we will be live at heathrow airport. guy johnson is standing by to speak to the ceo of virgin atlantic, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: it is "daybreak: europe." i am manus into by and dani burger in london hq. the u.s. lifting restrictions for vaccinated travelers for many today. this means a great deal to the airlines, it could boost growth prospects. what does it mean for virgin atlantic? guy johnson is live with the ceo. guy? guy: thank you very much. i'm just making sure shai weiss is fully hydrated, he has a glass of water with him. he has a lot of talking to do today, a hugely important day for the airline industry, particularly those focused on the north atlantic. virgin atlantic, it is in the title, this is important for this carrier. good morning. thank you. you and i have conversed as this process has unfolded and it has been really difficult to keep the airline on track. talk me through how important today is. shai: you know, it would not be version without the atlantic, we will start therapeutic the u.s.

guy: you mentioned heathrow. what about gatt white? >> we made a very tough decision in march of last year to focus our effort at heathrow. it's a hub airport. it allows us to connect more freely with other airlines. we will return to gatwick when we fill up the capacity here in heathrow. we should be at full capacity in terms of the number of sectors and the number of people versus 2019 by april 2022. and after that, when demand returns for leisure travel, we'll probably move a bit into gatwick, still focus on heathrow. francine: bloomberg's guy johnson speaking to the virgin atlantic chief executive as the transatlantic route reopens. senior officials from the communist party are currently meeting in beijing for what's expected to be a hugely expected meeting. for more, we are joined by bloomberg's enda curran. good morning, good afternoon to you. thanks as always for staying late. what is the main take away from the tray data? enda: well, the trade data was bumper. we've seen exports, record trade surplus now for china. remember, de

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guy: laura wright is at heathrow and joins us now. talk us through the significance of what is happening today. laura: extremely sick of again. the u.s. opening its borders to fully vaccinated international travelers. key players on the ground will fly 26 likes to the united states. virgin atlantic will fly 11. the transatlantic route is the most lucrative in the world. before the pandemic, it generated over $1 billion in annual revenue for british airways. earlier, the aviation enthusiasts saw an unprecedented will take off of the ba and virgin flight too much that occasion, but admittedly capacity is still going to be lower than prepend him at levels . jumbo jets have been decommissioned for lighter, more energy efficient aircraft, and the focus is on the type of traveler. to begin with, it will be visiting friends and family. the hope is that it will turn into leisure travel and business travel, which they believe will reach prepend them as levels by 23. that is something guy was speaking about with the virgin ceo earlier today, bu

from heathrow, they are flying into _ first plane from heathrow, they are flying into 17 cities, but by december committing up to five to 23 cities and _ december committing up to five to 23 cities and expand that even more by the summer. so certainly that is going _ the summer. so certainly that is going to — the summer. so certainly that is going to help. they are seeing bookings— going to help. they are seeing bookings coming in and hoping that that does— bookings coming in and hoping that that does continue into the winter holiday— that does continue into the winter holiday season. so it will get a big boost _ holiday season. so it will get a big boost for— holiday season. so it will get a big boost for the tourism industry. and of course, — boost for the tourism industry. and of course, the big focus here today was the _ of course, the big focus here today was the reunion of family members. it was the reunion of family members. it was _ was the reunion of family members. it was an— was the reunion of family members. it was an emotional moment. they set ”p it was

ros: there is one of those on these flights, here he is at heathrow airport before he got on the plane. >> it has been 602 days since president trump and people from the u.k. and e.u. traving to america. and let has changed since then. there is a palpable nervousness at this airport. i'm looking across check-in, i've never seen so many people trying to check-in, triple checking their paperwork. no one is not sure, not even stafare sure what is going on this morning. ros: until monday, only u.s. citizens, resides, and a small group of other people have been allowed entry to the u.s. it applies to all individuals who have received a vaccine, and vaccines listed for emergency use by the world health organization. here is chris haslam again. reporter: on -- unvaccinated travelers are not welcome. you can get a special allowance to go to america if you are not vaccinated. for practical purpes, that is not happening. you need proof of vaccination. you need to fill in something called a cdc attestation. an odd document. it basically says yes, i've had a test and this is my name. you still nee

and flights taking off from heathrow, bound for new york city. passengers required to have proof of vaccination and a negative covid test within three days of traveling here. images of emotional reunions coming in. a couple hugging following a flight from germany to chicago's o'hare airport. and cars lining up at the canadian border, waiting to come in. and we learned of the request soon coming from pfizer. there could soon be boosters for millions more americans. stephanie ramos leads us off tonight. >> reporter: american borders reopening today for thousands of fully-vaccinated visitors from 33 countries for the first time in at least 18 months. for families and loved ones separated by the pandemic, emotional reunions. >> she was a little girl when i last saw her. she's a big girl and an adult now. >> reporter: bhavna patel finally getting to meet her grandson. >> there's no words. you can't describe -- how do you describe this feeling? you know, such a joy. >> reporter: celebrations kicking off early in the uk as crowds lined up to board plane

at heathrow, the last flights from south africa arrived this morning. i feel extremely relieved, because who knows how long this is going to last? we've been told we have to isolate at home, so that shouldn't be too bad. from sunday, only uk and irish residents will be allowed in from six southern african countries, and they will have to pay to quarantine in a hotel. the travel restrictions mean catherine will miss her niece�*s wedding in south africa. it is devastating. they have held back this wedding for two years for us, so we were all going to be together, which was really important. and literally we were off on the 9th, and now we're not. the health secretary said the new variant may pose a substantial risk to public health, so the restrictions were necessary. i want to reassure this house that there are no detected cases of this variant in the uk at this time, but this new variant is of huge international concern. several coronavirus mutations have already made the covid pandemic worse. the alpha variant, identified in kent, drove a huge wave o

united is launching five new routes from heathrow. we are seeing an increase in orlando and manchester, and i believe we have seen some sellouts in the vestry. they will continue to put more planes in the sky to keep the prices as even as they can because they want to encourage people back over to the us, back into trouble to feel confident and we can thatjoy of travel so they are more encouraged to do the same again next year. it may be more costly at first, but you're going to see some amazing deals, and please don't forget that in january the all tend deals, and please don't forget that injanuary the all tend to have sales. that is a good time for flights. have sales. that is a good time forflights. and skyscanner has a map that lets you understand all the rules before you go. all right, we need to leave it there, but thank you so much. stephanie is from skyscanner. let's bring you some other business stories. sydney airport has agreed to accept a $17.5—billion takeover bid from a group of investors which comprises mainly austral

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our transport correspondent, caroline davies is at heathrow for us. there has been excitement, balloons and flag—waving, at least by the airlines here at heathrow. this is a major part of the puzzle for international travel. piece by piece, the world has started to reopen again and the us route to the uk is a major long haul destination, and this is the first time it has a meaningfully opened up for uk citizens in more than 600 days. preparing for the big send—off. almost 20 months ago, the us banned the majority of travellers coming from the uk. from first thing this morning, that change. if you are double jabbed and have a negative covid. it means families separated by the atlantic and restrictions can reunite, including sarah, who was travelling to see her daughter chloe for the first time in two years. it's been so difficult because we have been worried about everybody staying healthy, and things happen in families where you need to be together. that is what family is all about. and not be able to console each other or keep each other company

at heathrow, the last flights from south africa arrived this morning. i feel extremely relieved, because, yeah, who knows how long this is going to last? we've been told we have to isolate at home, so that shouldn't be too bad. from sunday, only uk and irish residents will be allowed in from six southern african countries, and they'll have to pay to quarantine in a hotel. the travel restrictions mean catherine will miss her niece�*s wedding in south africa. it's devastating. they've held back this wedding for two years for us, so we were all going to be together, which is really important. and literally, we were off on the ninth, and now we are not. the health secretary said the new variant may pose a substantial risk to public health, so the restrictions were necessary. i want to reassure this house that there are no detected cases of this variant in the uk at this time, but this new variant is of huge international concern. several coronavirus mutations have already made the covid pandemic worse. the alpha variant, identified in kent, drove a huge w

to be clear, you didn't test them as they came into heathrow and then they came into heathrow and then they were allowed to disperse around they were allowed to disperse around the country without being tested and if the dutch experience is anything to go by, 10% of them had the new variant of coronavirus. i to go by, 1096 of them had the new variant of coronavirus.— variant of coronavirus. i don't want to “um variant of coronavirus. i don't want to jump to — variant of coronavirus. i don't want to jump to conclusions _ variant of coronavirus. i don't want to jump to conclusions around - variant of coronavirus. i don't want to jump to conclusions around the | to jump to conclusions around the dutch experience, i think there is a lot we still don't know about what is happening and in other countries but what we do know is much more about your own country and i think the speed at which we acted could not have been any faster and in terms of those people that may have already arrived from southern africa before the rules change, i think the right thing to do was to contact them all

speaker, than the third runway at heathrow. james wild: thank you, mr. speaker. i share my right honorable friend's commitment to build back better, build back better and level up. i have a project that would deliver on all those things, rebuilding the aging in kingsley. i've shown in the pictures, so will the prime minister make the queen elizabeth -- giving people the hospital they need? boris johnson: i know my honorable friend does a huge amount of work for his constituent you're passing the pictures he describes and i can tell him the application is in from the hospital in his constituency. it is under consideration and we aim to make our final decision in the spring of next year. >> deputy leader of the low party. angela rayner: thank you, mr. speaker. i share the opening words from the prime minister regarding our armed forces and their tremendous work they do and also send my best wishes to all those -- give thanks to the emergency services and respondents on that day. i would also like to wish all those celebrating tomorrow a happy and peaceful diwali. l

life with heart wrenching transatlantic reunions as passengers deplaned the first flights from london heathrow. and ran into the arms of loved ones. >> it is the best thing ever. it's been so emotional. this is the best thing. reporter: sisters hav't seen each other in two years. >> thank you so much. [indiscernible] >> not being able to touch my sister and having my children has been the hardest part. [applause] reporter: so many have missed out on precious moments they can never get back. >> they missed the birth of my son, he is 3.5 months. they get to meet him. they haven't seen him since he was crawling, now he is a walking to other with opinions. it's going to be fun. reporter: airlines are hoping for many more scenes like this in the coming weeks, it's a major milestone for separated families and a lifeline for the tourism industry ahead of the winter holiday season. >> there is a more pragmatic framework in place which is becoming more universal, to allow travel to exist alongside the pandemic. reporter: the band was symbolically lifted with a dual takeoff, even with a watchful eye on

heathrow received flights from south africa this morning. except in extremely relieved. >> we've then told we have to -- we have been told we have to isolate at home. >> from sunday, only u.k. and irish residents will be allowed in from six southern african countries, and they will have to quarantine in a hotel. the travel restrictions mean catherine will miss her niece's wedding in south africa. >> they held back this wedding for two years for us so we would all be together. we were off on the ninth, and now we are not. >> the health secretary said the new variant may pose substantial risk to public health, so the restrictions were necessary. >> i want to reassure this house that there are no detected cases of this variant in that u.k. at this time, but this variant is of huge international concern. >> several coronavirus mutations have already made the covid pandemic worse. the alpha variant identified in kent drove a huge wave of hospital admissions and deaths here last winter. the delta variant, first detected in india, was even more tra

here been fully vaccinated. at heathrow, passengers art boarding here at heathrow, passengers are boarding one of the first flights out to america since the rules changed. stay away from victims' families for at least 48 hours — more than 100 survivors of terrorist attacks call for better protection from the press. my 16—year—old daughter basically was told by a random journalist that her brother had died. a public inquiry begins into the post office horizon scandal. hundreds of sub—postmasters were wrongly accused — and evenjailed — for theft and fraud because of computer errors. we'll hear from one former employee hoping for answers. and they wowed the judges with their paso on saturday night — we'll catch up with tom fletcher and his dance partner amy dowden. it isa it is a chilly start in central and eastern areas but here we are starting with sunshine. in the west, cloud and rain and through the day it will move eastwards. another breezy day. all the details later. it's monday, the 8th of november. mps will hold an emergency debate on parliamentary standards later, as th

at heathrow, the last flights from south africa arrived this morning. >> who knows how long this is going to last? >> we have been told we are going to have to isolate at home, so that should not be too bad. fergus: from sunday, only u.k. an irish residents will be allowed in from six southern african countries, and they will have to pay to quarantine in a hotel. the travel restrictions mean this woman will miss her knees's wedding in south africa -- n iece's wedding in south africa. >> we were all going to be together, which is really important, and literally we won't come overnight, and now we won't. fergus: health secretary said the new variant may pose a substantial risk to public health, so the restrictions were necessary. >> i want to reassure this house that there are no detected cases of this variant in the u.k. at this time, but this new variant is of huge international concern. fergus: several coronavirus mutations have already made the covid pandemic worse. the alpha variant, identified in kent, drove a huge wave of hospital admissions and deaths here last winter. the delta var

there are very few, if any direct flights from that part of the world most flights will connect through heathrow or jfk or another large airport. the emergence of this new coronavirus variant is very concerning because travelers are just now getting back to traveling the way they were before the pandemic. i talked to a couple of people here at sfo on monday who say they are concerned now it's become very scary. >> the fly because now that the book about the new. new of i don't. if covid-19 it's become to be scary. the job and especially in the afternoon. yeah. because of people like, you know, it's was a seat. don't know. indicated that is that's become a now, so far the travel restrictions only apply to those 8 countries from the southern portion. >> of africa. there are no indications that the travel ban or restrictions could be broadened to include other countries, although that is a possibility. if they find this variant coronavirus, there's a real danger. but for now at sfo, charles clifford kron. 4 news. >> now to the east bay and this group of parents and students protesting a vaccine man

at heathrow, the last flights from south africa arrived this morning. i feel extremely relieved because, yeah, who knows how long this is going to last, yeah? we've been told we have to — we have to isolate at home, so that shouldn't be too bad. from sunday, only uk and irish residents will be allowed in from six southern african countries, and they'll have to pay to quarantine in a hotel. the travel restrictions mean catherine will miss her niece�*s wedding in south africa. and it's devastating. they've held back this wedding for two years for us, so we were all going to be together, which is really important. and, literally, we were off, you know, on the ninth, and now we're not. madam deputy speaker... the health secretary said the new variant may pose a substantial risk to public health, so the restrictions we re necessary. i want to reassure this house that there are no detected cases of this variant in the uk at this time, but this new variant is of huge international concern. several coronavirus mutations have already made the covid pandemic

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the tar mac in charlotte, you can see a triple 7 behind me which delivered passengers from london's heathrow airport and will head back over the pond. but europe is seen a surge the covid cases driven by the unvaccinated, confirming thatlpt international tral, norah, gettingym■ vaccinated. >> o'donnell: all right, errol barnett on the tar mac tonight, thanks, earl. more big headlines, first lady jill biden kicked off a nationwide campaign for child vaxxeds toot. she joined the surgeon general in mclean, virginia where the first follow vaccines were actually given out in 1954. interesting. the biden administration's new vaccine rule for companies with 100 or more employees is on hold but the department of justice is defending the new policy saying tonight it's necessary to address the grave danger of covid, so now we wait to see how the courts respond. some promising news. we learned regeneron's monoclonal reduces the risk of covid by more than 80% up to eight montes. growing struggle to feed families in need. the price of meat, poultry, fishes and eggs in u.s. cities soared 15 portion sinc

there are very few, if any direct flights from that part of the world most flights will connect through heathrow or jfk or another large airport. the emergence of this new coronavirus variant is very concerning because travelers are just now getting back to traveling the way they were before the pandemic. i talked to a couple of people here at sfo on monday who say they are concerned now it's become very scary. >> the fly because now that the book about the new. new if a covid-19, it's become to be scary. the job and especially in the afternoon. yeah. because like, you know, it's was a don't know. he's okay to divide us know. that's become a now, so far the travel restrictions only apply to those 8 countries from the southern portion. >> of africa. there are no indications that the travel ban or restrictions could be broadened to include other countries, although that is a possibility. if they find this variant coronavirus is a real danger. but for now at sfo, charles clifford kron. 4 news. >> no new cases of the new covid variant have been to tuck detected rather here in california, at least no

actually very few direct flights from that part of the world travelers would have to connect through heathrow airport in london or jfk or another large airport. still those passing through say that mccraw variant is raising some concerns. >> now it's become very scary. the fly because now that the book about the new. new of i don't. if covid-19 it's become to be scary. the job and especially in the afternoon. yeah. because of people like, you know, it's was a seat. don't know. indicated that is that's become k. >> yes, so far those restrictions only apply to basically those 8 nations from south africa. there's no indications that the ban will be widened, although that is a possibility. if this variant of covid-19 becomes a bigger problem. well, other bay area health officials are also speaking out about this latest strain and what it could mean as we continue to deal with this pandemic. 3 leading health officers told us they're professional opinions on kron and what's next and how we can best deal with this latest development. theresa stasi has the story. >> but obviously concerned that this

british airways generated $1 billion of revenue each year, making london's heathrow by jfk in new york. analysts expect lower demand with slides limited to the fully vaccinated. -- flights limited to the fully vaccinated. indoor limits of one person per square meters will double to one person for every two square meters. limits will be listed in hospitality venues while stadium and cinemas can operate at folk capacity. australia hit its 80% full vaccination target over the weekend. the recent glasgow cop 26 summit enters its second and final week. limited progress is not enough to avoid climate catastrophe. pledges so far from governments seem to have failed to keep a global temperature increase to the 1.5 degrees in the paris agreement. global news, 24 hours a day on air on bloomberg. shery: ahead, fernando at the monetary authority of singapore joins us to look at how web 3.0 will say the business models in the digital economy. next, we discussed china's latest trade numbers. this is bloomberg. haidi: this is daybreak: asia. we are looking at the demand side of the supply crunch in t

life with heart—wrenching transatlantic reunions as passengers deplaned the first flights from london heathrow. and ran into the arms of loved ones. it's the best thing ever in the whole world. it's been so emotional and it has for millions of families all over the world, but this is the best thing that's ever happened to me. sisters gill and louise haven't seen each other in two years. thank you so much. what are you guys going to do now? i just keep hugging each other! not being able to touch my sister and them not hugging my children has been the hardest part of it all. so many like the matthews have missed out on precious moments they can never get back. so they've missed the birth of my son, so he's 3.5 months now, so finally they get to meet him. and they haven't seen him since he was crawling and now he is a fully walking toddler with opinions and so it's going to be really fun for them to spend all this time with him. airlines are hoping for many more scenes like this in the coming weeks. it's a major milestone for separated families and it's a lifeline to the tourism industry right ah

there was excitement at london heathrow airport as us bound flights to cough the 1st time since march 2020, that direct entry via land or air has been possible for foreigners undertaking non essential travel will more than 15000000 people cross into the united states through its land border with mexico and 2019. but that came to a stop in march 2020. and now after nearly 2 years, businesses at border towns are hoping for a chance to recover john home and reports from tijuana and mexico. a monday sunday. see that the biggest lam border crossing in the western hemisphere went back to something like normal. the pandemic restrictions of us placed on the southern border with mexico were finally aged for international trade that weren't me much met because mighty board of factories. the macula daughters had already been allowed to cross their goods in the us for the past year. but it's the so called non essential travelers can locals and tourists have now been clear to visit, as long as they are fully vaccinated. in is, is one of many and one we've been counting down the days. the 1st thing

there was excitement of london heathrow airport as us found slide to call for the 1st time in 18 months. or poland to the cues by the roots of trying to spark of major confrontation and says it's mobilizing additional troops at the border. this is after a footage on social media, showed hundreds of migrants walking toward the polish, beller russian border. the post border guard says several people have attempted to force their way through barbed wire on the crossing. that you says president lucas shanks as administration is encouraging people to cross into the region in retaliation to sanctions. let's speak to dominic cane. he is life for us in the frankfurt under odor that's at the german border with poland. a dominic, how significant is what's happening there to the you the significance of this particular story right now is twofold, because it representing the 2 border issues with which the e. u has to wrestle the 1st one. it's inner borders within member states. the 2nd one out, so borders between member states and non e u countries where i am right now. frankfort, and the order on t

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life with heart wrenching transatlantic reunion5 as pa55enger5 deplaned the first flights from london heathrow. and ran into the arms of loved ones. it's the best thing ever in the whole world. it's been so emotional and it has for millions of families all over the world but this is the best thing that's ever happened to me. si5ter5 gill and louise haven't seen each other in two years. thank you so much. what are you guys going to do now? just keep hugging each other! not being able to touch my sister - and them not hugging my children has been the hardest part of it all. so many like the matthews have missed out on precious moments they can never get back. so they've missed the birth of my son, so his three and a half months now, so finally they get to him. and they haven't seen him since he was crawling and now he is a fully working toddler with opinions and so it's going to be really fun for them to spend all this time with him. airlines are hoping for many more scenes like this in the coming weeks. it's a major milestone for separated familie5 and it's a lifeline to the tourism industry ri

to be clear, you did not test them as they came into heathrow? then they were allowed to disperse around the country without being tested 7 if the dutch experience is anything to go by, 10% of them have the new variant? i don't want to jump to conclusions about the dutch experience, i think there's a lot we don't know about what is happening and what is happening certainly in other countries. what we do know is much more about our own country. and i think the speed at which we acted at could not have been any faster. in terms of those people that may have already arrived from southern africa before the rules changed, i think the appropriate and right thing to do was to contact them all and make sure they are taking tests and self isolating if necessary and that is exactly what we have done. the health secretary also confirmed it would be a legal requirement to wear a face covering in england, on public transport and in shops, that brings it into line with the rest of the uk where face coverings are a legal requirement in certain settings. on whet

heathrow airport's red list arrival facility at terminal four, will come back into place on wednesday having been previously wound down. heathrow said: "we are reopening terminalfour as a dedicated arrivals facility for red list countries and in the meantime, there will be no direct flights arriving from affected areas. passengers travelling to and from all other destinations should continue to travel as planned and with confidence." joining me now is stephaniejepson, partner at courtney world. thank you for your time. tells about how your customers are being affected by south africa at the number of other surrounding countries being added to the red list. it countries being added to the red list. . .,. , countries being added to the red list. , .,. , ., countries being added to the red list. , .. , ., ., list. it is the fact they have got to have pcr — list. it is the fact they have got to have pcr tests _ list. it is the fact they have got to have pcr tests now- list. it is the fact they have got to have pcr tests now to i list. it is the fact they have got to have pcr tests now t

a virgin atlantic and british errors aeroplane actually took off at the exact same time from london heathrow airport, filled with vaccine passengers, all headed to the united states. but it's not just the vaccinated who were excited to finally visit the states. as after 2 weeks of migrants marching northward, they were actually able to jump on a flat bed to rocks. they could make it to the border even faster. so this guy situation would bring in former georgia, say la mac r d dr. tegler and annette ryan, as he of mac majority. welcome back to save us. thanks. got a great year. well, i'm going to start with you ned. considering everything going on. in fact, they're actually seeing some locked down. higher numbers of cro virus over in europe today is now the time to be opening our borders to the world. no, of course not, scotty. i mean, it's a logical either. this is a, a pandemic or it's not. and on one side, the by the administration is going full speed ahead with their vaccine mandates, even though the course of block that this afternoon they said we are still going to be pushing this. they