{"id":29912,"date":"2025-03-21T09:26:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T08:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=29912"},"modified":"2025-03-26T08:09:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T07:09:03","slug":"fear-of-flying-is-pushing-ticket-sales-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/03\/fear-of-flying-is-pushing-ticket-sales-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Fear of Flying is Pushing Ticket Sales Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flight anxiety has soared, causing a nosedive in sales. Since the beginning of the year, a series of fatal accidents and alarming incidents have shaken Americans’ confidence in air travel, leading some passengers to reconsider their travel plans, according two airlines involved in crashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s read the article to explore how fatal plane crashes influence people’s decisions about flying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2025\/03\/11\/business\/passengers-air-travel-crashes-fear<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What does “consumer confidence<\/strong>” mean? “Consumer confidence<\/strong> and certainty in air travel started to wane a little bit as questions of safety came in.<\/em>” Use it in a sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What does “regulatory filing<\/strong>” mean? “On Monday the company revised its expected revenue growth for the quarter down by half in a regulatory filing.<\/em>” Use it in a sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Define the phrase “closed door meeting<\/strong>“. “CNN has not confirmed that exchange at the closed door meeting<\/strong>.<\/em>” Use it in your own sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. In what ways have recent crashes influenced airline ticket sales?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Have the recent crashes affected your confidence in air travel? Why or why not?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Are you someone who carefully listens to the safety briefing before flying? If yes, why do you tend to so?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. What do you find most stressful about flying?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. What\u2019s the roughest turbulence you\u2019ve encountered during a flight? Did it make you reconsider flying?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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