首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
If the old maxim that the customer is always right still has meaning, then the airlines that fly the world’s busiest air route b
If the old maxim that the customer is always right still has meaning, then the airlines that fly the world’s busiest air route b
admin
2011-01-10
78
问题
If the old maxim that the customer is always right still has meaning, then the airlines that fly the world’s busiest air route between London and Paris have a flight on their hands.
The Eurostar train service linking the UK and French capitals via the Channel Tunnel is winning customers in increasing numbers. In late May, it carried its one millionth passenger, having run only a limited service between London, Paris and Brussels since November 1994, starting with two trains a day in each direction to Paris and Brussels. By 1997, the company believes that it will be carrying ten million passengers a year, and continue to grow from there.
From July, Eurostar steps its service to nine trains each way between London and Paris, and five between London and Brussels. Each train carries almost 800 passengers, 210 of them in first class.
The airlines estimate that they will initially lose around 15%-20% of their London-Paris traffic to the railways once Eurostar starts a full service later this year (1995), with 15 trains a day each way. A similar service will start to Brussels. The damage will be limited, however, the airlines believe, with passenger numbers returning to previous levels within two to three years.
In the short term, the damage caused by the 1 million people-level traveling between London and Paris and Brussels on Eurostar trains means that some air services are already suffering. Some of the major carders say that their passenger numbers are down by less than 5% and point to their rivals-particularly Air France-as having suffered the problems. On the Brussels route, the railway company had less success, and the airlines report anything from around a 5% drop to no visible decline in traffic.
The airlines’ optimism on returning traffic levels is based on historical precedent. British Midland, for example, points to its experience on Heathrow Leeds Bradford service which saw passenger numbers fold by 15% when British Rail electrified and modernized the railway line between London and Yorkshire. Two years later, travel had risen between the two destinations to the point where the airline was carrying record numbers of passengers.
The passage is taken from the first part of an essay, from which we may well predict that in the following part the author is going to ______.
选项
A、praise the airlines’ clear-mindedness
B、further analyze the threats from high-speed rail services to airlines
C、propose a reduction of London/Paris flights
D、advise the airlines to follow the good model of British Midland routes
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/I1cO777K
本试题收录于:
NAETI中级口译笔试题库外语翻译证书(NAETI)分类
0
NAETI中级口译笔试
外语翻译证书(NAETI)
相关试题推荐
Inthepopularmind,theInternetistherealizationoftheglobalvillage,wheretheflowofinformationandideasisunimpeded
Norevolutionsintechnologyhaveasvisiblymarkedthehumanconditionasthoseintransport.Movinggoodsandpeople,theyhav
Weshouldletmoreyoungparentsandtheirchildrencanenjoyscientificearlyeducation.
OfalltheemployedworkersintheUnitedStates,12.5millionarepartofatemporaryworkforce.TheUnitedStatesBureauofLa
Thechildrenshouldsay"thankyou"toyouwhenyougavethemgifts.
HadIrunoutofgas,Ioughttohavecalledthegarage.
AlthoughthisbookclaimstobeabiographyofGeorgeWashington,manyoftheincidentsareimaginary.
下面你将听到一段题为“说聪明”的论述。聪明的人,智力发达、记忆和理解能力也强。聪明是好事,是财富,应好好利用,用于进步;用于获取知识,用于为祖国为人民做好事,为大家也为自己好。应该承认,人和人不一样,有的人就是聪明。周恩来就是一个聪明的人,早在年
今天来这里开会,我的心情十分沉重。印度洋大地震及其引发的海啸,在短短几小时内就夺去了十几万人的宝贵生命,造成了巨大的损失。这不仅是有关国家的灾难,也是全人类的灾难。这场灾难牵动着每一个中国人的心。我愿借此机会,代表中国政府和13亿中国人民向遭受灾难的国家和
"IdelightinBuckinghamPalace",saidQueenVictoria,whenshemovedinthreeweeksafterascendingtothethrone.Todaythe40
随机试题
一正视眼,注视眼前40cm处的物体,应调节
肝硬化的特征性病变是()。
简述对判处死刑案件的复核方法。
分项工程质量验收合格的规定有()。
按照()以及当地的供电条件,检查消防用电设备供配电系统的设置方案是否合理。
乙公司为上市公司,2007年年底的注册资本为人民币30000万元,截至2007年年初,累计已提法定盈余公积11000万元,2007年弥补亏损和交纳企业所得税后的净利润12000万元。则该公司2007年应提取法定盈余公积()万元。
证:设χ>0,则
Theinstalledpriceofsolarenergyhasdeclinedsignificantlyinrecentyearsaspolicyandmarketforceshavedrivenmoreand
窗体上有一个名称为Commandl的命令按钮,其单击事件过程及相关的函数过程如下:PrivateSubCommandl_Click()DimiAsIntegerFori=1To500
Chileisdisadvantagedinthepromotionofitstourismby______.Accordingtotheauthor,Chile’sgreatestattractionis_____
最新回复
(
0
)