海峡轮船指航行于英国 change-overchannelsteamer
图- 144客机载客量只有55人，波音公司还没有进入原型机阶段，因此协和超音速客机是获胜者，它服务于英航和法航，直到2003年。
The Tu-144 flew just 55 passenger flights, and the Boeing didn't reach the prototype phase — so we were right about the Concorde, which flew for BA and Air France until 2003.
而且英航需要寻求一条实现增长的新的途径，寄希望于西斯罗机场的第三条跑道则显得不太现实。
And BA needs a new avenue for growth now that a third runway at Heathrow looks unlikely.
英航的不幸部分原因可以归咎于经济衰退：其乘客不断流向更为便宜的无虚饰航班。
The recession only partly explains its woes: its customers continue to desert to cheaper, no-frills carriers.
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