Latest David Neeleman Quotes from Interviews

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• 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.

  David Neeleman

  World, Bucks, Empty

  Source: skift.com

• 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.

  David Neeleman

  Moving, Opportunity, Thinking

  Source: skift.com

• 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.

  David Neeleman

  Lying, Differences, Space

  Source: skift.com

• 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.

  David Neeleman

  Airplane, Airports, Fuel

  Source: skift.com

• If it's torture flying one airline and [yours] is a pleasant experience, it certainly helps your revenue.

  David Neeleman

  Flying, Helping, Torture

  Source: skift.com

• 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.

  David Neeleman

  People, Flying, Looks

  Source: skift.com

• 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.

  David Neeleman

  Country, Important, Going Away

  Source: skift.com

• I think there's a big market in North America [with travelers] going to Lisbon and connecting over Lisbon.

  David Neeleman

  Thinking, America, Bigs

  Source: skift.com

• When you do consolidation, you get rid of flying and you get rid of routes.

  David Neeleman

  Flying, Consolidation, Routes

  Source: skift.com

• 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].

  David Neeleman

  Country, Southern, Spain

  Source: skift.com

• 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.

  David Neeleman

  Thinking, Europe, People

  Source: skift.com

• 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.

  David Neeleman

  Country, Important, Brazil

  Source: skift.com

• 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.

  David Neeleman

  People, Economy, Higher

  Source: skift.com

• 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.

  David Neeleman

  Silly, Thinking, People

  Source: skift.com

• There's just things that are against the law.

  David Neeleman

  Law

  Source: skift.com

• You can't charge for anything in Brazil.

  David Neeleman

  Brazil

  Source: skift.com

• 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.

  David Neeleman

  Thinking, Optimism, Feelings

  Source: skift.com