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American Air sees demand slowdown

Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc is seeing a slowdown in demand because of surging coronavirus cases, signalling a weaker outlook heading into the year-end holidays. After a strong start for the fourth quarter, a deceleration in net bookings growth began before Thanksgiving and has persisted into this month, American said in a regulatory filing. As a result, the company expects ...

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UK to exempt ‘high-value’ travellers from quarantine

Bloomberg The UK moved to exempt “high-value” executives from rules requiring people entering the country to quarantine for two weeks, in a move designed to boost business. The rule change means that from 4 am on Saturday, business people arriving in the UK from countries that aren’t on the UK’s travel corridors list won’t have to self-isolate for 14 days, ...

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Indian farmers are ‘ready to die’ in showdown with Modi

Bloomberg As India’s virus numbers swell and the economy stumbles, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has another crisis to deal with: Tens of thousands of angry farmers vowing to camp outside the capital for months. The farmers — mostly from Punjab, often called India’s bread-basket — want him to repeal three laws passed in September that allow them to sell crops ...

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