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
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.
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.
thinking traveler
I think there's a big market in North America [with travelers] going to Lisbon and connecting over Lisbon.
thinking talking law
We are just interested in dealing with the people were paying every day. We know federal law allows them to vote in a union at anytime, but we think we can resist that by talking to our own people and giving them enough upside.
moving opportunity thinking
I think that as the market moves and costs get higher and fares get higher, it always creates opportunity. That's been the cycle over the years.
creativity thinking add
Just keep thinking about the good side of ADD - the creativity and the originality it can stimulate.
thinking optimism feelings
I think there's new optimism in Brazil. The Olympics went well. Our demand is good. Costs are down. We're back in the black. We're feeling really good about what's going on in Brazil.
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.
best crew equalize interests mind party serving third trying union
We don't want a third party who may or may not have our best interests in mind or our crew members' best interests in mind because they may be serving a union of one of our competitors. They are trying to equalize us and take away our competitive advantage.
bit caught city far money phantom stuff tax works
I think they got caught up in how much money they could get from each of the city governments as far as tax rebates. But that stuff works when you make money. It's a little bit phantom money.
I also really like getting to know our crew members better.
million millions
Be it $15 million here and $11 million there, it takes hundreds of millions to be successful in this business.