[입이 트이는 영어] Airline Industry / 항공업계

9/29

Talk about the current state of the airline industry.

The coronavirus has really been hard on the airline industry. The spread of the virus throughout the world has made traveling abroad next to impossible. Airlines had no choice but to reduce the number of flights, by a large margin. The ongoing financial difficulty has placed some airlines on the brink. There have been some cases of mergers and takeovers in the airline industry. With many planes nearly grounded, many airline employees have been placed on leave, involuntarily. Also there have been almost no new recrutis at airlines this year. Thankfully, some flights are being resumed. But bringing airlines back to nomal will not happen overnight.

 

has been hard on ~ ~에 큰 타격을 입혔다 

next to impossible 거의 불가능에 가깝다 It's next to impossible to satisfy her.

have no choice but to ~할 수 밖에 없다 We had no choice but to give it to someone else.

by a large margin 큰 폭으로

on the brink 고사 위기에 처한 The company was on the brink as recently as last year.

mergers and takeovers 인수합병

grounded 발이 묶인

involuntarily 비자발적으로, 강제적으로

resumed 재개되다

bringing back to nomal 정상화 시키다

 

A : Your company must be having a rough time these days. Are you still going on flights?

B : No, alomost not all lately. It's been almost five months since I took a leave from work.

A : Really?

B : Yeah. Less than a quater of flights are being operated, compared to before.

A : Oh, I see. I guess the airline industry really was hit hard by the coronavirus.

B : That's right. It will only get back to normal after the outbreak comes to an end.