Famous Quotes & Sayings

BMI is launching the this new airline in response to clear market opportunity and consumer demand,

For a new start-up, you cannot underestimate the competitive response of one of the major airlines if you try to move into their area and attract customers by discounting.

It's offsetting all the good progress American and the other airlines are making on their non-fuel costs, specifically in labor.

John Grant

It is the worst case of airline terrorism -- the largest mass murder in the world,

It looks like the airlines are going to get free rein to do whatever they want. Buying an airfare is confusing enough now. This could make it even more confusing.

For the longest time critics have claimed, and I am one of them, that the airline industry leans on their security guard companies to process people quickly. In cities with large populations, you'll see they move people faster, which means they are not opening bags and taking away things that could be a weapon.

Frank Miller

If it happens, short term, it will mean a loss of seats. Then, it's a matter of how quickly the other airlines could replace those seats.

Richard Branson

If I was a businessman, or saw myself as a businessman, I would have never gone into the airline business.

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.

However, it takes two parties to negotiate and we need Northwest Airlines to come to the table with decision-makers that have the authority to make a deal.

I called Southwest Airlines and asked how quickly they could get me from here to Biloxi,

I do expect to see the other legacy airlines match the United increase or file an increase formula of their own. Over the Labor Day weekend, I expect to see the airlines jockey for position but by ... Sept. 6, they will probably all be on the same page.

Alice White

I do not fly any other airline but Southwest if I can help it. It's just the best airline ever.

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.

Mickey Gilley

I had some airline stock, but the airlines tanked. I didn't have a lot of money in them, though.

The low-cost carriers are obviously having an impact on the major airlines in terms of pricing.

The discount airlines have set the pricing, really. Southwest is still sitting pretty and making a tidy profit. This is all good news to people who want to fly next year.

An airline doesn't wait till it's down to its last dollar to file. It'll be difficult to keep dragging it out. Without new financing, from a purely cash perspective, they are already in trouble to be assured they can reorganize in bankruptcy.

An airline doesn't wait till it's down to its last dollar to file, ... It'll be difficult to keep dragging it out. Without new financing, from a purely cash perspective, they are already in trouble to be assured they can reorganize in bankruptcy.

AMFA is still better off because it is striking. The airline is really having trouble operating. From what we know, Northwest is really struggling.

AMFA is still better off because it is striking, ... The airline is really having trouble operating. From what we know, Northwest is really struggling.

All the airlines we speak to would be happier with a geographic name.

The European Union now has a coherent approach to banning airlines. This black list will keep dubious airlines out of Europe. It will also make sure that all airlines operating in Europe's sky meet the highest safety standards.

The enemy in this process is us we the passengers have basically sent a signal to the airlines that we only really care about the price of a ticket, that low fare.

The first provided a 10 percent signing bonus and a pay increase of 3 percent in the first year and 4 percent annually for each of the next two years. The other option offered a 7 percent signing bonus and a 5 percent pay increase in the first year, followed by 3 percent annual increases for each of the next two years. Given the circumstances in the airline industry today, we believe we provided an attractive, comprehensive offer that addressed the major concerns expressed by the pilots during negotiations.

The company will still record a strong result for the year ended 30 June 2003 and will remain one of the most profitable airlines in the world,

The competition this airline brings to the fabric of the region is going to continue to drive airline prices down.

You can't operate a global airline like that,

Frank Zappa

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer

The market for pilots and other airline professionals is soft, and that's an understatement. They played it down to the wire, but there is still hope for Delta, and we will see what happens next few months.

This was the first time someone has 'reverse-engineered' the process to find out what it takes to get on an airline without identification.