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It's a little early to see the impact now. Companies are now just beginning to form committees. But there is a tension in a lot of companies. Until the headline reads 'Human-to-human transmission,' there's no reason to trigger those changes in travel policy. But if that happens, we could end up with a lot fewer airlines globally. I think as we see images of airport quarantine rooms, people will get message that flying isn't a good idea.

It's not just a matter of the cost of the airplane vs. the cost of an airline ticket, ... You have to factor in the amount of time an executive wastes waiting for connecting flights or being forced to stay overnight on the road instead of flying direct.

It's not in the best interest of Northwest Airlines to operate in this type of environment long-term.

John Wallace

It's not just simply looking at roads in isolation from airlines and rail. There has to be a comprehensive transportation approach and that's the opposite of what we've seen from the Liberals.

For Delta senior executives to point out that the top paid hourly employees at an airline are mostly pilots is like pointing out that the top earners in a law firm are mostly lawyers.

For a new start-up, you cannot underestimate the competitive response of one of the major airlines if you try to move into their area and attract customers by discounting.

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

There undoubtedly are airlines out there that would prefer not to take the huge step to the A380 but want something better than what they already have,

Peter Greene

The sentiment is changing. Airlines are bottoming, the 10-year note yield has bottomed, making it more attractive to be in stocks, and people are feeling more comfortable,

The thing is a gigantic, humongous problem that the airlines don't want the general public to know about.

Not only do we have the potential for all these different airline strikes, but we also have the potential for extreme weather like we had last year.

Not only did the airline have to be profitable, it had to be top class.

It's smart for an airline in light of the rally that we've had in the past couple months.

Robert Manne

It's not anything that anybody needs, frankly. The airlines don't need it. Consumers don't need it.

Everybody is going to be weak, ... Revenues look like their taking a nosedive, and that's because of the economy. Airlines are a lagging economic indicator and they're finally being hit.

Giovanni Bisignani

Oil remains the single-biggest challenge for airline profitability. Strong demand gives little hope of significantly reduced prices this year. What is disappointing is the response of the oil industry. Instead of expanding refinery capacity, the oil companies plan to return a quarter of a trillion dollars to investors over the next two years. Airlines alone have contributed $14 billion to this windfall profit. It is time that governments stepped in to encourage investment in new refinery capacity along with research into alternative fuel sources.

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.

The government has to rethink its anti-trust policy on airline mergers. Otherwise, future liquidations are inevitable.

The good news is that catastrophic crashes are happening less and less. Planes are now made so well and pilots and crews are trained so well, a lot of things that were very problematic with airline safety are now things of the past.

David Neeleman

We're the No. 1 airline at Kennedy, and we're going to defend Kennedy. We don't believe Delta is doing well here.

Today you have Southwest Airlines in a reactive mode opening up cities they probably would not have opened up.

We understand the FAA's oversight obligation, and we look forward to demonstrating our continuing commitment to do everything we can to assure the highest level of safety in the airline business,

Greg Smith

When you are looking to put new money into investments, it's always wise to wait until you get a better sense that the Fed is very near the end of raising interest rates. But there are some terrific earnings stories in this market, and some of these earnings stories, at least in my opinion, already reflect a lot of the worries about potential economic problems. Airline stocks are a good illustrative example.