{"id":19053,"date":"2021-07-09T09:07:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T07:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=19053"},"modified":"2021-07-09T09:07:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T07:07:47","slug":"airlines-suffer-pandemic-driven-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2021\/07\/airlines-suffer-pandemic-driven-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines Suffer Pandemic-Driven Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps one of the most hard-hit industries during the pandemic is the aviation sector. With traveling immediately getting banned in many countries, the world saw airlines struggle to stay afloat amidst pandemic-driven losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the article about how airlines cut costs to aid in pandemic recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-united-arlns-results-idUSKBN29P2SN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-united-arlns-results-idUSKBN29P2SN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What things has United Airlines done in order to manage through all their losses?<\/li><li>What are the advantages and disadvantages of furloughs?<\/li><li>What are your thoughts on travel bans during the pandemic?<\/li><li>International traveling is arguably one sector hardest hit by the pandemic and the one likely to be the slowest to recover. Do you agree or disagree? Elaborate.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Did your company have to employ cost-cutting measures during the pandemic? What were they?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate Perhaps one of the most hard-hit industries during the pandemic is the aviation sector. With traveling immediately getting banned in many countries, the world saw airlines struggle to stay afloat amidst pandemic-driven losses. 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