the chief executive officer of qatar airways akbar a walker talks to al jazeera. up for a buck or 2 for. officer qatar airways group thank you for talking to al-jazeera what are the measures that cut her ways is taking to ensure the safety of passengers flying in the future in light of the pandemic. every measures that is required by the w.h.o. and the ministry of public health in my country has been complied with as a matter of fact we have even gone over and above what is required we have social the sun saying we have people with masks gloves senate ties there's actually even at the airport started we head when depend them and just started in china we started to use temperature readers for everybody we have entered a robot that does you'll be senator a station in the entire building of the international airport something that no other port had introduced what is important to note is that passenger safety and the safety of our employees and of course my country in general is all is paramount in our mind what will the future of air travel look like for passengers c

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. >> reporter: qatar airways c.e.o. akbarill be slow... >> anywhere between two anfo years. >> reporter: ...and come with a lasting cut to lucrative business travel. >> people will now be used to working from home, and companies will see that this is a very big way for them to save money. >> reporter: airlines are focusing on reducing coronavirus risks. qatar is using robots with u.v. light to clean, and is outfitting crew with p.p.e. soon, it will offer passengers face shields. do you worry that that look may scare some people away from flying? >> no, on the contrary. >> no, on the contrary. it is showing to people how muc it is showing to people how much we care aboueity, bualso my ew,e confidence. >> reporter: but when it comes to pre-flight covid checks and temperature checks... >> look, i think this is another p.r. exercise. >> reporter: is social distancing possible on an airplane? >> kris, i think this is a load of baloney. i don't think that social distancing or sitting next to somebody on an airplane with proper prot

akbar: we are negotiating. as usual in qatar airwayswe do not put our chips on the table in front of the media whilst we are having delicate negotiations with our suppliers. simone: fair enough. do you foresee a permanently smaller fleet or as part of the argument that you're going to get back to normal? travel has rebounded after every upheaval. i think we will start growing, but how quickly we will start to grow is a question i do not think any chief executive then answer. david: that was the ceo of cutter airlines earlier today with bloomberg television. coming up next, we will talk to the new acting comptroller of the currency, brian brooks. power" onalance of bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. the office of the comptroller of currency regulates all national banks and it has a new head. brian brooks has been named as acting comptroller of the currency. welcome and congratulations to your new position. we are in a crisis. we have a pandemic, we have an economic downt