but rya nair has declared brussels, it could be balanced.nair has declared they have no interest in alitalia now. we will see. at the moment, only lufthansa has an interest. could there be competition issues because of interest in air berlin. alitalia we re interest in air berlin. alitalia were founded in 1946. it only made a profit in one year since then, that was in 1998. why has alitalia been embroiled in crisis for decades and co nsta ntly embroiled in crisis for decades and constantly propped up by the italian government for a long time and then etihad in recent years? is italy. it is italy. it is unfortunate that perhaps alitalia was to local to be a local player. lufthansa was to german in many eyes, but it could become a global carrier. it is certainly an issue of how alitalia was managed, how it had its position mainly in the italian market, looking elsewhere. lufthansa now has a good goal with the austrian is in the swiss having a centre position in europe. —— austrians and swiss. we will keep an eye on that story as it develops. a

the winners are easyjet, rya nair, even ryanair airfares., the owner of british airways. their share prices went through the roof yesterday. easyjet up 5% this is good news for the low—cost rivals because there is less competition. investors often shy away from airlines because it is such a difficult area to make money. airlines because it is such a difficult area to make moneym airlines because it is such a difficult area to make money. it is interesting. ryanair difficult area to make money. it is interesting. rya nair and difficult area to make money. it is interesting. ryanair and easyjet we re interesting. ryanair and easyjet were almost the disruptors to monarch who has been around a lot longer and was a small carrier. they witnessed ryanair longer and was a small carrier. they witnessed rya nair and easyjet longer and was a small carrier. they witnessed ryanair and easyjet coming into their airports and maybe did not take the challenge serious enough and ryanairand not take the challenge serious enough and ryanair and easyjet overtook

lufthansa, air france, rya nair berlin and the likes.sa, air france, ryanair and berlin and the likes. lufthansa, air france, rya nair and easyjet berlin and the likes. lufthansa, air france, ryanair and easyjet are saving the state—owned carriers that are gradually going to die. saving the state—owned carriers that are gradually going to diem luftha nsa are gradually going to diem lufthansa was to put its oar in, but it is buying up quite a bit of air berlin, there will be quite a bit of competition news. for the majority of european travellers you still have a lot of options to connect to other hubs. if lufthansa goodbye alitalia, this could be less stressful com pa red alitalia, this could be less stressful compared to air berlin. ryanair is the largest carrier with 30% of the market. ryanair is the largest carrier with 3096 of the market. we will keep an eye on it. thank you for coming in. we will chat to you about this in the future. particularly with the repercussions for ryanairand a particularly with the repercussions for ryanair

it seems that, rya nair and others profit from monarch.air and others have been accused of raising their prices. that is more of an algorithm issue in terms of how these prices fluctuate in terms of demand. think that the instinct when you have an incident like this where hundreds of thousands of people are in danger of having their holiday plans disrupted or might urgently need to visit a sick relative or something of that sort, and i think it is natural to want to step in and try to make the process as easy for them as possible. one of the things ifind them as possible. one of the things i find striking about this suggestion, that the government is discouraging other airlines from trying to raise their prices is is that going to make it harderfor people to get where they are going, it you are losing a market mechanism to try to meet around some of the more limited supply of airline seat that will be available now, so i think this is conflict between wanting to give a hand to people who have really been left stranded by the collapse of th

this begs the question, how much bad news can ryanair question, how much bad news can rya nair withstandk twice now. i suppose market forces will operate. we have seen mr 0'leary asking them not to go elsewhere and maybe that bit of humility will convince them. he said there are goodies for the pilots but if they ta ke goodies for the pilots but if they take action the goodies will disappear. dislike handing out sweets. jane, thank you for coming in. we will see you as soon. but we will see you soon. have a lovely weekend. hello. it may be a bit chilly to start this morning but the good news is that means there will be plenty of sunshine first thing. for many, that should continue through the day. this was a lovely sunrise sent in. many have enjoyed the lovely sunrise this morning. unfortunately we still have some brisk winds not far—away across the low countries. the winds for ourselves are easing away. for the majority it is sunny. the winds are lighter than yesterday. it should feel quite pleasant. there are a few exceptions to the rule. as we approach the time, there will be some rai

they have to retain them, so given the debacle that ryanair retain them, so given the debacle that rya nairs facing, he recognises he has to put flesh on the bones and do something more than to write a letter, to offer them something tangible in terms of cash to keep and retain them, to offer career progression, and certainty in a working world where pilots are away, working in different time zones away, working in different time zones and different hours of the day. john strickland, thank you very much. bad news free uk productivity levels which continue to lag behind our international partners last year. these words come from the office for national statistics. i'd put per hour worked in the uk was 15.1% below the average, and we are comparing it with the rest of the g7, these are the most advanced economies in the world. looking at individual g7 members, the uk's output per hour was 25.5% below that of germany, 22% lower than france, almost 23% behind the us, and 9% lower than italy. earlier we spoke to colour picker in. we have to be careful in what we are measuring. we are seeing firms

after the rya nair debacle, thousands simon calderjoins us now. earth is going on. this time with girona. —— monarch. earth is going on. this time with girona. -- monarch. this time it is much more serious. the civil aviation authority assertion they can sell package holidays today is a bit of a red herring. as far as i can see, they are not selling anything today. not necessarily because people are not confident it will not be flying next week, next year, but because overnight they have quadrupled prices. i was checking last night. you could go almost anywhere for £32 from leeds, bradford, manchester, birmingham and would —— gatwick and they have all gone up by at least £100 and the only thing i can infer is they do not want to sell any tickets today because that would increase exposure if the worst happened and the airline shuts down. as simon said in his report, everything is going normally today. the good news is people are unpacking in places in spain, portugal, italy and greece after flying out this spain, portugal, italy and greece afterfly

mopping up all the passengers who are fed—up with ryanair because the passengers who are fed—up with rya nair the cancellations? well, don't forget the wider picture here is the budget airline sector in europe has been overcrowded in recent years. there has been too many seats and too many seats on particular routes such as holiday routes to the mediterranean. 0ver holiday routes to the mediterranean. over the past year we have seen the colla pse over the past year we have seen the collapse of air berlin and monarch which has reduced the element of competition and ryanair reckons it can profit from that. theo, good to see you. more on the website. the business live page is updated throughout the day. bp's third quarter profits double. they came in at $1.87 billion. you're watching business live. our top story: facebook has said that over 120 million americans may have seen russian back propaganda on its site over the past two years. it comes ahead of congressional hearings in washington which may possibly lead to tighter regulation of online adverts. a quick look at how markets are faring. no

we were talking about rya nair and let me bring you this. had to be diverted into london's sta nsted. we which had to be diverted into london's stansted. we have a statement from ryanair. the flight from lithuania to london luton was diverted to london stansted in line with procedures after lithuanian authorities received a suspected hoax security alert. the aircraft landed normally at stansted and customers will be transferred to luton by coach when cleared to do so. the tories have a problem — young people overwhelming rejected them at the general election injune — and they need to secure their votes in order to stay in power. that's why you've heard various policies at the party's annual conference in manchester over the last few days to try and win over young voters — such as freezing university tuition fees in england, and help getting on the property ladder. but is it enough? we've been behind the scenes at the so—called "tory glastonbury" to find out what else they could be doing. there is no doubt that the last election was a bit of

it's only days since rya nair announced mass cancellations. wondering what's happening in the skies above their heads. more on our main story, the mass shooting in las vegas which has left at least 58 dead and hundreds more injured. we can speak to cbs correspondent danielle nottingham, who is in las vegas. thank you forjoining us. what's the latest there on the investigation and what police and officials are saying? right now, officials are saying? right now, officials are saying they expect the death toll to rise, and there are at least 500 people injured. right now they are having to cover some ground here in las vegas. they are executing wa rra nts las vegas. they are executing warrants on the hotel and the residents of stephen paddock to try to work out exactly what happened here at this hotel. they still do not have a motive, and within the last couple of hours this morning there were reports that isis claimed responsibility for the attack. 0fficials responsibility for the attack. officials say they are aware of that claimed, and they ar

they may be able to pick up some business from ryanair because able to pick up some business from rya nairness coming from monarch. but generally a downward pressure on fares they think will eat away at their profit margins. not a great amount of movements on the ftse, the dow opening fairly level. time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. it has been a changeable week of weather. today offering some beautiful autumn sunshine in many places. that was a scene in bradford earlier on. we are between weather systems. the system that brought wet and windy weather earlier in the week has swung off into the continent. this system is moving in from the atlantic. in between we have a slice of sunshine which will continue through the second half of the afternoon across many central and eastern parts of the british isles. cloud will be streaming in telling the sunshine a bit hazy, especially in the west. thick cloud moving in across northern ireland and western scotland. this evening and overnight the cloud and wet weather will move south and east, fairly blustery winds as well. a lot of the ra

ryanair says it rya nair says it flew ryanair says it flew more people, despite cancelling flights becausets production target for the model 3. that's the company's first electric car aimed at the mass market. tesla has blamed a production bottleneck for the delay. now a quick look at the markets. positive all the way around. shares in the plumbing company ferguson are doing well after it announced a big jump doing well after it announced a big jump in profits and greggs seeing improvement. that is it from me. thank you. can you smash the glass ceiling in a week? that's a question that the bbc‘s 100 women season is asking this year. a team of female academics and tech experts have been brought together by the bbc in silicon valley to try and find solutions to gender inequality in the workplace. they've got until friday before they have to reveal a prototype. nuala mcgovern reports. every year, the bbc‘s 100 women series celebrates the stories of women around the world. this year, we are doing something a little bit different. over the next month, we are challenging teams of women from acro

rya nair promises better leader. well. there are some cloud lurking out to the west. that will be more of a player for cloud lurking out to the west. that will be more of a playerfor tonight and tomorrow. today, it is high pressure which dominates things. we have a front moving south across the north sea. behind that, the chance of one or two isolated showers around. perhaps up to norfolk, the northern isles and scotland as well. elsewhere, it is dry and find with lots of sunshine and light winds as well. the cloud does creep in from the north west as we move in to the afternoon. at four o'clock this afternoon, still lots of dry, sunny weather across scotland. some rain for the western isles. for northern ireland, perhaps some drizzle this afternoon. for england and wales who are looking at a dry afternoon to come. temperatures are little below parfor come. temperatures are little below par for the come. temperatures are little below parfor the time of come. temperatures are little below par for the time of year. it

you collapsing, we saw the problems with rya nair.with the fall in the value of the pound, travelling is more expensive. looking at yourfigures, travelling is more expensive. looking at your figures, you have said prices will be going up by about 7%. that is going to be a real challenge for the industry. how do you keep costs down and not have to pass it on to travellers? the holiday now is an essential, not a luxury, so the majority are paying that increased cost which we have minimised looking at efficiency of the business and how to mitigate it and we have seen a trend where people say they will go on holiday but won't spend as much as they did, so they look at the duration of the holiday, should i go to a country thatis holiday, should i go to a country that is better value, or look at the type of hotel i am going to. customers will go, they will work out their budget and book accordingly. why our holiday still so much more expensive half term when you have the demand, and you put up your prices? it is a matter of supply and deman

voiceover: rya nair's carriers. this report from keith doyle.ryanair‘s boss was not known for apologising but recently he has said sorry a lot, after more than 700,000 passengers journeys were cancelled due to a problem rostering pilots. on the of everybody in rya nair and problem rostering pilots. on the of everybody in ryanair and on my own behalf i want to apologise. i want to apologise... i want to say sorry... i sincerely apologise... now it is the pilot's turn to get an apology, in a letter addressed to all ryanair pilots reportedly from the chief executive, michael o'leary, he apologises for the airline ‘s problems and pleads with them not tojoin rival airlines, im - rowed conditions 2-3.“ erazeéftz ,, $54.95; tame lee? month, the. airline efifiifi 17m? fr it fffffiéi'ilflifié it was efifiifi 17m? fr it fffffiéi'ilflifié itwas 5: many”

the letter ends with a plea to pilots, "i urge you to stay "with rya nair, " says michael 0'leary.keith doyle, bbc news. president trump has warned iran has not lived up to the spirit of the nuclear deal with world powers. speaking at a meeting of military chiefs at the white house, mr trump said they must put an end to iran's nuclear ambitions. us media reports say mr trump is planning to decertify the nuclear deal next week. we must not allow iran to obtain nuclear weapons. the iranian regime supports terrorism and exports violence, bloodshed, and chaos across the middle east. that is why we must put an end to iran's continued aggression and nuclear ambitions. they have not lived up to the spirit of their agreement. the powerful american lobby group, the national rifle association, has backed calls to consider further limits on the sale of rapid—fire devices for guns. stephen paddock, who killed 58 people in las vegas on sunday, used what's known as a "bump stock" to modify some of his weapons, turning them, in effect, into fully—automatic machine guns. the white house and senior