Famous Quotes & Sayings

This is hurting companies that are heavy users of energy, such as airlines. The availability and price of fuel will have a big impact on the bottom line of the airline industry.

This is going to be a very big issue because all the airlines increased the price of their cargo business concurrently.

This is the last warning that people are going to get before an airline is liquidated. I'm not saying people should panic now but they should be looking for other alternatives. ... Doing business with a bankrupt (airline) should be your last resort.

They're run by the same management team, and their argument for choosing airline stocks is that air travel is likely to build over time. I guess this goes to show how even that well-built hypothesis can be vulnerable.

There's a reason paying more than 20-plus times forward earnings has been on balance a desultory experience for overeager investors. It's not good business -- the airline business that is.

There's a market there, but it would be difficult for anyone...you can't run an airline on one route.

We have great confidence our airline will work well for Portsmouth. We are very committed to the area.

Byron Dorgan

We have four cities that produce a lot of traffic for them, and we're very dependent on Northwest, ... I want to see that the airline continues to serve us with the service we need.

This whole miles-for-merchandise mini-movement is being forced onto the airlines by their own inability to make good on the promise of free award seats.

James Hogan

There continue to be immense challenges facing the airline industry today and these require a concerted collaborative effort with specialist partners in the public and private sectors,

There has not been a major airline which has gone through bankruptcy without terminating its pension plans.

Herb Kelleher

I guess the worst moment I ever had in business was the fear that Southwest Airlines wouldn't get off the ground.

Herb Kelleher

The spirit of Southwest Airlines is exuberant, it's caring, it's dedicated, it's diligent, it's fun, it's rewarding, it's a joy.

Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror.

I f the worst-case scenario happens and they start canceling flights, other airlines will protect them.

If you had a ticket in hand, then there's a chance that another airline would honor that ticket. It would certainly be on a space-available basis and they'd probably charge a fee.

If your backup ticket is a full-fare ticket, then it's totally refundable. If it's an advance-purchase ticket, you'll only be able to apply it toward future tickets on that particular airline (if the strike doesn't materialize, or if a walkout quickly ends).

If your backup ticket is a full-fare ticket, then it's totally refundable, ... If it's an advance-purchase ticket, you'll only be able to apply it toward future tickets on that particular airline (if the strike doesn't materialize, or if a walkout quickly ends).

If you're looking to break into the industry, it's one I wouldn't recommend at any level. Overall, this is not going to be a bonanza in hiring in the airline industry.

If you choke an airline enough, you'll kill it. It's dangerous slowing operations when the company's in such a delicate position.

In this volatile airline industry economy, airlines are especially risk-averse.

In some cases, the airlines were buying one of just about everything, because they thought they had an application for everything. It turns out they were wrong.

I couldn't get the airlines to talk to me last summer. This year four airlines have come to me and offered me cheaper fares than I'm quoting.

I don't see any other large airlines in danger, but Independence Air is very weak financially.

David Attenborough

I asked the airline staff what I was going to do with all the animals as I didn't have any food for them. They were very unhelpful.

John McCain

Investigate those places where a new airline will come into a route and the larger airline will drop its fares way down below that of the new entrant's until the new entrant drops, and then they raise their prices up, ... That's clearly predatory behavior.

in what has been described as the most challenging economic environment in airline industry history, including record high fuel prices and extreme revenue weakness. These circumstances have prevented us and virtually all U.S. airlines from meeting financial goals.

In the long term, we believe Republic will be one of the major players in the regional airline market. We think that Republic has the scale and financial capacity necessary to continue to aggressively expand.

In the airline business, cash is like blood - you run out, you die.

It's possible because traffic is not dependent on airline service. We anticipate it getting busier.

Does this guarantee Northwest Airlines will survive? No. But it puts it way over 90 percent.

Do not assume that a no-frills carrier is going to be the cheapest, particularly for late booking. One thing to look at is the airline alliance Web sites,

Janet Reno

Consumers shouldn't have to pay sky-high prices because one airline is trying to keep out low-cost competitors,