Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Copps

If a company bids enough, it can exclude all other competitors, leaving airlines with only one possible supplier and passengers with no choice. Experience shows that if a company has the chance to buy a monopoly license, it will pay a premium for it. That is because it allows them, with one fell swoop, to ensure that competitors will not be able to keep prices down or force them to innovate.

I have a huge amount of respect for what Parker has done. He is creating what could be the best merger in the airline industry, managing the merger as well as any airline has done in recent memory.

I hate to say it but some may seek to the blame the airlines and airports.

Bill Ward

I can't imagine waking up one morning and saying 'I don't work for Northwest Airlines anymore,'

Stephen Mitchell

I have every hope and confidence that the new airline will prosper in the future,

Carla Bley

I don't enjoy traveling in America. I don't like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food.

We understand the FAA's oversight obligation, and we look forward to demonstrating our continuing commitment to do everything we can to assure the highest level of safety in the airline business,

I wouldn't be at all surprised. In the past, these two airlines have talked and they have very little route overlap.

I suspect that at least for a while people will like what United offers, feeling differentiated from the no-frills approach that almost every other airline is taking now. I think the problem is going to be managing it all. And if there are too many brands, it could confuse the customer.

David Neeleman

I think it hurts profitability more than the business because the airlines have tried and tried to pass on higher fares, and it's not going to happen.

He wanted to see a Virgin-branded airline fly in the U.S., but he realized the only way to do that was to license the trademark and cede control to U.S. investors.

Having a credit card associated with a frequent-flier program is a real money maker. Typically, airlines charge the credit-card company one or two cents for each mile issued. That can equate to millions of dollars.

Having a budget terminal allows low-cost airlines such as Tiger Airways to offer low, low fares on a sustainable and consistent basis.

Gerard Arpey

First, we have to lower our costs to levels that are more competitive. This will prevent the lower-cost airlines from pushing us out of the markets we want to serve. We've made great progress on this front, but we need to keep pushing.

Gerard Arpey

These are times of unprecedented challenge and change in the airline industry, and the appointments we are announcing today will put American in an even stronger position to continue the substantial progress that has already been made under the tenets of our Turnaround Plan.

Historically there has not been a great rate of return on airline stocks for investors, which is why they have always traded at a severe discount to the markets. And there is no guarantee that the government is going to approve on all these mergers, which lends an air of caution to investing in the sector.

Historically, airlines have sought to maintain goodwill among their passengers by providing them with some compensation or refund.

It certainly is damaging to the industry as a whole. What it means is that there's this floating customer base. Every airline has to work harder to attract and retain customers.

I think you will see some matching. But the (major competitor) airlines will dance around to begin with.

LaGuardia is one of the few airports in the country that is controlled by slots so there are only a certain amount of airlines that are allowed to take off and land.

There is a false perception out there that the airlines are required to compensate passengers when their flights are canceled or delayed, when in fact, they are only required to provide compensation to passengers who were 'bumped' from an overbooked flight.

There is going to be a lot of shuffling as airlines ramp up their schedules.

We're pretty positive on the airline industry right now.

With mergers, we may see some difficulties as operations are merged, as employees learn to work together. So, it could still happen, but I think airlines learned a lot last year.

We suspect the transmission would be very low on airline flights, ... but probably not zero.

We are further extending our ... position ... in the premium segment, while other airlines are withdrawing from (it).

History was made tonight as American Airlines gave away more than 20,000 free, round-trip tickets as part of the largest-ever airline ticket giveaway. We believe in rewarding people for their loyalty, and tonight these devoted fans went home with free American Airlines ticket vouchers. Each Mavericks fan here tonight will soon have the opportunity to experience American's extraordinary new service from Love Field, and we look forward to showing them our special brand of appreciation.

There aren't many people around with the stomach or the knowledge to delve into the airline industry.

Under current law, the only way an airline can avoid burdensome pension costs is by entering bankruptcy and terminating the plans.

Unless we have some unforeseen circumstance -- another terrorist attack, a severe dip in the economy -- I think there is going to be an upswing in the airline business.

We may consider permitting other airlines to hedge in future. The fuel prices are continuously rising

We lost the sales of 150,000 gallons of airline fuel. If we still had an airline I was selling gas to, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

He was prepared to cooperate and provide the relevant telephone numbers and information about supervisors and any individual who American Airlines wanted or the pilot wanted to confirm that he was a Secret Service agent.