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
airplane abundance gates
One of the constraints on the U.S. business is the pilot shortage. There's not an abundance of pilots. There may be an abundance of cheap fuel and airplanes. There probably isn't an abundance of gates at popular airports, either.
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.
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.
There's just things that are against the law.
You can't charge for anything in Brazil.
country important world
Even though Brazil has been up and down and had some difficulties, it's still a very big country, and a very important country. It's got the fourth largest domestic market in the world.
country southern
If you want to go to Spain or you want to go to France or you want go to [any] southern European countries, [Lisbon] is a great place to [connect].
flying
When you do consolidation, you get rid of flying and you get rid of routes.
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 traveler
I think there's a big market in North America [with travelers] going to Lisbon and connecting over Lisbon.
airline believe defend delta
We're the No. 1 airline at Kennedy, and we're going to defend Kennedy. We don't believe Delta is doing well here.
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.
airline critical events september time
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.
average cost cut figure
We are going to cut our cost and figure out how our average fares can go up a bit.