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
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.
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.
airport four john kennedy major miles operations top
Our major headquarters is at John F. Kennedy airport. We are four miles from the airport and are on top of our operations everyday.
million millions
Be it $15 million here and $11 million there, it takes hundreds of millions to be successful in this business.
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.
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.
country important going-away
The Lisbon hub is important to Portugal, the country. That's not going to go away. It needs to be there. The country depends on tourism.
coaches
Those wedgie seats, whatever they call them, those recliners, they're just not competitive anymore. The difference between those and a coach seat isn't that great to be able to warrant charging the amount. You need a little more space for a lie-flat, but not that much more.
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.
flying helping torture
If it's torture flying one airline and [yours] is a pleasant experience, it certainly helps your revenue.
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.
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.
aware considered luggage might
Of course, we should all be aware of what we're packing in our carry-on luggage - anything that might be considered dangerous could be confiscated at a security checkpoint.
people flying
People don't really look forward to flying that much. It's like they want to get to the place, but they don't look forward to the experience.