one of the hardest hit across the pandemic because we ve had restrictions on flights and travel and tourism for the best part of the year and a half and we ve seen that the results of travel and tourism companies, for example we had british airways owner iag just at the end of last week, they reported a 2 billion euros loss so far this year. they were flying at capacity of just 20% of 2019. so that s a really small capacity that they were flying at. that s because of restrictions, quarantines, nerves over travel. a more complex system as far as the travel traffic light system was concerned would have hit these companies even harder and it would have kept people from sort of booking holidays. we do still have some of the summer left. there is still some
international oil companies are still big international oil companies, they have not yet made the transition. if they are preparing for the new world, the need to be able to step up the game a little bit faster. ,., ., ., step up the game a little bit faster. ., ., , ., step up the game a little bit faster. ., ., ., faster. good to have you on the programme. faster. good to have you on the programme, and faster. good to have you on the programme, and don t - faster. good to have you on the programme, and don t worry, l faster. good to have you on the. programme, and don t worry, we programme, and don t worry, we won t asking you for a recommendation, that s not something we don t do on the bbc, just wondering which of the big oil majors is attractive in terms of its green credentials. . now to travel and a proposal to create an amber watch list of countries at risk of moving to red in the uk s travel traffic light system has been abandoned a government source has told the bbc.it
man from north carolina turned up man from north carolina turned up with a truck full of explosives threatening to blow up explosives threatening to blow up two blocks of the neighbourhood. and a car attack that killed a capitol police officer. also they were not sure if other groups could turn up, far right extremist groups. and then you have the counter protest groups, they were kept far away, protest groups, they were kept faraway, but protest groups, they were kept far away, but still the police didn t want to leave anything to chance. in didn t want to leave anything to chance- to chance. in england, travel companies to chance. in england, travel companies say to chance. in england, travel companies say holiday - to chance. in england, travel companies say holiday bookings have to chance. in england, travel companies say holiday bookings have suraed to chance. in england, travel companies say holiday bookings have suraed since to chance. in england, travel companies say holid
like this, i am really fearful of notjust the steel sector, but all energy intensive sectors. and then downstream operations. because that is what we do, we are at the start of that supply chain, we sell to manufacturers. the gas price rise is hitting businesses at the moment, but it is likely to feed through to higher bills for consumers. katy austin, bbc news. travel companies say that holiday bookings have surged since yesterday s announcement that foreign travel rules are being relaxed in england. the travel traffic light system is being replaced with a single red list. fully vaccinated people will no longer need a pre departure test before returning from non red list areas. simonjones reports. half term holidays abroad look set to become simpler and cheaper for many families, to the relief of the travel industry. it s very important for the end of the season. there s lots of people haven t had
prescribe the solution before we are sure where the problems are. we have regulated mechanisms in the event of market failures. this is about what additional targeted support we need and we should know more about that after the next few days and the conversations between industry and government. we have a range of options for solutions on the table. travel companies say that holiday bookings have surged, since yesterday s announcement, that foreign travel rules are being relaxed in england. the travel traffic light system is being replaced with a single red list . fully vaccinated people will no longer need a pre departure test before returning from non red list countries. professor lawrence young is from the university of warwick. he says the new testing regime raises concerns about how new variants will be detected, with the new requirement for fewer tests. the idea here is, if you have, after returning from abroad, after two