原标题：今日民航英语|“客改货”（Preighters）：2020航空热词

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今日热词

preighter 客改货，客机改货机

passenger aircraft 客机

freighter 货机

cargo aircraft 全货机

belly 腹舱

capacity 运力

reconfigure改装 (飞机等)

‘PREIGHTERS’ IS THE NEW

NAME FOR 2020'S

AVIATION PHENOMENON

"客改货"：2020航空热词

Many airlines around the world are now finding ever more ingenious ways to turn their passenger planesinto freighters. Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr, though, has become the first to give the phenomenon a surely soon-to-be ubiquitous name. “We call these preighters – a combination of passenger aircraft and freighter,” the German chief executive said.

全球众多航空公司正想方设法将 客机改为 货机，汉莎航空首席执行官卡斯滕•施波尔（Carsten Spohr）首先为这一现象命名，随之迅速“家喻户晓”。这位德国首席执行官表示:“我们把这类飞机称为‘preighters’，即 客机和 货机的组合。”

And, until coronavirus restrictions end, there is no sign of this trend slowing down. Most of the world’s air cargo is normally transported in the bellyof passenger planes rather than the cargo aircraft. This amount increases by up to 80 per cent on trans-Atlantic routes. But due to the travel restrictions, the global air cargo capacityshrank notably and prices for air cargo transportation went up.

而且，受疫情限制，这一趋势没有减缓迹象。全球大部分航空货物通常是由客机 腹舱运输的，而不是 全货机。在跨大西洋航线上，货运需求增加了80%。但由于旅行限制，全球航空货运运力大幅缩减，而航空货运价格上涨。

As a result, many airline operators such as Lufthansa, KLM, SWISS, Ethiopian, Qantas, Air Canada, Austrian Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines proceeded to modify their planes to transport cargo on passenger seats or even by removing passenger seats.

因此，许多航空公司，如汉莎航空、荷兰皇家航空、瑞士航空、埃塞俄比亚航空、澳洲航空、加拿大航空、奥地利航空、国泰航空、达美航空和美国联合航空等，都已经开始改装飞机，在乘客座位上运输货物，或者甚至移除了乘客座位。

Carsten said there is currently a high demand for only air freight: “In addition to our entire cargo fleet, we have operated 70 cargo flights using A330 passenger aircraft.”

卡斯滕表示，目前只有航空货运需求旺盛:“我们使用A330客机完成了70次货运航班飞行，以补充整个货运机队。”

Lufthansa removed all seats from four Airbus A330s.

汉莎航空移除了四架空客A330飞机的所有座位。

On Thursday, World of Aviation reported that Franco-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR is one of a number of companies offering flexible cargo capacity solutions to easily reconfigure full passenger jets to cargo or a mix of both.

World of Aviation报道称，法国-意大利飞机制造商ATR是众多提供灵活货运运力解决方案的公司之一，这些解决方案可以轻松地将客机改装为全货机或“客货混合”的飞机。

——摘译自 World of Aviation

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