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Falling pound clips IAG's wings

British Airways-owner IAG has cut its 2016 forecast for profit growth to around 7 percent from the low double-digit percentage. As Hayley Platt reports, it - like other airlines - has been hit by the fall in the value of the pound and weaker trading after the Brexit vote.