Famous Quotes & Sayings

None of the airlines involved required a contract or any written guarantee of payment before sending their planes and volunteer crews. One official said if Gore promised to pay, that was good enough for them.

Not at all. It's a very competitive industry and Gary just wanted to fire up the troops. He wanted to bring out that Southwest Airlines warrior spirit, and that's what the memo was all about.

Maria Cantwell

Not having an administrator sends the wrong message to the airline industry.

Not even Jack Welch, the greatest CEO of all time, could earn a normal profit in the airline industry, given today's condition.

It's very good to have a variety of airlines like Indianapolis does,

It will be hard to generate such growth, that's for sure. But the challenge remains for traditional airlines to compete effectively with the low costs.

John Cornyn

They (Continental and American) felt the proposal put them at a competitive disadvantage and actually punished them for doing what we would all hope airlines do, and that is avoid bankruptcy,

The US Airways route system fits very nicely with the United Airlines system. If this deal goes through, it would turn the airline industry on its head.

Alan Mulally

The value of the Next-Generation 737 family continues to grow with the 737-700ER, and we are delighted to have ANA as the launch customer. This new 737 derivative is a great example of how Boeing helps our customers succeed by responding to new emerging airline business requirements.

They are obviously one of the premier airlines in the world and obviously have been a very good customer for Boeing and have operated a number of our aircraft.

They were trying to be a low-fare airline with high costs.

They have very strong balance sheets, unlike the airline industry, and were all profitable heading into the event.

What took the airlines so long to file?

We've received the information from Southwest Airlines and will provide it to the senator as part of his efforts to hear from all sides on this important issue.

We've raised millions of dollars for this worthy cause over the past 21 years through Celebrity Ski. All of us at American Airlines are dedicated to supporting our communities, and that commitment from our employees and partners shows in long-running efforts like this one.

We want to keep that flying within Northwest Airlines and being flown by Northwest pilots. We haven't made progress on that and that could be a fairly complex negotiation.

What are the practical benefits of getting dinged by six different airlines on your computer at the same time?

Christopher Bond

What American Airlines proposes to do for TWA, for the 20,000 employees worldwide, is to buy the assets and keep it operating.

We specifically flew a plane down for that purpose. We've been told that a couple of other airlines are doing it too.

This may result in a fuel shortage at the Johannesburg International Airport, and the need for fuel rationing. All airlines were requested to immediately begin voluntary fuel rationing, where possible, of at least 15% less than normal operations.

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.

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,

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.

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.