. in court, british newspapers say there was testimony he had gotten a break-up text message from his girlfriend just before that flight a month ago. he started drinking rum from a liter bottle. the crew and passengers taking action, that turnarounds inconveniencing 200 flyers, many coming home for christmas. libby's attorney asked for a suspended sentence, and the judge rejected that handing out that six months in jail and is quoted as saying such behavior cannot be tolerated. david kerley, abc news, reagan national airport. >> the story before that i said caribbean, and then royal caribbean, and it was royal ca

on that day in 2015 he saw andrew hill, a former raf pilot, british airways captain, flying this loopere was a problem at the top of there was a problem at the top of the loop, because the plane was flying quite silly. also he gave three reasons why he thought there was something wrong. the first was he couldn't hear any additional engine noise and he would expect the engines to increase in power as the pilot tried to pull out of the loop. he didn't hear radio calls from the pilot reporting a problem. and he said the pilot made no attempt to abort or escape from the plane by injecting. where does this fit into the evidence? the pilot andrew hill, his face —— cases he accepts he flew very badly that day, but he says he must‘ve been incapacitated by something he suggests he might have been affected by glis, the additional gravity you feel you do when you do a sharp manoeuvre, in aerobatics, draining the blood from the head. but he can't remember anything about the crash because of the injuries and, he suffered after getting out of the wreckage and is part of the crash itself. so, what t

lufthansa group passenger -- -- klm is into danger of being talked by british airways. been lifted by the acquisition of small carriers. that is your bloomberg business flash. nejra: debra mao, thank you so much. let's check in on what is trending across the bloomberg universe.the continued u.s. government shutdown is forcing the fda to put on hold routine safety inspections on food and medical products. shinzo abeg.com, told theresa may the whole world wants to avoid a no deal brexit as u.k. parliament is expected to vote down her plan next week. and most read stories on the terminal, from american airlines to jaguar and macy's, the outlook is looking grim for an increasing number of companies across the globe. in a second blaze, jpmorgan is bonuses.oost in the top story, financial jobs have announced reductions as a result of the market turmoil. speaking of partial -- potential market turmoil, we are days away from when the u.k. leaves eu. this as the house of commons prepares to vote on theresa may flex a deal -- on theresa may brexit deal. wouter sturkenboom is stil

british airways is going retro to mark the 100th anniversary.e in heathrow in london february 18th and this event coincides with the 50th anniversary of the first ever boeing 747 flight. they are set to reveal more details of other planes being repainted with some of the other designs from the past. boeing no longer produces the 747. all right, new orleans saints fans are petitioning for a rematch after losing the nfc championship game to the los angeles rams on sunday. this after referees add you mitted to missing a pass interference penalty that likely affected the outcome of the game. the petition gathered more than 540,000 signatures. nfl rules commissioner could order that a game be replayed if he feels that something extraordinarily unfair happened. the chances of that happening, maria, well, that's another story. but a lot of controversy about the playoff game on sunday. maria: we'll see about that. coming up, the state of u.s., china relations, i'll speak with the ceo of morgan stanley china on the relationship between beijing and washin

it owns almost 10% of cathay pacific and twice percent in british airways' parent company.may be hard for rivals to pay -- play catch-up. it is handling one of this year's premier deals and that is the ipo for uber. ramy: urging the world's largest online -- online retailer to open petrol stations. getting into the business could give amazon thousands of locations to increase its delivery efforts. 2400have a price target of dollars on amazon. 60% higher than the current price. let's take another look at apple suppliers. we had the news, taking the markets by surprise, the revenue forecast cut month the news putting pressure on its asian supplier. we have had the suppliers trading in seoul over the past hour. a little bit of a reprieve coming from the japanese suppliers given that japanese markets are not trading today. if you take a look at the major comprisingliers, about 21% of the overall cost be kospi. underperformers. will be joining us. they are falling moderately, another one to watch out for is down over 70%. in a way some of these asian supplies have been precursor

line where we look at three companies worth watching, the first is i ag, the parent company of british airwaysort that brussels has sent them a chilling message that if there is a no deal brexit they should not count on being able to fly to europe. iberia,y merged with they separated out voting from ownership, so if you own the financial interests predominately by spanish people, but brussels is saying we are not sure that works for us. so they have problems with potentially flying. but grandstanding versus reality. pr. but what isn't pr is what is happening with a bank in italy, the e.u. took over it -- sorry the ucb took over, and we are getting questions about what will happen. finding said to be credit, and they are reducing the poor performing loans. and the ceo is saying they're going to try to sell more npl's and it is too early to talk about a merger, and they are trying to eliminate a risk. and their situation with clients is tranquil. that seems like a positive stand for your company being run by the ucb. and you have the deputy prime minister saying the aim is to bring the bank unde

british airways, my estimate, neitherthe £10 million mark.they are very keen for the government to take another look at those rules and reduce the impact on airlines. cases like this but it is so far beyond their control. may 2017, british airways had an issue that cost them roughly £82 million, you could see it was of their meeting, but drones, volcanic ash, the rb on to the control of the airlines. a look at the markets. more pressure on the ftse as the pound continues to rise. bhp see they have got to production problems. bp, the imf has said it is worried about the prospects for global growth. if big global economy slows down less oil is used. shears are up for easyjet? cheers are up, they say they are still on track to make big profits expected. thank you. mps on parental leave will be able to nominate another mp to vote on their behalf if new plans announced by the government are agreed. proxy voting in parliament has long been discussed for pregnant mps and new parents, but despite widespread agreement, it has not come into force. join

norwegian came under pressure when british airways owner ing and in an eight-month pursuit.ey davidson plunged of the most in a year after admitting president trump's tariffs wiped out profits last quarter. zero earnings through december. including restructuring and tariffs, missing estimates by $.29. the president attacked hardly last year after it announced plans to move some u.s. production overseas to avoid tariffs. shery: accenture is to begin selling automation software that is already eliminated 40,000 jobs. the platform has been in development for five years and suggests ways to streamline and automate processes, including finance and accounting, marketing and procurement. accenture says all staff affected by the program have been retained in other roles. haidi: let's get a look at the market open in japan and south korea, almost upon us. sophie is in hong kong. sophie: stocks to watch -- asian suppliers on the radar after the tech giants results. adventists, gdk. lg display with fourth-quarter operating profits beating the highest estimates. other companies to repor

the company british airways said it was no longer interested in buying norwegian .e iceland based company also says it is running into money problems. it counseled its flights and all but for -- quickly expanded in the u.s. in the last two years. flights to europe were as low as $79 one way. nestli hopes to make single-use plastic containers a thing of the past. they are partnering with -- it's adorable packaging program led by a new jersey recycler. they are redesigning packaging to withstand the test of time and have it reuse by customers. early designs include nestli's double-walled aluminum jars for hake and off ice cream. >>> pg&e is officially filing for bankruptcy, coming up on 8:00 of the chapter 11 filing will affect fire victims suing pg&e. plus an arrest on a hit and run were a student from san francisco state was killed. who the police in southern california now have in custody. >>> some light rain this morning not a big deal, bigger deal on the way. what could be another system on track for the weekend. more on all that coming up. when you shop with us,

the ballot carried out by a former british airways chief executive will hopefully shine a light and beorward. the rmt is saying the public are paying the price for what they describe as a toxic combination of gross mismanagement and profiteering. is there any fairness in that when they talk about profiteering, would you say? we have a public, private railway. if you wa nt a public, private railway. if you want private industry in any system there has to be an element of profit or they wouldn't be there. if you wa nt to or they wouldn't be there. if you want to change the subject then that is why we have the rail review. they are not ruling anything in or out at the moment was that there are certainly things we think should happen. we have to get the track and traina bit happen. we have to get the track and train a bit closer together because there are obvious inefficiencies there. i think we need to look at there. i think we need to look at the whole thing as a network, is an old—fashioned network, and get the passenger at the heart of it, rather thanit passenger at the heart of it, ra

british airways is going to paint one of the 747 boeing and retro style.tage schemes this year on the 100th birthday. which one is the retro? the one on the right. they used to call it better on a camel. moving on, stuart. soccer star rinaldo has to pay fines after pleading guilty to tax fraud. the judge gave him a two-year suspended sentence. he was accused of using shell companies outside spain where he played to hide money that he made firm image rights. the accusations didn't evolve his salary for madrid. new numbers show people drinking less alcohol in america these days. down about 1% last year. the decline was much stronger in. is this a generational cultural shift? the man on your screen, dam lock, he's a social media influencer. and he says in the new age of the internet college students can make more income with a high income scale than they can a college degree college is outdated. next, he makes his case. ♪ jardiance asked: when it comes to managing your type 2 diabetes, what matters to you? step up to the stage here. feeling good about that? l

little red was a small operation using a limited number of stops which the parent of british airways t efficient and have managed to increase frequencies from the summer programme as well. a lower cost base combined with virgin branding, virgin will be looking to get a more reliable and bitter cost differential than before. not tremendously exciting on the markets. just all falling back a little bit. here and in the us. the pound looking reasonably strong. there have been stories about the political stories going round, the possibility of a delay to brexit. i heard this morning that some fund manager is going round saying he believes that there will be no brexit and as a result of that he is betting on sterling. if he knows what is going on, we better get him new research suggests an increasing number of secondary schools in england are unable to cover their costs. a report by the independent think tank the education policy institute has warned a third of local authority schools had overspent during the last financial year, as well as half of secondary academies. frankie mccamley repo

a bio pic of the british rock group queen is a surprise big winner of the golden globes wide diversity took center stage. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. the a . it were at the a. it wound to a. it wound business updates. were going. to a. to a. women's rights activists in iraq calling on the government to do more to improve women's equality and participation in public life sixty years ago iraq was the first country in the arab world to appoint a female cabinet minister but today it's still a male dominated society in iran can report from baghdad on iraqi women struggle for equality. it's been fifteen years but finally the iraqi women's wrestling team is back on the mat. the team like many other sports teams was disbanded after the u.s. led invasion and occupation of iraq in two thousand and three but much more than that it's part of a wave of women taking bigger roles in iraq and society but unfortunately our society does not accept women sports but many iraqi women are defying these restrictions and adamant to bring achievements to iraq by raising its flag by women in international tournaments and it's not just