Famous Quotes & Sayings

Martin George

Customers will now be able to easily compare prices for themselves between British Airways and the airlines offering lower standards of service.

The way we did it was really through trench warfare and really hard work. It wasn't easy, and we had to help convince the airlines that they could make a buck here.

This evening Northwest Airlines proposed what they term as their last best offer. This offer reflects Northwest Airlines' consistent extreme position and leaves us with little hope of reaching a deal before tomorrow evening's strike deadline.

This airplane, I believe, will be a superb machine for operating with the airlines in terms of its economy, ... To match (the 7E7), the competition is really going to have to stretch out.

This is an economy where airlines are paying record prices for jet fuel, and yet it is very hard to pass through those costs.

This is an awfully difficult subject. The notion of national sovereignty is very strong. To go after civilian airlines with passengers on them, we'll defer on that.

This growth story is attracting a lot of investors and new international airlines are trying to ride the boom in India.

They're very good cost cutters. It's obviously a pretty tough time for airlines given the way fuel prices have gone up, they've done a pretty good job managing it.

American Airlines is benefiting from much improved pricing and load factors, particularly in the U.S. domestic market, which are helping to offset very high fuel prices.

American Airlines has experienced record-setting load factors each month since January of last year. So we're very busy.

American Airlines apologizes if anyone was made to feel uncomfortable by the comments of this pilot.

All airlines have been reexamining their IT strategies and expenditures and strategies. US Airways is certainly going to be watched with great interest.

The mistake everyone makes is that they do not do figure out what benefits they want from airlines first, some are more generous with upgrades than others.

You're starting to see the airlines turn around, they are going to be a good buy again,

You're guaranteed a seat, if that. Sometimes, airlines overbook. There's no such thing as being entitled to an amount of room.

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

You can think of it as a discount, too, in some areas, just as you might see discounts in movie theaters or discounts in airlines or hotels. The same thing with gasoline.

There was some very generous pricing done on the 777s. The A340 models that we continue to produce are great airplanes. A lot of airlines love flying it." ()

It's fairly telling to say that there have been 55 years of aviation in Australia where there's never been more than two airlines that have been able to keep a hold on the market on a national scale.

It was always a bad concept and never made sense. None of the big carriers would give up seat capacity. They matched them on every route. Even with their own bankruptcy problems, all three major airlines had more financial resources than tiny Independence.

It was the last United Airlines flight out before they closed down operations at the New Orleans International Airport.

Eventually, airlines have to buy airplanes. They become economically inefficient because of fuel consumption.

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.

Sam Johnson

Southwest Airlines reconsiders its position for the good of the region.

Colleen Barrett

Southwest Airlines recognizes that tourism and convention business has been, and will continue to be, a major stimulus for the New Orleans economy. We hope that other corporations and organizations also will choose New Orleans as a destination for their conventions and conferences.

Southwest Airlines has been serving New Orleans for 27 years. We are part of this community, and we will continue to be a partner in the rebuilding of New Orleans tourism .

Southwest Airlines Customers are traveling at record rates, and they're asking for more flights. We're pumping up our service to get ready for spring and summer travel.

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

Kenneth Fisher

I've long loved emerging markets airlines because they usually sell at bargain prices. The troubled history of developed market airlines unfairly taints these stocks. In the emerging world, they're growth stocks.

Thanks to that liberalization, 13 new airlines entered the Moroccan market, but that liberalization was carried out within the limits of bilateral cooperation with European states and has showed its limits.

E. B. White

It would be much better if the airlines did not own this.

It would be wonderful if the TSA wanted to use their dogs with their handlers on our system, but unfortunately that is not an option. You don't see the operational people from airlines handling explosive sniffing dogs. TSA handles it for them.

It would be entirely unfair to the other airlines in the European Union to continue in this fashion because they are respecting the rules,