Delta Follows American, JetBlue Airlines In Making Unpopular Move

https://www.thestreet.com/travel/delta-follows-american-jetblue-airlines-in-cutting-flights

今日の英語の習慣化の題材は...

夏のAmericaの旅行シーズンは混乱しそうですね。余り需要の少なそうなFlightsなどは減便される模様。

気になるかたはちょっとご一読を。

英語の習慣化としては、何はともあれ目を通してみて下さい。

Airfares get priced based on demand. When there are fewer seats to sell, the price of the existing inventory goes higher.

That forces airlines to balance customer demand and their own capacity. That has to be measured against the flight schedules its rivals offer and the number of flight "slots" it has committed to fly from that airport. Airlines can change where their planes go, but they need to use their allotted slots unless they get an exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Even when they can, airlines rarely reduce their flight schedule because if their rivals don't do the same thing, they're just sending passengers to other airlines and not meaningfully increasing their own demand. If all airlines make cuts, however, that's bad for consumers and raises prices for every available airline seat. This summer, the FAA has a severe shortage of air-traffic controllers in New York and Washington. That has forced the agency to ask airlines flying out of the airports in those areas to voluntarily cut their flight schedules by 10%.