[ti:With Boeing 737 Max Grounded, Too Many Travelers, Too Few Planes] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.32]Ahead of the summer travel season, [00:03.64]airlines in the United States usually compete [00:07.80]to sell tickets and fill seats. [00:11.40]But the airlines that operate [00:14.24]the grounded Boeing 737 Max planes have a new problem: [00:20.48]there are not enough seats to meet the demand. [00:24.92]"The revenue is right in front of them. [00:27.68]They can see it, but they can't meet it," [00:31.76]said Mike Trevino. [00:34.08]He is an airline industry expert and spokesman [00:37.96]for Southwest Airlines Pilots Association. [00:43.12]The grounding of Boeing's 737 Max [00:46.72]came after two deadly crashes in five months. [00:51.48]Southwest Airlines is the world's largest 737 Max operator. [00:57.64]The company has 34 of the planes. [01:02.08]American Airlines operates the second-most, with 24. [01:08.32]These planes have been removed from use until at least August. [01:14.52]The grounding of the planes has led Southwest to cancel [01:18.64]160 of its 4,200 daily flights between June 8 and August 5. [01:27.68]American Airlines will cancel 115 daily flights, [01:33.52]or 1.5 percent of its total summer flights. [01:38.67]Southwest only flies Boeing 737s. [01:44.00]It had estimated $150 million in lost revenue [01:49.32]between February 20 and March 31 [01:53.48]-- mostly because of MAX cancellations. [01:57.76]So far, airlines have said it is too early to estimate [02:02.35]the cost of the Max grounding [02:04.60]beyond the first three months. [02:07.68]However, continuous cancellations show that most airlines [02:12.96]do not expect a fast return of the MAX model. [02:17.88]The 737 Max was grounded worldwide in March [02:22.40]following a deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash. [02:26.32]It came five months after a Lion Air crash in Indonesia. [02:31.64]All on board both planes died. [02:35.68]Boeing is under pressure to provide additional software. [02:40.44]Experts are examining the original software [02:43.92]as a possible reason for the crashes. [02:47.76]Boeing must prove to worldwide regulators [02:51.51]that the plane is safe to fly. [02:54.56]That process may take more than 90 days. [02:59.16]Planes in the United States are usually mostly full [03:03.68]during the months of June, July and August. [03:07.72]The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics says [03:11.96]this is when airlines earn the most money for each seat. [03:17.68]Lowering the number of seats [03:19.80]could mean more costly summer prices. [03:23.56]United Airlines operates only 14 Max planes [03:27.98]and has mostly avoided cancellations. [03:32.16]Instead, it has been more of its larger Boeing 777 or 787 airplanes. [03:41.76]However, the airline's president warned last week [03:45.72]that the move has been very costly [03:48.76]and that it could not continue doing so forever. [03:53.72]Although the MAX 737 makes up just 5 percent [03:58.48]of Southwest planes and even less for other airlines, [04:03.20]the problem may only get worse. [04:06.24]That is because Southwest, American and United [04:10.84]all were expecting deliveries of new Max planes soon. [04:15.61]Southwest was expecting 41 in 2019, [04:20.84]while American was expecting 16 [04:24.16]and United was expecting 14. [04:27.60]I'm Ashley Thompson. [04:28.89]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM