2001年以来,美国大多数骨干航空公司处于持续巨额亏损的困境。为扭亏为盈,它们想尽千方百计削减成本,管理层不惜对自身进行革命。新年伊始,本刊将美国达美航空公司2003年下半年来的一些改革做一报道,希望对正在进行的中国民航的改革有所启迪。 Since 2001, most major U.S. airlines have been at a sustained huge loss. To turn a profit, they tried every means to cut costs, and management did not hesitate to revolutionize themselves. At the beginning of the new year, the magazine made a report on some reforms made by Delta Air Lines in the second half of 2003 in the hope of enlightening the ongoing reform of China’s civil aviation.