australia has a spirit which i think qantas does not have, which the public enjoys.letely supported. -- supportive. if there are other opportunities that come up, we will have a look at them and make a decision. rishaad: right, if you don't buy it, who would you be comfortable taking that stake in said of you? -- instead of you? >> obviously we would love to have other airlines involved in virgin australia they can bring something to the party. i will have to leave you to guess which ones they can be. , there havehings been approaches from airlines that are considerable, and i irgin add a lot to v australia. those discussions are going on, so i am afraid i can't go into detail. rishaad: you invited me on your inaugural flight to chicago a few years ago. dealt the has taken a subsequent 49% stake from singapore airlines. the focus seems to be on the transatlantic. are you comfortable with that? do you see this airlines having its wings clipped and curbing goes global and visions you talk to me about? -- those global ambitions you talk to me about? have always been aga

but also qantas and american have some pretty awesome first-class lounges.are not flying first class, you can pay to use them and they are worth it. david: you present an alternative of a little town north of cancun. >> it's actually 26 miles of mangrove. it is also car-free. nice.is really isla holbox. accommodations that range from $200 a night and you can snorkel with whale sharks or just sit on the beach. carol: up next, more from the travel guide. david: plus, the mississippi town that may woo the atlanta braves. ♪ ♪ david: welcome to "bloomberg businessweek." i'm david gura. carol: and i'm carol massar. david: still ahead, why minor-league ballparks are really a good idea for small towns. carol: and how amazon developed its hit, the echo. david: and how to vacation like a king on a diamond. carol: it's all ahead on "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ david: i'm here with ellen pollock, the editor of "bloomberg businessweek." so many must-read stories in this issue. let's start about the opening remarks about alexander hamilton, he's going to keep secretary tre

passengers got off the qantas flight because they saw this surf board coming off the cargo area.t's labelled as fragile. i don't think they can read. >> oh [ bleep ] my board. >> picks it up. just drops it on the tarmac. picks it up. >> i'm glad they recorded this. >> whole bunch on the floor already. a couple leaning there. watch this. sleek move. picks it up. just chucks it over his shoulder. some airlines charge you extra just to take a surf board on the plane. this video was posted on the facebook page which later was and the down. there's ground handling companies that do this. we reached out to aviation for comments but got nothing back. >> for people who don't know or care this is a third-party handling. >> because i paid my money to this airline and i put my stuff in this airline's care and whoever they decided to hire from there is them. so cut me a check! >> what she said, ladies and gentlemen. what she said. >>> this guy claims to have built a mirror unlike any other. >> this function like an ipad. >> see what the hi-tech reflex can do. >>> and a venezuelan adventure t

the airlines operating at terminal seven is british and qantas.customers were waiting to be checked in. >>> donald trump is off the campaign trail for memorial day. we have details on the hunt for a running mate. corey lewandowski says the vice president search is down to a very short list. his team is vetting the remaining options. this as trump gave a speech sunday at the rolling thunder motorcycle run. trump promising he will give a full accounting of money brought in with his veterans fund-raiser. cnn's scott mclean has more on that. >> reporter: alison and christine, trump delivered a typical campaign speech in a pretty atypical setting. thousands of bikers were there to pay respect to and raise awareness of p.o.w.s and soldiers missing in action. this was not a trump campaign rally. there were a lot of people just passing by. many of them were veterans. trump got a warm reception from the crowd. he slammed hillary clinton saying if she were elected p.o.w.s were not coming home. he hit trade, second amendment, rebuilding the military and vete

angie: how does this set you up against qantas and this increase in competition for passengers and increasinglyed skies? well, i think it sets us up very well. we have a very strong partner in hna. they have partners in hong kong and china, and they have interest in nine or 10 airlines domestically. it is a huge distribution network and it will set us up well to compete. it's a good thing for australian tourism, for competition, and certainly for australian aviation in particular. thank you very much for joining us today on this latest deal. thanks so much for that, life out of sydney. coming up, india's finance minister insists that poor performance doesn't mean a slowdown is on the way. our exclusive interview, next. ♪ angie: india's finance minister says his country is on track to continue its world growth rate despite the uncertainty of the global economy. speaking exquisitely to bloomberg television, he said the ruby's poor performance is not a sign that investors have lost confidence. >> i don't think that will be a very accurate analysis. until august last year, the rupee almost kept pac

it,gin australia has spir which qantas does not have, which the public enjoys.ere are other opportunities that come up, we will obviously look at them and make a decision. >> if you don't buy it, who would you be comfortable taking that stake instead of you? aboved: obviously, we've to have other airlines involved in virgin australia i can bring something to the party. i will leave you to guess which ones that could be. things that we have been approaching from airlines that are considerable and add a lot to virgin australia -- again, those discussions are going on. i cannot go into detail. >> moving on to politics, next month is the june 23 referendum in britain on whether to stay in the european union. which way would you i cannot to go, and why? go,ould you like that to and why? richard: i live in the british virgin islands these days. my family live in britain. thousands ofof employees in britain. i would be devastated if we were to pull out of europe. it has been wonderful for europe have written as part of europe. it has been wonderful for great britain to

it affected international travelers in the terminal serving british airways, qantas, cafe pacific, andberia airlines. the power problem has been fixed. last night 1,200 people were waiting to be checked in for overnight flights because airline workers had to handwrite boarding passes and baggage claim tickets. the power is back on now. the lines are expected to get shorter. >>> a woman was killed last night in santa clara in a crash with a pickup truck. the woman's car collided with the truck at about 5:45 at lick mill boulevard and tasman drive. the woman was the only person in the car. she was pronounced dead at the scene. the truck driver and his passenger had minor injuries. the pickup truck ended up on a stretch of the vta rail tracks. service was shut down. a bus bridge was brought in to help stranded passengers. >>> seven people hurt in a crash last night in san francisco. these are photos posted on the san francisco fire department's twitter page. there were three cars involved in the crashes after 7:00. the fire department says four people were taken to the hospital. one of th