Because of the international financial crisis intensified, while airlines "thin" international routes, while increasing promotion efforts.

由于国际金融危机的影响加剧，各家航空公司一边“瘦身”国际航线，一边加大促销力度。

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While some of the budget airlines might use brighter, bolder shades, most others go with softened tones.

大多数航空公司选择柔和的色调，但一些廉价航空公司会采用大胆、明亮的色调。

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In the past, when tightly-controlled airline markets left passengers with few choices, airlines and aircraft manufacturers could say little while investigators did their painstaking work.

在过去，严格管制下的航空市场让乘客无所选择，当调查人员展开艰苦细致的工作时，航空公司和飞机制造商可以甚少发言。

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But regional carriers have had four in the last five years, while major airlines have had one.

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Sinclair Thompson expects the major carriers to rebuild capacity while low-cost airlines, which continued to grow during the downturn, are still expanding.

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The International Air Transport Association, which represents 230 airlines around the world, predicts passenger demand will grow nearly 6 percent in 2010, while cargo demand is expected to see double digit growth.

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While airlines are keen to promote the positives of these alliances, there are negatives.

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While airlines cater to the cream of their customers, the rest of us can expect some improvements in the back of the plane, albeit some you can't see.

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What SBC questioned was why oil and gas companies shut down their turbines for maintenance roughly twice a year while airlines only maintained their turbines one every couple years.

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