developing this story, good news for the first time in more than a year, holiday travel is expected to reach pre-pandemic levels this memorial day weekend, and we ve got reporters across the country on what you need to know before heading out before the holiday. let s start with blayne alexander at hartsfield-jackson airport in atlanta. this is going to be the first time many americans have flown in more than a year. what do they need to know before heading to the airport? steph, the first thing they need to know is the wait is back. crowds are once again coming back to the airport. so the long tsa lines and tsa checkpoints, you can expect those to return so make sure to plan ahead. let s talk about the numbers. triple a is expecting some 37
infections could be passed on? firstly, i came back through gatwick airport yesterday and i tweeted a picture of it, it was empty so i m not sure every airport in the uk is at all infected by these findings from the committee, certainly heathrow has been facing issues with queues of up to six hours or so and i understand they are now looking at the possibility of creating specific red terminal so if you came back from a red country, you would be funnelled through that particular terminal at heathrow, lets hope that happens but more widely, i think there are now 15 million people in there are now 15 million people in the uk who have been vaccinated twice. the most vulnerable are protected. the data is showing certainly early data, is showing that vaccinations are preventing transmission much more than they used to be so we are starting to see the magic effects of the vaccinations. and that means we should be enabled to travel much more widely than we can in fact come back into the count
end ofjune, we are still waiting for many countries to be put onto a green list when infections are so low. . , ., ., low. the all-party parliamentary . rou - low. the all-party parliamentary u-rou on low. the all-party parliamentary group on coronavirus low. the all-party parliamentary group on coronavirus in - low. the all-party parliamentary} group on coronavirus in evidence this morning, we ve been talking about it already from a number of experts, people in the events sector, for example, the premier league, also travel experts, and the appg said in the last day or so that airport arrival holes are a breeding ground for infection. do you have concerns about the potential for people coming back from different countries which are in different parts of the traffic light system, mingling and that being an area where perhaps, infections could be passed on? where perhaps, infections could be assed on? , , where perhaps, infections could be passed on? passed on? firstly i came back th
around the world, many are signing up to declare a climate emergency. huge leaps are being made with new inventions, things like fuel based on food waste. airbus is close to having a concept flight powered by hydrogen. and so what can we do as travellers? well, we can travel to fewer and different places for longer and, where possible, fly less. we can limit our impact on local resources, we can engage with local cultures, and we can choose to spend our money on things which directly benefit local people. carbon offsetting can help. the future of tourism will be what we make it, and the same kinds of things that we might do in our own economy, in our own place, if we do them abroad, we re being responsible travellers, and we can change tourism and make it better by the way we travel.
disrepair and records say it has not been flown for months. it has been sitting on the ramp for a year or two, and the left engine has been taken off probably for service. reporter: the crown jewel of trump s fleet and now future unknown. the cost to fix it says one aviation expert well into the six figures if not more. that engine is out for service it could range from the low $100,000s up to a million if it had to be replaced. reporter: an asset that trump is sitting on the sidelines and unclear while it is grounded, it is coming at a time when some of his businesses have racked up losses. it is a vintage aircraft. reporter: the plane built in 1991, and trump purchased it in 2021. almost all of them are out of service now. reporter: a documentary says that he paid $100 million for it, and similar 757s are up is for sale for 7 to 10 million,