Over the summer, we saw that travel demand spiked back to pre-pandemic levels, and most experts expect that that same pattern is gonna hold into the winter.

今年夏天，我们看到旅行需求回升到了疫情前的水平，大多数专家估计，这种情况将持续到冬季l2&apQ2uW!9%D8。

It's gonna be a busy winter in the skies.

冬天的空中航线将十分繁忙pSDKE8l0a.CNHjx_EyZP。

This holiday season, 2022-2023 winter is going to be much busier than the winter travel season of the past couple years.

2022-2023年的这个冬季假期将比过去几年的冬季旅游旺季都要繁忙vQ98yg__o]h|u!AC4K。

The pandemic remains a huge factor in all of this.

疫情是造成这一切的一个重要因素43gKlOD~4iw!N3)V。

People have a lot of pent up travel demands still.

人们仍然有很多被压抑的旅行需求6OttFKp)s~rwq-。

And over the past couple years, maybe a lot of folks haven't been able to see their families for the holidays.

也许在过去的几年里，很多人都没能在假期见到他们的家人sb.OZDv@V!Jp%y。

And so this is just another step in that return to normal.

因此，这只是回归正常的一步lDPO*afd1I。

It has been a struggle for airlines.

对于航空公司来说，这是一场艰巨的任务r-kmtNxthc&M=IuE*e+(。

There is no way around that.

它们没有办法逃避这些xE5kOkxO@r|XLi。

Earlier in the pandemic, airlines got a lot smaller.

在疫情早期，航空公司的规模缩小了很多eQAw#n.Y^t。

In the summer, we saw a lot of reliability issues for the airlines due to staffing.

今年夏天，我们看到了许多航空公司由于人员配备问题可靠性下降TIcI,J33%Qni。

And going into the winter, the airlines have really worked to increase their staffing rosters again.

进入冬季，航空公司确实再次增加了人员配备7Jh#bA]p8sW[。

So a lot of the experts I've spoken to about this do expect the winter travel season to be smoother than this summer, but maybe still not quite as good as it was pre-pandemic.

因此，我采访过的许多专家预计今年的冬季旅行季会比夏季顺利，但可能仍然不会恢复疫情前的水平VPB6)aN3SLLVOws]。

If you're looking to travel over the holidays this winter, start planning to book very soon if you haven't already.

如果你想在这个冬天度假，但还没有开始准备的话，那就马上开始计划吧N;e^!plSOt1qjQ3)。

Prices are only going to go up from where they are now.

机票价格只会越来越高8YiU!]lsM[Z。

You want to probably take the first flight of the day if you can.

如果可以的话，就搭乘当天的第一班飞机!tIZHtH*PgB,h@i*^9-_。

Those are the least likely to be delayed or canceled.

第一班飞机是最不可能被推迟或取消的dNO5);QZWLH70mOD%B0。

Especially during the holiday season, we see every year, those security lines can be pretty long.

特别是在节日期间，我们每年都会看到，安检队伍可能很长+8hWq5Hy.A。

So do everything in your power as a traveler to give yourself some wiggle room if something goes off the rails.

所以，作为旅行者，尽你所能给自己留出一些回旋的余地，避免发生意外情况c4)g_&*SJyfP。