3 Complete the text with trip, journey, trave or voyage. A trip to New York - now and then
New York is a popular destination in the world of modern. Now you can fly to the city from as far away as Europe for a short weekend but in the past European visitors went by ship and made the long across the Atlantic in around two weeks.
Everything changed with the start of Trans-Atlantic airfor passengers in the late 1930s.
Thenow took about twelve hours from London or other European capitals.
In 1977, a new plane called Concorde began to fly to the US. You could from the UK to New York in only three and a half hours! It was perfect for a business or shoppingbut sadly Concorde stopped in 2003. If you want to fly to New York today, it now takes around six hours from London.