Famous Quotes & Sayings

It doesn't have anything to do with in-flight safety, but they may cause delays and disruptions. The FAA may go in and inspect and the airlines might not be able to prove that it's in compliance.

When it comes to airline bankruptcies, infrequent travelers tend to freak out. They think bankruptcy is liquidation. But that's not the case.

We put everything from college educations right on down on the charge card because we get a frequent flyer mile every time for every dollar that we spend. Hopefully the airline won't go out of business and we will be able to use them, I don't know.

While each region and each airline has its own set of challenges, none are unique and none are insurmountable.

David Neeleman

Without a doubt, it's been the events of September 11th and their aftermath. There's never been a more critical time in the airline business.

We estimate that after losing $4 billion pretax in 2005 and $28 billion over the past five years, the U.S. passenger airlines could approach break-even in 2006.

Marion Blakey

We encourage the use of child safety seats in airplanes, ... However, if requiring extra airline tickets forces some families to drive, then we're inadvertently putting too many families at risk.

We're also taking over classical functions like booking, loading, planning. It saves the airlines cost. They don't have to open a bond.

We carry out this competitive performance barometer for the airline industry each year,

We're losing an airline that brought super low fares to America. Those super low fares put them into bankruptcy, too.

No airline in the modern era has resorted to contract rejection to get what they want and we will not willingly work without a contract. If they reject the contract, we'll keep all legal options open.

No airline benefits when you have a hurricane,

On many issues, we have found common ground. But we have a gulf between us on job security, particularly if the airline is sold or merged.

I would be surprised to see any airlines go under before New Year's, but holiday schedule disruptions could be problematic, ... When flights are already fully booked at the holidays, it can be difficult or impossible to accommodate passengers if a flight is canceled. If the airline decides to reduce its frequency of service on the route, a refund is small consolation.

I wished them good luck getting an airline reservation or a hotel room. They're going to have a hard time even getting on an elevator around here.

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.

Frontier Airlines is already losing money. JetBlue and AirTran are on the edge, and Southwest, had it not hedged fuel, would be losing money. Anything with a wing has problems with today's fuel prices. But if oil had stayed where it was a year ago, like we thought it would, we'd be talking today about how profitable the airlines are today.

Fundamentally, the airline is obscenely strong. The future belongs to legacy carriers like United.

If airlines feel like they are not going to be able to be accommodated, then they'll start looking at other airports.

I expect more of the network airlines to do the same. Now that fuel is an issue, and other economics of the airline industry are pretty difficult, a lot of marginal flights are hard to justify. It's a prudent trimming of marginal routes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).