Southwest Airlines has cancelled 20,000 flights. Now for the really bad news

今日の英語の習慣化の題材は...

米航空界では、各航空会社のFlightのキャンセルがかなりの数に上っているとの事

ここの記事ではSouthwest航空の事例が載っています。さて何故でしょうか？

英語のお勉強続けましょう！

Let's start with the good news.

Business travel is (allegedly) back, and Southwest Airlines has finally committed itself to giving customers the basic technology they expect on a flight.

The airline is spending $2 billion on enhanced -- and even free -- wifi on its planes. It's finally installing power ports, too. Yes, Southwest planes were always known for having no outlets and now, voilá, USB-A and USB-C ports.

Now there'll be more entertainment options, new "self-service capabilities," and even free iPads.

Actually, I may be entirely wrong about that last one. But as Southwest announced all this, it became possible to forgive the airline for cancelling 20,000 flights between June and Labor Day.

It's not as if Southwest doesn't want to operate those flights, but it just doesn't have the people -- or the planes -- to fly them.