David Neeleman
David Neeleman
David G. Neelemanis a Brazilian-American entrepreneur who has founded four commercial airlines, Morris Air, Westjet, JetBlue Airways and Azul Brazilian Airlines. He is also the co-owner of TAP Portugal, along with Humberto Pedrosa...
NationalityBrazilian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth16 October 1959
CountryBrazil
interested people
There are a lot of people interested in our network. We could have something by the end of 2006.
silly thinking people
I just don't think it's good public policy to tax fuel. It's kind of silly. It stops people from traveling and actually costs the economy more money than what you gain in the taxes.
people economy
Fares are higher [and] people don't travel as much. If they don't do that, it doesn't have the trickle down effect into the economy and the other sectors.
thinking people terrorism
I think because of all of the difficulties in Europe with terrorism and stuff, a lot of people ended up going to Portugal. They felt, I think, safer in Portugal.
people world aviation
People who invest in aviation are the biggest suckers in the world.
wife people flying
Seat assignment didn't matter if you're flying Dallas to Houston and you did it 38 times a day. People just got on, you didn't sit next to your wife, and it was a 45-minute flight. It didn't matter.
people flying
People don't really look forward to flying that much. It's like they want to get to the place, but they don't look forward to the experience.
jobs appreciate people
People do a better job if they respect the leader of the company. I learned that on my mission -- the value of people and how to truly appreciate them,
people profit-sharing program
Our people get profit-sharing checks. I got a report the other day that says that 84 percent of our people participate in our stock purchase program, where they can buy stock at a 15 percent discount.
summer differences people
People were desperately trying to fill their seats for the summer. And so prices are really low right now. And so they are kept from raising prices to make up for that difference.
smile fun people
We tried to set up a company that patterned ourselves after Southwest in all the fun, the spirit, the great people, the smile, the efficiency side of it, but we've added some extras that people aren't used to finding on Southwest.
continued effects fuel hurricane impact katrina performance prices quarter residual revenue tough
We are very disappointed in our performance this quarter as we continued to feel the effects of record-high fuel prices and a tough revenue environment, compounded by the impact of Hurricane Wilma and the residual effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
nice
It would be nice to have hedges like Southwest. But frankly, we don't. So we need to see what we can do to get fares up a little bit.
average cost cut figure
We are going to cut our cost and figure out how our average fares can go up a bit.