but it feels like a confident airline, carolyn mccall is obviously going to talk it up mccall is obviouslyup as she goes but they are out on the ground, looking to acquire, looking to build for the future. absolutely. willie walsh was speaking recently and he said the traditional airlines were a bit arrogant about the idea of low—cost carriers when they first came on the scene. low—cost carriers have proven they are to here stay, that the business model works and under carolyn mccall's leadership, easyjet has branched out to really attack the primary hubs, to get business passengers. easyjet is a very innovative airline as well, you see them doing a lot of trials with technology like using drones for aircraft inspections, doing a lot of automation together with gatwick airport. they are really trying to push the curve as opposed to following it. but possible turbulent times ahead with the loss of the open skies agreement with brexit. do you think easyjet can weather that storm? they have already got some contingencies in place. airlines have to be majority—owned within the continent they o

this will be the last time chief executive carolyn mccall reports earnings for the airline.ber first before taking up a new role as ceo of itv television here in london. with me is oliver clark, senior reporter at flightglobal. thank you very much forjoining us. what do you think? i think they will post a nice healthy profit. they expect something within the region of around $400 million. and what would you put most of that profit down to? is it benefiting from the misfortunes of others? is it their own work? where is the breakdown? there is a negative impact on in currency fluctuation. they expect a higher benefit from lower fuel cost. fuel cost is one thing. honestly, monarch is gone and they had been on some good routes. we have seen the ryanair debacle. they some good routes. we have seen the rya nair debacle. they have some good routes. we have seen the ryanair debacle. they have done well on their own profits getting through that, but none the less aid yoghurt mess for ryanair and that plays neatly doesn't it? it really helps easy to. they said in their expectations fo

just explain what these figures show, and clearly what state the broadcaster is in when carolyn mccallen coming under a fair amount of pressure in its business. the problem as itv sees it is first of all its competitive market. as we are hearing, there's a lot of competition for advertising revenues at the moment and at the same time companies have been cutting back on advertising spending, as itv it, because of economical uncertainty. there are signs those fast—moving consumer companies are starting to come back into the market, that's a positive development. itv‘s business and producing content, itv studios that produces things like coronation street, is doing very well, its reve nu es we re street, is doing very well, its revenues were up street, is doing very well, its revenues were up 9% and that is offsetting some of the losses in the traditional business so as you can see, the traditional advertising from television model that itv has pursued is weakening at the moment. 0n demand television is where it seems to be making its money at the moment. caroline mccall a regular on our

i've been talking to the boss, carolyn mccall, about why.ng the fabulous christmas lights on regent street. it is a mild start to the day here and across most of the uk except for scotland. it is also cloudy and some of us will see some rain, more particularly in the north and west. more details in 15 minutes. we will see you then. good morning. first, our main story. theresa may looks set to offer the eu a bigger divorce bill payment in return for starting trade talks next month. the bbc understands the move was approved at a meeting of senior cabinet ministers yesterday. the uk had been told it must make more progress on its financial offer, if talks are to move into the next phase. but political uncertainty in the eu's most powerful member, germany, has complicated the picture. there could be new elections there, following chancellor angela merkel‘s failure to form a coalition government. we'll speak to damien mcguinness in berlin in a moment. but first, let's speak to our political correspondent alex forsyth in westminster. alex, what el

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these are the last results under its current boss who is carolyn mccall. back to easyjet now.he company into a really great airline. so, i leave with sadness, but i also think there is always a time to leave and i would rather be leaving when things are starting to look very positive and that's why i'm leaving. i think seven—and—a—half years is about the right time. now, on the other side of the atlantic, the justice now, on the other side of the atlantic, thejustice department getting involved in what a huge deal with ramifications, president trump's rumoured to be involved in this as well, isn't he? well, you can't get away from the donald, can you? this can't get away from the donald, can you ? this is can't get away from the donald, can you? this is about at&t it wants to buy time warner which owns hbo, but it owns cnn and it may have come to your attention that it has attracted the ire of donald trump. it is not his favourite channel. we are not high on his list, but cnn very high. he does not like them and he has not been back keep wards in coming forward and saying that

this will be the last time chief executive carolyn mccall reports earnings for the airline, she is takinghink we have turned the into a really great airline. i am leaving with sadness but i would rather be leaving when things are starting to look positive, and that is why i am leaving. 7.5 years, the right time. it has been flat for the ftse. we just heard from the chief executive. among the biggest faller, compass. one of the biggest caterers. a lot of trends had been factored in. here is the pound. political uncertainty in jeremy factored in. here is the pound. political uncertainty injeremy has been keeping the single currency under pressure. the american talk show host, charlie rose, has apologised for what he called ‘inappropriate behaviour‘ after allegations of sexual harassment. his various shows have been suspended, following a piece in the washington post in which eight women accused him of harassment. in a statement, rose said he did not believe all the accusations against him were accurate. now — when you're out shopping it can be nice to find a seat for a quick rest and to tak