Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeff Hawkins

but you can get info like a stock price, an airline schedule or traffic information.

Glenn Tilton

Before today, of the 166 airline bankruptcy filings since 1978, only two passenger carriers have successfully restructured and exited as viable businesses. That will soon change to three.

Frank Borman

There has always been a certain romanticism associated with the airline business. We must avoid its perpetuation at Eastern at all costs.

But we are reaching the limits. These markets are at the very margin of aviation. (Most) airlines still fly in the eight to 12-hour sector. This is still where the biggest volume (in traffic) is.

In 20 minutes, the airline would be dead, ... This is an airline that's hanging by a string. It's incumbent on both sides to keep the airline flying. Even going forward, it's got challenges.

Robert Crandall

If the market decides that the amplitude of the airline ups and downs may be less now than it had been in years past, we may move closer to the kinds of P/E ratios we see for other stocks.

I think all of the airlines will feel this. It's a little more than a blip, but New Orleans and Gulfport alone is not going to put Delta into bankruptcy. I think $70 a barrel oil is the straw that would break the camel's back.

I think all of the airlines will feel this (and) ... $70 a barrel oil is the straw that would break the camel's back.

I think airlines are going to find other ways of compensating for higher fuel prices, by either eating costs themselves or reducing other expenses.

Bill Clinton

I just try to do what the mayor asks. I feel confident airline travel is safe and New York is safe.

I haven't had any surprises in the casino business or in manufacturing or in the restaurant business, which we deal in worldwide. But the airline business is crazy. The airline business isn't my cup of tea.

Ron Sims

I have said all along that I would not endorse any proposal from any airline if it led to significant traffic and noise impacts,

I don't know if one airline right now feels comfortable with having a contract system. I have predicted in the next year we will see massive changes. The changes were coming, and change is always slow, and now change will come at warp speed.

Chris Barnes

Improved consumer choice and improved airline profits represent a win/win situation. Airlines that provide consumers flexibility - choice, control and convenience - can more effectively compete for consumers' business. Choice instantly increases consumer confidence, because when you know what you're getting, you are more likely to be loyal.

If oil prices had stayed where they were in 2004 we would be talking about how profitable the airlines are.

I have never seen an airline merger go smoothly.

I'm told that the airplanes now serve more airports around the state and Island Airlines provided more point-to-point connections between our islands than the other airlines in our state.

In era where the consumer is being characterized as not being loyal and always looking for the best deal they can find, airlines have done a great thing with loyalty programs, which gives suppliers an advantage.

I'm hoping that we've had enough conversation with the other airlines that they're going to keep their fares in line or even reduce them.

As far as the operation of the airline is concerned, almost nothing changes. People keep buying tickets, the airline flights operate as usual, and travelers would be hard-put to know that the bankruptcy ever happened.

As forecast at the beginning of the year, full service airlines have begun to look at new ways to encourage travel and provide good deals for their customers on both their long-haul and short-haul routes and these incentives are paying off for some of the carriers, possibly easing the strain of higher fuel costs on the industry.

As a result, several customers have requested deferral of deliveries out of 1999 and 2000, and the company is working with the airlines to reschedule deliveries.

Bankruptcy is allowing airlines to emerge with a clean slate, but it's bad news for workers. Pensions will be affected, and it will mean lower wages and probably fewer jobs.

A year from now, I think all airlines will have these. I think hotels and resorts will offer these all over the world because it costs very little for them to post these on the Internet.

Once the government approves the deal, the two airlines will be merged and continue their operations as Jet Airways.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

During my training to become an airline captain, I had to learn how to navigate an airplane over long distances. Flights over huge oceans, crossing extensive deserts, and connecting continents need careful planning to ensure a safe arrival at the planned destination.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

During my career as an airline pilot, I had the opportunity to be a check and training captain. Part of this job was to train and test experienced pilots to ensure that they had the necessary knowledge and skills to safely and efficiently operate those magnificent big jets.

Companies have made tremendous gains in efficiency in response to the challenge of the oil bill. In 2006 the revenue growth will slow, but we think airline costs will not be rising as fast as revenue.

Denver has been a missing link in Southwest's system for too long, and we've known the demand for Southwest Airlines service is strong in Colorado. Today, we're not only celebrating the start of our new service, but we're pleased to announce two new destinations that Southwest Airlines will serve nonstop from Denver International Airport.

Anybody with my background in the airline business who is not deaf is a fraud.

The oil companies themselves aren't interested in building new refineries and will tend to denigrate the chances of any new investors actually succeeding in their business. They'll say, 'What does Richard Branson know about oil refineries?' He doesn't have to know about that part of the business, but he can easily see that oil refiners are making a margin far superior to what he's making in the airline business.

Some policies will allow you to cancel your trip if the common carrier, meaning the airline or the cruise line, stops service.

Clive Beddoe

Some people worry that we're going to make the same mistakes that Canadian Airlines did, and I say, 'No, we're not, because we have a much lower cost structure.' And it's not frills that we'll be adding. It's convenience.