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World Business Report: First broadcast 29/12/2020 15:32 GMT: Global travel disruption continues amid the pandemic

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Global travel disruption continues amid the pandemic

First broadcast 29/12/2020 15:32 GMT

First broadcast 29/12/2020 15:32 GMT: Global travel disruption continues amid the pandemic

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Global travel disruption continues amid the pandemic

Pakistan is the latest country to extend its ban on flights from the UK into the New Year

Pakistan has become the latest country to extend its ban on flights from the UK into the New Year. The clampdown will have a knock-on effect on the whole aviation industry. It's thought that Covid-19 has already wiped out 21 years of global aviation growth. We get the latest from the Independent's travel expert Simon Calder and hear from a woman who had to quarantine in a hotel room for 2 weeks with her husband and baby on return to her native Australia. The new post-Brexit trade deal doesn't yet have any provisions for creatives, and their road crew, to freely travel for work within the EU. Horace Trubridge, general secretary of the Musicians Union, explains why this will be a big issue for artists. Plus, how have our eating habits changed during a year when lockdowns have seen more of us cooking from home and fewer of us sharing meals out with colleagues? And can Zoom calls replace the networking coffee or dinner? Our reporter Elizabeth Hotson has been finding out.

(Picture: a plane flies into the distance. Credit: Getty Images.)

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