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british airways and easyjet _ time they return. time they return. british airways and easyjet have put on - time they return. british airways and easyjet have put on extra i time they return. british airways i and easyjet have put on extra seats to help brits get home ahead of a change that has taken both businesses and passengers by surprise. katy austin, bbc news. james reynolds is at gatwick airport for us. what have holiday—makers being saying to you? plenty of them, looking at the rain that we are getting here at gatwick, would wish that travelling abroad was unlawful not easier, but of course it has got an awful harder. there are about half a dozen flights taking off today from here to portugal. i spoke to one woman, a nurse, who had not seen herfamily in portugalfor two nurse, who had not seen herfamily in portugal for two years, nurse, who had not seen herfamily in portugalfor two years, she knows that when she comes back she will have to quarantine, she said she understood although she was disappointed. i spoke to a man wh
british airways and easyjet _ time they return. time they return. british airways and easyjet have put on - time they return. british airways and easyjet have put on extra i time they return. british airways i and easyjet have put on extra seats to help brits get home ahead of a change that has taken both businesses and passengers by surprise. katy austin, bbc news. james reynolds is at gatwick airport for us. what have holiday—makers being saying to you? plenty of them, looking at the rain...
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i will talk to the british airways around 20 minutes time and i want to get his hands on whether that is enough for him. what details does he expect to hear from this meeting? lisa: we talk about reopening the transatlantic corridor and decision on vaccination between all of the nations to get the world back up and running. there's a question about the hard feelings ongoing on angela merkel's part for the fact that the u.s. has not distributed more of its vaccine earlier and frayed relations under the president trump era. what is her sign that she is perhaps softening or relations are changing between the germany's -- between germany and the u.s.? guy: i think angela merkel will be delighted she is not having to deal with president trump anymore. i think that is the first thing we need to take away from this. she is outgoing, that is the second thing to take away. this is our last meeting, but she wants to be a force here at this meeting. you have a emm angela merkel, and mario draghi as well. you want to coalesce that power base and try to use it to represent an eu agenda. there is f
i will talk to the british airways around 20 minutes time and i want to get his hands on whether that is enough for him. what details does he expect to hear from this meeting? lisa: we talk about reopening the transatlantic corridor and decision on vaccination between all of the nations to get the world back up and running. there's a question about the hard feelings ongoing on angela merkel's part for the fact that the u.s. has not distributed more of its vaccine earlier and frayed relations...
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are investigating whether british airways and ryan air broke consumer law by failing to issue refundsing the pandemic. not all passengers were given their money back when they could not lawfully take their flights. el salvador has become the first country in the road to make it clean legal tender -- in the world. cryptocurrency is seen as a risky investment, in part because of the lack of regulation, by the central american nation has approved a framework for its use in daily life. reporter: taking the leap into the age of cryptocurrency, el salvador's government says making bitcoin legal tender could help reduce the costs of remittances, which last year totaled $6 billion, 16% of the country's gdp. >> [speaking in spanish] >>>> the new law will allow bitcoins to be used in any transactions, including to pay taxes. the u.s. dollar will remain el salvador's main currency, and the government will guarantee people can convert their bitcoins to dollars at any time, with an exchange rate determined by the cryptocurrency's market value. the president, who spearheaded the bill, hopes that co
are investigating whether british airways and ryan air broke consumer law by failing to issue refundsing the pandemic. not all passengers were given their money back when they could not lawfully take their flights. el salvador has become the first country in the road to make it clean legal tender -- in the world. cryptocurrency is seen as a risky investment, in part because of the lack of regulation, by the central american nation has approved a framework for its use in daily life. reporter:...
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the group includes the ceos of american, delta, united, jetblue and british airways. since last march the u.s. barred nearly all non-u.s. citizens who have been in the uk within the past 14 days from entering this country and most u.s. travelers visiting the uk have to quarantine for ten days upon arrival so there's a lot of reasons to want to end that. marcus, laura? >> thanks so much, contessa. >>> 4:43. the pride flag is flying proudly above san francisco city hall this morning. mayor london breed hosted a ceremony yesterday as part of the city's reopening. the city hall's reopening. she praised san francisco's rich history of celebrating gay pride which goes back 50 years. lessons learned during the aids crisis helped the city battle covid. >>> coming up next on "today in the bay" a breakthrough in the fight against alzheimer's. what's now offering new hope for millions of patients and their families. i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love, more adventure, more community. but with my hiv treatment, there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to
the group includes the ceos of american, delta, united, jetblue and british airways. since last march the u.s. barred nearly all non-u.s. citizens who have been in the uk within the past 14 days from entering this country and most u.s. travelers visiting the uk have to quarantine for ten days upon arrival so there's a lot of reasons to want to end that. marcus, laura? >> thanks so much, contessa. >>> 4:43. the pride flag is flying proudly above san francisco city hall this...
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commercial supersonic flights ended in 2003 when concorde, flown by air france and british airways, wasays while it's a thrilling prospect, there are plenty of challenges ahead. very exciting. i'm wondering why it took 20 years since the retirement of concorde. will it be environmentally friendly at a time when we are being urged to fly less? right! big open—ended questions, it sounds too good to be true, they want to fly on biofuel. can they pull it off? they will need a lot of it and it is in short supply. that will raise the costs, with tickets at $25,000! good luck with that. a lot of promises right now. you touched on the cost. this is going to be for an elite few who can afford to spend this much on a plane ticket. that's right. that's not what they want it to be, but let's face it, concorde was that way. in today's dollars, it would be around $13,000 for a round trip, new york to london. that's probably what the cost is going to be for this new venture. i don't know how they can make it much cheaper. they talk about efficiencies, 50 years of plane technology, but it is a long way
commercial supersonic flights ended in 2003 when concorde, flown by air france and british airways, wasays while it's a thrilling prospect, there are plenty of challenges ahead. very exciting. i'm wondering why it took 20 years since the retirement of concorde. will it be environmentally friendly at a time when we are being urged to fly less? right! big open—ended questions, it sounds too good to be true, they want to fly on biofuel. can they pull it off? they will need a lot of it and it is...
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british airways and ryanair are facing action for a possible breach of consumer law by failing to offers competition and markets authority has launched an investigation. let's speak now to business presenter alice baxter. give us some of the details. yes, absolutely _ give us some of the details. yes, absolutely right, _ give us some of the details. yes, absolutely right, victoria, - give us some of the details. 15:3 absolutely right, victoria, during the three uk covid lockdowns, thousands of would—be travellers across the country were told they could no longer take the flights they had booked. so what a lot of they had booked. so what a lot of the airlines did in those instances is offered vouchers, offered the ability to switch the flights to a later date, took away the switching finds that they would normally institute. from their perspective, they were very flexible and customer friendly. however, what the cmas lane, the competitions and markets authority, through the near 150,000 complaints they have received on this issue, is that simply wasn't good enough, that customers made th
british airways and ryanair are facing action for a possible breach of consumer law by failing to offers competition and markets authority has launched an investigation. let's speak now to business presenter alice baxter. give us some of the details. yes, absolutely _ give us some of the details. yes, absolutely right, _ give us some of the details. yes, absolutely right, victoria, - give us some of the details. 15:3 absolutely right, victoria, during the three uk covid lockdowns, thousands of...
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olivia, because we have knock at this legal action that i think ryanair, british airways, virgin, various government has a bit of a rod for its own back with its traffic like system? absolutel to the whole _ its traffic like system? absolutel to the whole notion _ its traffic like system? absolutel to the whole notion of _ its traffic like system? absolutel to the whole notion of an - its traffic like system? absolutel to the whole notion of an amberj its traffic like system? absolutel- to the whole notion of an amber list was always ridiculous —— absolutely. it has been a complete mess, and it always felt like some thing which had been very, very poorly thought her and just put forward because they couldn't really think of anything else to do so i am not surprised that they are facing this huge legal battle. but i agree with rob. i read this story and thought it sound more like something the daily mail wants, and the rest of us wants, not something that the government is going to do. everything we are hearing is that the government is going to, it might be possible to travel abroad, it m
olivia, because we have knock at this legal action that i think ryanair, british airways, virgin, various government has a bit of a rod for its own back with its traffic like system? absolutel to the whole _ its traffic like system? absolutel to the whole notion _ its traffic like system? absolutel to the whole notion of _ its traffic like system? absolutel to the whole notion of an - its traffic like system? absolutel to the whole notion of an amberj its traffic like system? absolutel- to the...
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commercial supersonic flights ended in 2003 when concorde, flown by air france and british airways, wasfarers: how humans will settle the moon, mars, and beyond' quite exciting i suppose this is quite exciting, because it was an example of science taking a step back when concorde was decommissioned. i am wondering why it took 20 years since the retirement of concorde. years since the retirement of concorde-— concorde. will it be environmentally - concorde. will it be - environmentally friendly at a time when we are being urged to fly less? ibig time when we are being urged to fl less? �* ., , fly less? big open ended questions. _ fly less? big open ended questions, it _ fly less? big open ended questions, it sounds - fly less? big open ended questions, it sounds too | fly less? big open ended - questions, it sounds too good to be true, they want to fly on biofuel. can they pull it off? they will need a lot of it and it is in short supply. that will raise the costs, tickets are $25,000! good luck with that. a lot of promises right now. ., ., . ., now. you touched on the cost. this is goi
commercial supersonic flights ended in 2003 when concorde, flown by air france and british airways, wasfarers: how humans will settle the moon, mars, and beyond' quite exciting i suppose this is quite exciting, because it was an example of science taking a step back when concorde was decommissioned. i am wondering why it took 20 years since the retirement of concorde. years since the retirement of concorde-— concorde. will it be environmentally - concorde. will it be - environmentally...
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british airways and ryanair are facing action for a possible breach of consumer law, by failing to offerstrictions. the uk's competition and markets authority has launched an investigation. earlier our business correspondent, alice baxter, gave us this update during the three uk covid lockdowns, thousands of would—be travellers across the country were told that they could no longer take the flights that they had booked, so what a lot of the airlines did in those instances is they offered vouchers, they offered the ability to switch those flights to a later date, they took away those switching fines that they would normally institute. from their perspective they were very flexible and customerfriendly, however what the cma are saying, the competition and markets authority, through the near 150,000 complaints they have received on this issue, is that that simply wasn't good enough. customers made these bookings in good faith on the understanding that if they were not able to take the flights, through circumstances totally out of their own control, indeed a pandemic which had government loc
british airways and ryanair are facing action for a possible breach of consumer law, by failing to offerstrictions. the uk's competition and markets authority has launched an investigation. earlier our business correspondent, alice baxter, gave us this update during the three uk covid lockdowns, thousands of would—be travellers across the country were told that they could no longer take the flights that they had booked, so what a lot of the airlines did in those instances is they offered...
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iag under pressure, the owner of british airways exposed to the north atlantic.tral banks and governments are quick to shore up the world economy when the pandemic erupted and now the challenge is how to wean investors off the unprecedented support. the bank for international settlements is calling it pande xist. -- pandexit. joining us is agustin carstens. it is a real pleasure to talk to you. diverging virus, diverging economies, diverging central-bank policies. what does this look like in the next six to 12 months? agustin: basically more heterogeneity in the progress of different countries. advanced economies are very well positioned in eight fiscal and monetary policy space to continue supporting their economy. they have major progress in terms of vaccination. then steam -- things seem to be moving in the right direction. in advanced economies the progress will be slower and more heterogeneous because policy space is not as big, as is the case of advanced economies, and at the same time needless to say they did not have access to the same amount of vaccinati
iag under pressure, the owner of british airways exposed to the north atlantic.tral banks and governments are quick to shore up the world economy when the pandemic erupted and now the challenge is how to wean investors off the unprecedented support. the bank for international settlements is calling it pande xist. -- pandexit. joining us is agustin carstens. it is a real pleasure to talk to you. diverging virus, diverging economies, diverging central-bank policies. what does this look like in...
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british airways has put thousands of its staff back on furlough because of delays to the restart of internationald on 17th may. but only a small number of countries have been put on the government's approved green list. a woman who lost herjob with a think tank after claiming people cannot change their biological sex has won her appeal against an employment tribunal ruling. maya forstater had posted a series of messages on social media opposing the government's proposals to reform the gender recognition act. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. maya forstater felt she was fighting for more thanjust herjob — for what she believed. after posting tweets, like, "men cannot change into women", she was accused of offensive language and lost herjob. today a judge said although her views might be profoundly offensive and even distressing to others, they had to be tolerated. for the first time it says that gender critical belief, which is an an absolutely ordinary belief about sex, that your mother and grandmother are women, being female is a thing... ..is... ..is worthy of respect in a democra
british airways has put thousands of its staff back on furlough because of delays to the restart of internationald on 17th may. but only a small number of countries have been put on the government's approved green list. a woman who lost herjob with a think tank after claiming people cannot change their biological sex has won her appeal against an employment tribunal ruling. maya forstater had posted a series of messages on social media opposing the government's proposals to reform the gender...
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british airways saying they will have to furlough some workers because the u.k.t really allowing people to travel outside the country. it does feel more of an optimistic trade. i wonder what we will see on monday if we come in. boris johnson is much more negative about any further reopening. guy: i think a lot of people have price that in. the expectation, judging by what the science is saying in the u.k. is that reopening will be pushed back. i do not think that will have a positive impact on the travel stocks. they have been very volatile this week. run at the top or run at the bottom of the leaderboard based on the way we are seeing trade developing. you are basically trading the tape at the moment in terms of what the politicians are saying. the co's are not happy about this. we spoke with easyjet yesterday, i spoke to iag earlier in the week. michael o'leary, he is the most outspoken. you and i talked to him earlier on and tried to get his take on what will happen to this industry if the prime minister decides not to further reopen the economy later this mon
british airways saying they will have to furlough some workers because the u.k.t really allowing people to travel outside the country. it does feel more of an optimistic trade. i wonder what we will see on monday if we come in. boris johnson is much more negative about any further reopening. guy: i think a lot of people have price that in. the expectation, judging by what the science is saying in the u.k. is that reopening will be pushed back. i do not think that will have a positive impact on...
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we also have the iag british airways owner. it will be fascinating to see what they have to say. the business model is going to look. what is freight going to be doing, will first class exist? alix: guy gets to play and then i get to play. i will have a panel with heavyweights. shall, exxon, total ceos as well as the qatar energy minister. that will be fascinating. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: coming up, yup treasury secretary janet yellen, fed chair jay powell, gary gensler all meeting with president biden at the white house. the main event is powell testifying tomorrow at capitol hill. guy: that is piles first meeting with biden, isn't it? -- that is jay powell's first meeting with biden come isn't it? alix: i think it is. guy: frost will be giving testimony before parliament. and we have the new york city primary election. make sure you vote. alix: this is bloomberg. guy: this is bloomberg. ♪ in business, it's never just another day. it's the big sale, or the big presentation. the day where everything goes right. or the one where nothing does. with comcast business you get the n
we also have the iag british airways owner. it will be fascinating to see what they have to say. the business model is going to look. what is freight going to be doing, will first class exist? alix: guy gets to play and then i get to play. i will have a panel with heavyweights. shall, exxon, total ceos as well as the qatar energy minister. that will be fascinating. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: coming up, yup treasury secretary janet yellen, fed chair jay powell, gary gensler all meeting with...
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british airways and easyjet have put on extra seats to help brits get home ahead of a change that has surprise. katy austin, bbc news. let's speak to our lisbon correspondent alison roberts. alison, what has been the response there? at lisbon airport this morning there were people who had scrambled to rebook flights and the test they needed to take in order to go home and avoid quarantine even on the green list. that was difficult for some people, they had to come to the airport where they were expecting not to have to do so for another day because they need to wait for the result and give a overs to do that and meantime the authorities very concerned about this, hotels are seeing many cancellations and as was mentioned some hotels only decided to open at the start ofjune because of the reopening of travel from the uk. some public health officials he had said it could be a storm in a teacup, because they point out the mutation of the so—called indian variant no cold delta there are only 12 cases of that and in terms of the indian variant in general were compared with the uk for that i
british airways and easyjet have put on extra seats to help brits get home ahead of a change that has surprise. katy austin, bbc news. let's speak to our lisbon correspondent alison roberts. alison, what has been the response there? at lisbon airport this morning there were people who had scrambled to rebook flights and the test they needed to take in order to go home and avoid quarantine even on the green list. that was difficult for some people, they had to come to the airport where they were...
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british airways is going to have to furlough some more workers. we just heard about that yesterday.ve around capacity, will you have to do something similar for other things to help your balance sheet? michael: i don't think so. we are very hopeful. we have moved some capacity out of ireland and the u.k. into continental europe. we see a very strong recovery of travel and volumes through late june into july and august. we think ireland and the u.k. will lag behind that. nevertheless, it is what it is. we are concerned at this point of getting all of our cabin crew off furlough, getting them trained and back up and flying again. we are also concerned, working closely with boeing to try to get deliveries of the first of our game changer aircrafts, and we are very hopeful that we will see the first delivery of those aircraft maybe in june, but if not in june, hopefully in july. guy: that is interesting because normally, you wouldn't introduce a new aircraft into the fleet during the summer. can you do that because the capacity is not being used? normally you would never do that because
british airways is going to have to furlough some more workers. we just heard about that yesterday.ve around capacity, will you have to do something similar for other things to help your balance sheet? michael: i don't think so. we are very hopeful. we have moved some capacity out of ireland and the u.k. into continental europe. we see a very strong recovery of travel and volumes through late june into july and august. we think ireland and the u.k. will lag behind that. nevertheless, it is what...
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earlier, i spoke to the iag ceo, the owner of british airways, iberia, aer lingus, and we discussed whatme out of this meeting. what needs to come from this reopening. what details we need to get. >> i think we need to take into consideration that everyday we are not flying, u.k. businesses are losing around 23 million pounds, so it doesn't make any sense not to make decisions based on scientific data to take a risk based approach. guy: in terms of your planning, when do you think that is going to happen? when do you think we are going to see some progress being made? luis: we consider that right now , the situation that we have between both countries to travel, i think vaccinated people can travel freely. we don't see why we have to have restrictions between u.s. and u.k. so as soon as we can have an action to open that corridor, it will be very important for all of us. what we are asking today is we want to open corridors between countries where successful vaccination rates. we also need affordable and simple testing. it is important also to use contactless technologies, and these pass
earlier, i spoke to the iag ceo, the owner of british airways, iberia, aer lingus, and we discussed whatme out of this meeting. what needs to come from this reopening. what details we need to get. >> i think we need to take into consideration that everyday we are not flying, u.k. businesses are losing around 23 million pounds, so it doesn't make any sense not to make decisions based on scientific data to take a risk based approach. guy: in terms of your planning, when do you think that is...
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british airways, cafe pacific, e mirates, lufthansa, and singapore airlines but one airline here in the u.s. free of that worry, frontier. the ultra low cost carrier, operates a fleet of more than 107 all airbus aircraft to more than 100 destinations in the u.s. , latin america and the caribbean. this company went public on april 1, just as the world was emerging from lockdowns, the stock is down about 3% here in a fox business exclusive is frontier airlines ceo barry biff el. all right, so just give me a sense of just to stay on the news, this boeing issue. you guys fly airbus, correct? why that choice? >> thanks for having us on. we've chosen the airbus a-320 family and have been very pleas ed with it and it helps us deliver the lowest cost in the u.s.. liz: okay, but are you ever going to consider the boeing jet s? whether it's the 777-x or anything else? >> we have no wide bodies so just be clear we're only narrow body aircraft the 320 family competes with the 737 family and we have no wide bodies so obviously no 777s are in the considerations, and then familiar with the situation t
british airways, cafe pacific, e mirates, lufthansa, and singapore airlines but one airline here in the u.s. free of that worry, frontier. the ultra low cost carrier, operates a fleet of more than 107 all airbus aircraft to more than 100 destinations in the u.s. , latin america and the caribbean. this company went public on april 1, just as the world was emerging from lockdowns, the stock is down about 3% here in a fox business exclusive is frontier airlines ceo barry biff el. all right, so...
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british airways and easyjet have put on extra seats to help brits get home ahead of a change that has out a statement saying that there was no logic to the decision, andindeed there was no logic to the decision, and indeed the opposition has called the minister into parliament to answer questions about the lack of proactivity on the part of government to stop as far as british tories are concerned, is already concerning them. prices on flights have gone up quite considerably, to as much as £500 or more for a single fight in some cases. many people are also scrambling, not only to rebook flights, but to rebook their tests, which we have to have ready in order to have the results 2a hours before they fly. it is causing a lot of upset here. the hotel is in the algarve and across the country are also suffering. in at the algarve, they are seeing cancellations of something like 50% in some cases. it is causing great problems here in portugal. sirjohn major has urged borisjohnson to "let compassion prevail" and honour his commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on foreign aid. the forme
british airways and easyjet have put on extra seats to help brits get home ahead of a change that has out a statement saying that there was no logic to the decision, andindeed there was no logic to the decision, and indeed the opposition has called the minister into parliament to answer questions about the lack of proactivity on the part of government to stop as far as british tories are concerned, is already concerning them. prices on flights have gone up quite considerably, to as much as...
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the heads of american, delta, united, jetblue and british airways are meeting monday to call for the u.s. to remove restrictions between the u.s. and the uk. the restrictions have been in place since march of last year. and new today, an urgent push from the cdc to vaccinate a critical age group, teenagers citing a rise in hospitalizations among 12 to 17-year-olds, nbc's kathy park is following this story for us from new york city. this is pretty extraordinary and frightening for any parent of a teenager to hear right now. what's behind the cdc push? >> hey, alex. well, it really comes down to a new stud released by the cdc and some troubling new trends. earlier this year covid hospitalizations among teens were actually on the decline, but then started ticking back up in march and april and you might be wondering what's causing this rise? researchers say it might be a couple of things and covid variants and more students going back to in-person learning and more indoor interactions. >> the head of the cdc doubling down on the need to vaccinate teens saying she's deeply concerned with
the heads of american, delta, united, jetblue and british airways are meeting monday to call for the u.s. to remove restrictions between the u.s. and the uk. the restrictions have been in place since march of last year. and new today, an urgent push from the cdc to vaccinate a critical age group, teenagers citing a rise in hospitalizations among 12 to 17-year-olds, nbc's kathy park is following this story for us from new york city. this is pretty extraordinary and frightening for any parent of...
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the airline sector in focus, british airways calling along with other executives for a reopening of thetravel -- u.k. to u.s. travel. mark: you are also looking at energy stocks. what is going on? >> we have seen a little slow down to the positive momentum and a steady march higher in oil prices. this follows on the heels of positive comments from the ceo, who said yesterday that there is lots of evidence that demand will be strong, and the situation we are in could for a while, but we are seeing the pace of the bullish motion in the oil market subside. that may undercut. anna: bat, what is the story there? there are conflicting headlines. >> yes, british american tobacco essentially saying that global travel retail is not going to recover until 2022, but yet boosting its guidance. it was looking for 3%-5% growth for the 2021 year, and now on the back of new products like vaping. it also says it sees those products producing 5 billion pounds of revenue by 2025. putting a number figure on that. despite the negative prediction of global retail travel segment, otherwise the news is positiv
the airline sector in focus, british airways calling along with other executives for a reopening of thetravel -- u.k. to u.s. travel. mark: you are also looking at energy stocks. what is going on? >> we have seen a little slow down to the positive momentum and a steady march higher in oil prices. this follows on the heels of positive comments from the ceo, who said yesterday that there is lots of evidence that demand will be strong, and the situation we are in could for a while, but we...
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those are the words of the british airways boss and the other words we keep hearing echoed by travelt enough. easyjet going further saying what are we waiting for? i think there are several issues at stake. when you look at the on the screen list, they are also on a watchlist which means they could switch from green to amber at any stage and it that uncertainty, both for customers who are thinking of holidays, or indeed going to see friends and family but also for the travel bosses because the second point is, it takes a lot of time to ramp up capacity so that they are going to offer more holidays to these places, they need time to big hotels, flights, and i spoke to the boss of thomas cook this morning he said it's really difficult, the changes that, quite short notice make it very difficult for the industry. the other difficult point is they were hoping for some solid announcement about what might happen to people who have been double vaccinated, whether they would be able to go to amber countries without having to quarantine on return, the government said it is planning to do that
those are the words of the british airways boss and the other words we keep hearing echoed by travelt enough. easyjet going further saying what are we waiting for? i think there are several issues at stake. when you look at the on the screen list, they are also on a watchlist which means they could switch from green to amber at any stage and it that uncertainty, both for customers who are thinking of holidays, or indeed going to see friends and family but also for the travel bosses because the...
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british airways, easyjet both saying this decision is notjustified.jim reed reports. lines snaking around twickenham stadium in west london last month. at a handful of pop—up sites like this, younger age groups have already been offered vaccines. from this morning, though, all those over 25 in england will start to receive a text message asking them to formally book an appointment. the government says the goal of vaccinating all adults with a first dose by the end of next month is now in sight. i'm sure that we've all been cheered by the images that we've seen of so many eligible young people coming forward and lining up to get the jab, showing that the enthusiasm for the jab is notjust the preserve of older generations. in england, 76.4% of adults have had a first vaccine dose. in scotland it's the same. in northern ireland, where it's just over 75%, all over 185 can already book a jab. that's also the case in wales, where 86.5% have already received that first dose, one of the highest rates in the world. the fact it's opened up to everyone, i think,
british airways, easyjet both saying this decision is notjustified.jim reed reports. lines snaking around twickenham stadium in west london last month. at a handful of pop—up sites like this, younger age groups have already been offered vaccines. from this morning, though, all those over 25 in england will start to receive a text message asking them to formally book an appointment. the government says the goal of vaccinating all adults with a first dose by the end of next month is now in...
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no real surprise then that british airways has today put thousands of its staff back on furlough.thanks for being with us. what do ou make thanks for being with us. what do you make of _ thanks for being with us. what do you make of the _ thanks for being with us. what do you make of the commitment - thanks for being with us. what do you make of the commitment for| thanks for being with us. what do i you make of the commitment for the us and uk leaders today to set up this working group to look at international travel was... travel was. .. high vaccination levels. travel was. .. high vaccination levels- it _ travel was. .. high vaccination levels. it makes _ travel was. .. high vaccination levels. it makes the - travel was. .. high vaccination levels. it makes the most - travel was. .. high vaccination i levels. it makes the most sense travel was. .. high vaccination - levels. it makes the most sense and one of the most important things is that it's great to have a working group. the invasion will be positive for both countries. it’s group. the invasion will be positive for both c
no real surprise then that british airways has today put thousands of its staff back on furlough.thanks for being with us. what do ou make thanks for being with us. what do you make of _ thanks for being with us. what do you make of the _ thanks for being with us. what do you make of the commitment - thanks for being with us. what do you make of the commitment for| thanks for being with us. what do i you make of the commitment for the us and uk leaders today to set up this working group to look...
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Jun 21, 2021
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with the heathrow—jfk route alone worth $1.16 billion to british airways.t doesn't get me to where you are up there in the united states. i up there in the united states. i wouldn't say it's a fudge. it was never— wouldn't say it's a fudge. it was never going to be the case, unfortunately that the g7 never going to be the case, unfortunately that the 67 was going to say— unfortunately that the 67 was going to say yes, — unfortunately that the 67 was going to say yes, we are opening air corridors— to say yes, we are opening air corridors right now. so we've got these _ corridors right now. so we've got these expert working groups, we have won with _ these expert working groups, we have won with the us, there is a european one and _ won with the us, there is a european one and i_ won with the us, there is a european one and i think there is another one _ one and i think there is another one and — one and i think there is another one. and they will now go through every— one. and they will now go through every aspect of what's involved in opening _ every aspect
with the heathrow—jfk route alone worth $1.16 billion to british airways.t doesn't get me to where you are up there in the united states. i up there in the united states. i wouldn't say it's a fudge. it was never— wouldn't say it's a fudge. it was never going to be the case, unfortunately that the g7 never going to be the case, unfortunately that the 67 was going to say— unfortunately that the 67 was going to say yes, — unfortunately that the 67 was going to say yes, we are opening air...
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Jun 4, 2021
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date possibly on the same route and possibly on a different route in the case of easyjet and british airwaysorganised and now you're not going, you can try your insurance for that, going, you can try your insurance forthat, but going, you can try your insurance for that, but very unlikely that i'm afraid that they will be paying for that. ., ., , ., , afraid that they will be paying for that. ., ., ,., , , afraid that they will be paying for that. ., ., , , , .,, that. one of the reasons why people felt possibly — that. one of the reasons why people felt possibly emboldened _ that. one of the reasons why people felt possibly emboldened to - that. one of the reasons why people felt possibly emboldened to go i that. one of the reasons why people felt possibly emboldened to go to i felt possibly emboldened to go to portugal was because they can, number one, they were not told they could not, but also because we were told there would be a green watchlist in place across the board, advised to go to countries. effectively that would have been a certain time span of a warning that something might c
date possibly on the same route and possibly on a different route in the case of easyjet and british airwaysorganised and now you're not going, you can try your insurance for that, going, you can try your insurance forthat, but going, you can try your insurance for that, but very unlikely that i'm afraid that they will be paying for that. ., ., , ., , afraid that they will be paying for that. ., ., ,., , , afraid that they will be paying for that. ., ., , , , .,, that. one of the reasons why...
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are down, the owners of british airways losses of 5%, easyjet down a few percent too, but clearly it'so get a flight back, even within 2a are of landing because they can't do the quarantine period. we saw this last summer as well, people unable to take that time of work and stay at home. so it has implications for everyday people booking holidays.— implications for everyday people booking holidays. social media hulu -- full of holiday-makers _ booking holidays. social media hulu -- full of holiday-makers enjoying l —— full of holiday—makers enjoying that such an abroad but desperately trying to work out how to get back which could be a costly exercise. last minute flights can cost a lot of money. in august i remember standing outside gatwick airport speaking to people coming back to croatia at the time because that had been moved from the travel corridor list and fights back and cost into the hundreds of pounds, particularly if you want to get home.— if you want to get home. thank you very much- — i'm joined now by cristina del rio, a government tourism adviser in the canary islands. y
are down, the owners of british airways losses of 5%, easyjet down a few percent too, but clearly it'so get a flight back, even within 2a are of landing because they can't do the quarantine period. we saw this last summer as well, people unable to take that time of work and stay at home. so it has implications for everyday people booking holidays.— implications for everyday people booking holidays. social media hulu -- full of holiday-makers _ booking holidays. social media hulu -- full of...
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the ceo of british air wise -- airways is also calling on g7 summit members to support that industry. people or people with tests that can demonstrate they don't have the virus or they have passed the covid protocol, i hope this will help the intra-european traffic but we need to open up important corridors in the north of -- and the north atlantic is one of those. the task force meeting will be important. it is only the first step but we still have an opportunity to save the summer. haslinda: we move from air travel to space travel. lou origin will announce the winner of a seat alongside jeff bezos on the first passenger flight next month. emily chang explains. >> that is blue origin's last test flight on april 14, one of 14 successful launches in the last six years. the next one will carry jeff bezos himself just two weeks after he steps down as the ceo of amazon. >> to see the earth from space changes io. >> he delivered a grand twist announcing he will be on new shepherd's first flight carrying humans into space. along with his younger brother, mark. he has been more low-profile t
the ceo of british air wise -- airways is also calling on g7 summit members to support that industry. people or people with tests that can demonstrate they don't have the virus or they have passed the covid protocol, i hope this will help the intra-european traffic but we need to open up important corridors in the north of -- and the north atlantic is one of those. the task force meeting will be important. it is only the first step but we still have an opportunity to save the summer. haslinda:...
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we�*re just hearing from british airways that they confirming additional flights to get people currentlyying, little earlier, it was also putting on extra flights to get people back before the need to quarantine. the authorities in hong kong have closed off a large part of a park in the city, where people traditionally gather each year to mark the anniversary of the 1989 tiananmen square massacre. thousands were killed when chinese authorities cracked down on protests in beijing 32 years ago. this was the scene this morning in victoria park, which normally would be full of thousands of people marking the anniversary. police have warned that anyone crossing into the park could face up to 12 months in jail. for context, this was victoria park last year on the anniversary — thousands of people turned out, despite authorities banning official memorials due to the coronavirus pandemic. earlier, one of the organisers of the annual vigil, chow hung tang, was arrested by police. with more details, here�*s our correspondent in hong kong, danny vincent. i think this type of arrest, it came in the
we�*re just hearing from british airways that they confirming additional flights to get people currentlyying, little earlier, it was also putting on extra flights to get people back before the need to quarantine. the authorities in hong kong have closed off a large part of a park in the city, where people traditionally gather each year to mark the anniversary of the 1989 tiananmen square massacre. thousands were killed when chinese authorities cracked down on protests in beijing 32 years ago....
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ryanair and british airways are told they must act after failing to refund customers who didn't takethe past half hour on this programme, a government minister has dropped a hint that the lifting of england's covid restrictions could be delayed beyond june zist. the communities secretary robert jenrick was talking to us after new guidance was given to people in greater manchester and lancashire, where the new delta variant of coronavirus is causing a worrying increase in cases. our chief political correspondent adam fleming is in westminster this morning. you were listening carefully to what robertjenrick said and have spoken to the mayor of greater manchester. what have they both been talking about? ~ . , what have they both been talking about? ~ ., , ., , , what have they both been talking about? . ., , ., , , , ., about? what is happening in greater manchester is _ about? what is happening in greater manchester is they _ about? what is happening in greater manchester is they are _ about? what is happening in greater manchester is they are using - about? what is happening in greate
ryanair and british airways are told they must act after failing to refund customers who didn't takethe past half hour on this programme, a government minister has dropped a hint that the lifting of england's covid restrictions could be delayed beyond june zist. the communities secretary robert jenrick was talking to us after new guidance was given to people in greater manchester and lancashire, where the new delta variant of coronavirus is causing a worrying increase in cases. our chief...
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british columbia. it looks like all these records could be broken over the weekend and beyond. sponsor cut on airways. i care about healthy us engages with the rest of the world . we're really interested in taking you into a plane. you might not visit otherwise at feel that you were there. ah, this is al jazeera ah, the time is $1300.00, gmc hello on come all santa maria. welcome to the news are here on out just the ra contingent hospitals i fails to 100 percent capacity and beyond. corona, virus infections reach and other records. i want to get my control system before the family that's with us police on.
british columbia. it looks like all these records could be broken over the weekend and beyond. sponsor cut on airways. i care about healthy us engages with the rest of the world . we're really interested in taking you into a plane. you might not visit otherwise at feel that you were there. ah, this is al jazeera ah, the time is $1300.00, gmc hello on come all santa maria. welcome to the news are here on out just the ra contingent hospitals i fails to 100 percent capacity and beyond. corona,...
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coast and in british columbia, it looks like all these records could be broken over the weekend and beyond. sponsored cut on airways. i care about helping us engages with the rest of the world. we're really interested in taking you into a play. you might not visit otherwise and feel that you were there. ah, this is al jazeera ah, the time is $1300.00, gmc hello on come all santa maria. welcome to the news are here on. i'll just the ra contingent hospitals i fails to 100 percent capacity and beyond. that can run a virus infections, reach and other records. i want to get mike and also for families. that's when we us police officer derrick showing, offering condolences, but no apology before being sentenced to more than 22 years. for the murder of george floyd, the search to survive as beneath that collapse, apartment building in the united states goes increasingly dia, almost a 160 people are filled. unaccounted for and turkey is beginning construction on a mega projects linking the mediterranean with the black sea environmental cooling at a bridge to far and in ford and stay one of the european championship. now car
coast and in british columbia, it looks like all these records could be broken over the weekend and beyond. sponsored cut on airways. i care about helping us engages with the rest of the world. we're really interested in taking you into a play. you might not visit otherwise and feel that you were there. ah, this is al jazeera ah, the time is $1300.00, gmc hello on come all santa maria. welcome to the news are here on. i'll just the ra contingent hospitals i fails to 100 percent capacity and...
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airways. hello, we're bacon in the heats across parts of europe. but 1st i want to show you whether makers that got my eye on this one over the british shells. that's going to knock down the heat and humidity in the days to come. and then we also have this disturbance in the black sea region, so heavy pulses of rain toward the eastern bulgaria, romania and moldova. now by wednesday we see this system scoop further to the east . it's going to beat up with some moisture from iberia. but look at some of these temperatures, paris, 34 degrees, but the front will make it here and it will side your temperature down to about 26 as we had toward friday and could see some soaking rains. and you know, all that rain toward the black sea region is pushing into its stumble as while, but we'll see, particularly heavy rains come wednesday it will be wet and windy and it's stumble. heavy rounds of rain with a high of 24 degrees. the atmosphere will be conducive to some storms across siberia, as we had toward tuesday, mostly contained toward the north. and by wednesday, i think we're still right for storms toward the central, the northern parts of portugal in
airways. hello, we're bacon in the heats across parts of europe. but 1st i want to show you whether makers that got my eye on this one over the british shells. that's going to knock down the heat and humidity in the days to come. and then we also have this disturbance in the black sea region, so heavy pulses of rain toward the eastern bulgaria, romania and moldova. now by wednesday we see this system scoop further to the east . it's going to beat up with some moisture from iberia. but look at...