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What characterized Trippe thereafter was an uncanny ability to pace his airline's growth with the range of the airliner as it slowly evolved: first crawling from island to island across the Caribbean and into Mexico, then extending to Central and South America.
Finally, it was Trippe's backing of the flying boat, the first Pan Am Flying Clippers, that pioneered global routes: across the Pacific and, in the late 1930s, across the Atlantic. By the end of World War II, Trippe had in place a route system that was truly global.
Before anyone else, he believed in airline travel as something to be enjoyed by ordinary mortals, not just a globe-trotting elite. In 1945 other airlines didn't think or act that way. Trippe decided to introduce a "tourist class" fare from New York to London. He cut the round-trip fare more than half, to '275 ('1,684 in today's dollars, which makes current pricing a bargain, right?) This sent over like a lead balloon in the industry, where air fares were fixed by a cartel, the International Air Transport Association; it didn't want to hear about the tourist class. Incredibly, Britain closed its airports to Pan Am flights that had tourist seats. Pan Am was forced to switch to remote Shannon, Ireland. The industry's aversion to competition and making travel affordable was to have a long life, as Sir Freddie Laker would discover in the 1970s and Virgin Atlantic nearly a decade later.
77. Which of the following is true?
A. Trippe's airline developed too quickly.
B. Trippe's airline developed in proportion to the places his planes could reach.
C. Trippe's airline developed first in Central America, then in the Caribbean area.
D. Trippe's Flying Clippers followed the route across the Pacific during World War I.
正确答案是
78. Before 1945, the one-way trip fare from New York to London was about ______
A. '275.
B. '550.
C. more than 275.
D. less than 275.
正确答案是
79. The writer thinks that today's flying fare is ______
A. much more expensive than that in 1945.
B. as much as that in 1945.
C. much cheaper than that in 1945.
D. not mentioned.
正确答案是
80. Which of the following didn't want to accept the idea of "tourist class"?
A. Virgin Atlantic.
B. Sir Freddie Laker.
C. The cartel in flying business.
D. Pan Am.
正确答案是
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