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
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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.
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.
alarming costs double less percent
Right now only 15 percent of costs are fuel-related. If costs double that has an effect, but it will be less on us than our competitors. It's not alarming right now.
airlines business higher hurts pass tried
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.
anxious london secondary york
London and New York through a secondary airport. There could be a new international model. We're just not anxious to get into that market.
interested people
There are a lot of people interested in our network. We could have something by the end of 2006.
capability routes seriously
We're going to look at (slowing deliveries) very seriously as we look at our routes and where the capability is and where the substantial profitability (is).
good route system
We're going to diversify the route system into a lot of new routes. We feel really good about what we're doing going forward.
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.
average cost cut figure
We are going to cut our cost and figure out how our average fares can go up a bit.
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.
million millions
Be it $15 million here and $11 million there, it takes hundreds of millions to be successful in this business.
add flights richmond successful
Richmond will play an important part of that. If we're successful in Richmond, we're going to add more flights and more cities.
world empty gates
When you can sell [empty seats] at the gate for an upgrade for 500 bucks or 600 bucks... it makes all the sense in the world.