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Airlines have operated thousands of so-called ghost flights from UK airports during the coronavirus pandemic, new figures show.

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-more-than-14-000-ghost-flights-left-uk-airports-during-the-pandemic-12549478
The international flights, which had no more than 10% of their seats filled, departed from 32 airports between March 2020 and September 2021.

Lloyds Bank set to to join dividend payout jamboree

The full-year dividend is expected to be 2.07p and accompanied by a bumper share repurchase programme

https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/974888/lloyds-bank-set-to-to-join-dividend-payout-jamboree-974888.html

Lloyds share price could see 55p tomorrow

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More than 450 bankers at HSBC were paid at least one million euros last year as profits soared.

The bank said 451 members of staff collected over €1million or £834,000 – with one unnamed high-flyer falling into the £9.2million to £10million bracket.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-10540833/amp/HSBC-bankers-enjoy-2-6bn-bonus-bonanza-profits-soar.html

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Thanks I was never was to good at maths

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Thanks for replying, its looking good for Lloyds results tomorrow I'm hoping we have a special payment

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""capital return equivalent to 15p per share""

This is the trouble with buybacks they increase the value of a share but the share holders don't really get any benefit from a buyback as the SP is up 3% for Barclays and 1.89% for Lloyds

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Good set of figures out of Barclays this morning how do they come up with the figures

""capital return equivalent to 15p per share""

Cabin crew shares 5 ways to get upgraded to first class for free

https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/1568704/flight-secrets-cabin-crew-how-to-get-upgrade-first-class-free-holiday-travel-tips-hacks

Even though it was crowned the world’s busiest airport for the eighth consecutive year, Dubai airport will see passenger numbers come back not before 2024.

According to the hub’s boss Paul Griffiths, despite 29.1 million passengers registered in the last year – 12.7 per cent up on 2020, traffic is “nowhere near pre-pandemic levels.”

“It means that although our figures aren’t what we would like them to be, other airports have clearly fared a lot worse than we have,” he told AFP.

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FTSE 100 set for heavy fall as Russia orders troops into east Ukrane

The UK economy bounced back in February, with business activity the strongest since last June, led by a recovery in consumer spending on travel, leisure and entertainment, the latest snapshot from IHS Markit shows. It said services firms benefited from a loosening of pandemic measures.

Its composite PMI index, which comprises manufacturing and services activity, jumped to 60.2 from 54.2 in January, marking an eight-month high.

The closely watched PMI surveys also showed high inflation persisted in February, as higher wages, energy bills and raw material costs all contributed to firms’ rising operating expenses. Markit said:

The overall rate of input cost inflation was the steepest since last November and the second-highest since the index began in January 1998. This resulted in another sharp increase in average prices charged by private sector firms, although the latest rise was softer than at the start of the year.

Flash UK Composite Output Index February: 60.2, 8-month high (January final: 54.2)
Flash UK Services Business Activity Index February: 60.8, 8-month high (January final: 54.1)
Flash UK Manufacturing Output Index February: 56.7, 7-month high (January final: 54.5) Flash UK Manufacturing PMI February: 57.3, unchanged (January final: 57.3)

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/business/live/2022/feb/21/rouble-recovers-hopes-biden-putin-talks-flash-pmi-surveys-focus-business-live

The UK economy bounced back in February, with business activity the strongest since last June, led by a recovery in consumer spending on travel, leisure and entertainment, the latest snapshot from IHS Markit shows. It said services firms benefited from a loosening of pandemic measures.

Its composite PMI index, which comprises manufacturing and services activity, jumped to 60.2 from 54.2 in January, marking an eight-month high.

The closely watched PMI surveys also showed high inflation persisted in February, as higher wages, energy bills and raw material costs all contributed to firms’ rising operating expenses. Markit said:

The overall rate of input cost inflation was the steepest since last November and the second-highest since the index began in January 1998. This resulted in another sharp increase in average prices charged by private sector firms, although the latest rise was softer than at the start of the year.

Flash UK Composite Output Index February: 60.2, 8-month high (January final: 54.2)
Flash UK Services Business Activity Index February: 60.8, 8-month high (January final: 54.1)
Flash UK Manufacturing Output Index February: 56.7, 7-month high (January final: 54.5) Flash UK Manufacturing PMI February: 57.3, unchanged (January final: 57.3)

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/business/live/2022/feb/21/rouble-recovers-hopes-biden-putin-talks-flash-pmi-surveys-focus-business-live

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Thursday's results

Lloyds
Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LSE:LLOY), a big retail investor favourite, brings up the rear for the FTSE 100 high street banks.

There have been mixed reactions for the sector so far

is tipped by UBS to report fourth-quarter underlying profit before tax (excluding remediation – whatever that is) of £1,805mln, up 26% year-on-year (YOY).

Net interest income is expected to rise 7% YOY and non-interest income to advance 8%.

The CET1 ratio – a measure of balance sheet strength – is seen rising one percentage point from a year earlier to 17.2%.

The full-year dividend is expected to be 2.07p and not wanting to be left out, the bank is expected to announce a bumper share repurchase programme