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Everybody, hit the report button. He is just trolling trying to set people against each other and calling everybody ****** irrespective of the context or subject matter. He is conflating anything be it religion, colour, race or with anti vaxx sloganisation. It is just another tactic of the anti vaxx campaign trying to win the unwinnable argument. This particular troll is trying to turn everything as a race issue. Deliberately disruptive. Anymore and I'll be asking LSE for contact details. I really don't kindly to theses casual accusations and I will see it through. That IS a warning.

https://simpleflying.com/lufthansa-ita-purchase/

Could this be the opening salvo in the great consolidation? We know airlines have been battered, we know some have gone under. It is widely expected amongst informed commentators that wide ranging and significant reorganisation is possible; takeovers, mergers, bankruptcies, partnerships.

Has it begun?

You have some problems better worked out elsewhere john. I don't know why you have decided to be so aggressive to a complete stranger simply because they engage in a chat room. You are clearly very threatened by me. And the never ending lies about my portfolio history. WHy? What is it that bothers you about me so much? You offer nothing but insults and lies and so I'm done with you. To be rejected in such a fashion is nothing to celebrate, it underlines what a sad lonely isolated and rejected individual you have become.

https://reactnews.com/article/sainsburys-to-buy-back-another-eight-stores-from-supermarket-reit-and-british-airways-jv/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/business/airlines-european-union-omicron.html

I had expected more to happen this week with the EU, but I suppose appearing to be led by the UK is not in their water. So we will hopefully see big news on EU routes next week when they can make it look like they initiated the whole thing.

https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/suspension-of-flights-from-uganda-to-dubai-lifted-3675268

That's it, hold on tight and watch the sp now!!!! Wahoooooooo........

Looks like sp is treading water in the sector. Essentially, as the reopening happens nearly every other day should be a good news day towards the end of the month. So profit taking by the few should be easily offset by new money as confidence returns there will not be a repeat of the omicron crash. The language in the press is still a little weak, living with covid. If the WHO isn't going to lead, then maybe the G7 or G20 could make firm announcement, no more returns to lockdowns, and international travel must not be removed as it has been. A list of acceptable measures for the next variant should be made. Pre-testing acceptable, red lists not acceptable. No level of closed border has succeeded in stopping the spread, especially over land borders. We need a new established routine and quickly to instill confidence.

Next major uplift will be the removal of pre flight testing to other countries. At lot of that might be in dribs and drabs but I expect there will be golden day when a large number coincide lifting pre flight tests. I am also expecting to see the WHO being put under pressure to set up a coordinated plan for the next variant where counties are much better coordinated in responding instead of the complete mess in response to covid. The greek letter system totally failed as SA was immediately used as a reference and then an extraordinary level of bigotry and xenophobia resulted in a completely unnecessary lockdown response. Urgent high level political action must be taken to avoid that next time or else we are going to be in and out of restrictions and lockdowns forever thanks to any disease that comes along.

https://www.businesstravelnewseurope.com/Management/Bleak-business-travel-outlook-sees-light-in-workation-opportunity
Travel news. Except, I don't agree with it. Once travel returns to normal where you only need your passport and ESTAs then people will be returning to much more than before. The experience of not being able to meet will have underlined why it is so necessary. One fly in the ointment though is the new EU visa scheme. It is only there to raise money and I can see it won't take long post pandemic before a wide range of business all over the EU start complaining it is putting off inward travel and not just tourisim but business is being affected. Wonder how long the EU will remain in its curretn soviet state monitoring form>???

Careful in that lofty high chair, Turtle. That's a long way down!

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/israel-set-to-lift-ban-on-travel-from-britain-at-midnight/

Another domino falls - I expect an avalanche over the rest of this week and next week.

The truth is out there.... it has been since mid-November!

https://order-order.com/2022/01/06/skys-anti-freedom-covid-expert-is-lifelong-labour-member-and-socialist/

And those thinking I am just a fantasist saying that some in the 'expert' community have been using this pandemic for their own agendas, and continue to do so, check out the example above. Many are not so clear cut and their agendas are wide and varied, but this pandemic has become so juicy to realise goals and ambitions it is now being used and extended all over the place. Boris must disband SAGE now and by doing so send out the key signal, it's over.

https://www.newsweek.com/125-passengers-test-positive-covid-flight-india-italy-1666288?piano_t=1

Hysteric screaming headline and news story. But scroll down a bit and then....

"But authorities have said hospitalizations have not risen even as infections spike. "There is no need to panic," Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, said on Sunday."

The amount of highly credible data all around the world that this is not a serious issue compared with other seasonal infections should mean there is just no point trying to stop or control the spread. This is turning into a complete madness. The trouble is gutless politicians terrified of being criticised by the gods of TV. This knee jerk response is causing extreme damage to lives and economies. Somebody stand up and stop this madness other wise we are going to have this hysterical response for months to come.

Hurtle, you've obviously never been in the vicinity of somebody coming down with a tropical disease, the sheer terror and panic of those they are with, the phenomenal cost and logistics to get them to a hospital with even the minimum facilities by air ambulance, and then the body bag being carried out of the holiday hut. When you've seen it once, how fast it all happens, you tend to take the suggested precautions, and add a few of your own. You? Well, you go and travel without the recommended shots, and the very best of Russian roulette luck to you!

https://practio.co.uk/travel-health/articles/vaccination-certificate
"yeah good luck finding those... massive exaggeration."
Vaccination certificates are sometimes required when travelling as proof that you are protected against specific diseases.

The meningitis, polio and yellow fever certificates are some of the most commonly used. Countries can deny you entry without a vaccination certificate, so find out which countries require them.

Well my target for Easy J will be 900+ by spring as travel restrictions disappear and travel returns to normal [assuming no takeovers]

For IAG, I am expecting 170+ by the time the results are out, with a buy in for me around that time as long as it doesn't go above around 180. My logic is, concern over the results and loss of omicron era income will lead to speculation about RIs and cash flow, and keep investors light so the sp is depressed to the 180 level. Post results and assuming no accompanying RI, then quick fire buy in with a restoration target of April 2021, i.e looking at around 210-220 to take profits by spring. I know a lot of people would just rather believe there is no RI threat, but omicron has led to a big hit in income just as recovery was beginning. This, of course, applies to ALL airlines and big travel companies. Also by February, if I do buy and a RI suddenly lands, funds will be available to take the full allocation set the profit take target according to whatever the differential is. The only other travel related stock of interest to me is SSP. It is now lagging the sector and has some way to go to catch up, but my sell target is around the 450 mark but latter in the summer when footfall figures are strong.

"If you take a jab for travel not health reasons that is a submission to coercion. That would mean your consent was not freely given and you therefore have been unlawfully jabbed."

Good luck taking China to court over Yellow fever vaccination requirements!!! In fact good luck with the dozens of countries that asked for various vaccine certificates long long before covid.

Still a bit iffy about Jet2 fugazi. But good luck with it if you accept the risk

The ending of the stealth quarantine is probably the biggest part of the change. That part of the test policy was completely unnessaccary when looking at the SA data at the time, put a lot of people of travelling and did a lot of completely unnessaccary damage to travel. It was a disgrace and I hope there is an eventual backlash against the bloody nudge theorists that have consistently gone over the top with no epidemiology benefit at all.

The open up lobby clearly has the upper hand now and we can only hope they retain that and the lockdown pandemic fearing muppets that have gone too far in the past are now being pushed further out and we can get to normality and live with the flu, sorry, the common cold, ooops, I mean covid.

Typically, Ireland follows the UK very closely in many ways, almost as if it were just a devolved assembly but not as distant as Scotland. Despite Europe. So it should be a strong indication on the UK news to come. But will the UK keep a day 2 test to appease the experts and lockdown lobby?