Airline Quotes

• I was engaged in what I believe to be the most thrilling industry in the world-aviation. My heart still leaps when I see a tiny two-seater plane soaring gracefully through the sky. Our great airlines awe me. Yet I know they were not produced in a day or a decade.

  

  William A. Patterson
  • Believe
  • Heart
  • Aviation

• Any serious airline has to look at a worldwide network.

  

  Vijay Mallya
  • Serious
  • Look
  • Airline

• I had some airline stock, but the airlines tanked. I didn't have a lot of money in them, though.

  

  Mickey Gilley
  • Money
  • Stock
  • Airline

• I believe that space travel will one day become as common as airline travel is today. I'm convinced, however, that the true future of space travel does not lie with government agencies -- NASA is still obsessed with the idea that the primary purpose of the space program is science -- but real progress will come from private companies competing to provide the ultimate adventure ride, and NASA will receive the trickle-down benefits.

  

  Buzz Aldrin
  • Believe
  • Real
  • True

• I was not interested at all in Formula One when I left; I was very busy with my airline. But slowly I started missing the adrenaline rush and the driving of such fantastic cars at the limit. In reality this urge never disappears when you're a top driver, because I think we're a different breed of people, we need to take chances, we need to push ourselves to the limit all the time, that sort of thing. It stays with you, although you can kill it by losing motivation or other things in your life, but it never leaves you forever.

  

  Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda
  • motivation
  • Interested
  • Disappears

• You can divide airlines into two camps: expensive and cheap. But I believe that we will only distinguish between long-haul and short-haul airlines in the future.

  

  Stelios Haji-Ioannou
  • Believe
  • Long
  • Expensive

• I made publicity contracts with Nike, several broadcasting companies and airline companies within Australia.

  

  Cathy Freeman
  • Company
  • Australia
  • Broadcasting

• The big airline fights back with everything it possibly can

  

  Chris Avery
  • Everything
  • Possibly
  • Fights Back

• Most airlines move too fast in a merger. Speed is not as critical as efficiency.

  

  Bill Vaughan
  • Moving
  • Speed
  • Efficiency

• I've produced more pilots than United Airlines, and they've all been disasters. Every audition I ever took in my life I lost.

  

  Willard Scott
  • Disaster
  • Auditions
  • Airline

• When I read that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had disappeared - a state-of-the-art Boeing 777, said to be an incredibly safe way to travel - I waited patiently for the chance to learn what happened.

  

  Henry Rollins Black Flag
  • Art
  • Chance
  • Flight

• The Czech ease has become my saving grace for traveling! Plus,with its light weight and small size, I save thousands of dollars every year in airline fees.

  

  Esperanza Spalding
  • Grace
  • Traveling
  • Czech

• Other people in the airline are furious. That short strike has cost them a week's bonus.

  

  Chris Avery
  • Cost
  • Strike
  • Bonus

• Let's make a statement to the airlines just to get their attention. We'll pick a week next year and we'll all agree not to go anywhere for seven days.

  

  Andy Rooney
  • Attention
  • Week
  • Agree

• We continue to make great progress in building the new US Airways, and today's announcements furthers that momentum. We are thrilled to welcome these employees back to a new airline that has a fresh attitude and bright future ahead of it.

  

  Doug Parker
  • Attitude
  • Continue
  • Employees

• Occasionally we have to interpret an international treaty - one, perhaps, affecting airlines and liability for injury to passengers or damage to goods. Then, of course, we have to look to the precedents of other member nations in resolving issues.

  

  Sandra Day O'Connor
  • Issues
  • Damage
  • Injury

• Improved consumer choice and improved airline profits represent a win/win situation. Airlines that provide consumers flexibility - choice, control and convenience - can more effectively compete for consumers' business. Choice instantly increases consumer confidence, because when you know what you're getting, you are more likely to be loyal.

  

  Chris Barnes Cannibal Corpse
  • Choice
  • Compete
  • Consumer

• We’re in the Customer Service business—we just happen to provide airline transportation.

  

  Colleen Barrett
  • Happens
  • Customers
  • Transportation

• Qatar Airways is still a young airline; however, the achievements we have made in this short time frame are a tribute to the commitment, drive, and perseverance of our staff and nation. I am optimistic that our growth will continue and that we will serve even more countries around the world.

  

  Akbar Al Baker
  • World
  • Growth
  • Airline

• Once you get hooked on the airline business, it's worse than dope.

  

  Ed Acker
  • Business
  • Airline
  • Hooked

• It’s incredibly important given where demand for air travel is right now and we’re extremely pleased that the government has recognized the importance of the airline business and retaining critical service and keeping our team employed. So, it’s extremely important and great news.

  

  Doug Parker
  • Business
  • Government
  • Importance

• Asking journalists to denounce leaks because of their deleterious effects on the functioning of government is as hopeless as asking an airline to denounce jet fuel because of its impact on the environment.

  

  Benjamin Wittes
  • Government
  • Environment
  • Journalists

• Software is inherently complicated. If you say to somebody I want an airline reservation system, to really say what you want in terms of overbooking and fares, and different airlines communicating with each or schedule changes, it's immensely complex. And so you can't write a program that's any simpler than that full specification.

  

  Bill Gates
  • Software
  • Airline
  • Reservation system

• Hart is still like that little tub of vaguely milklike gunk that comes with airline coffee. It is labeled a "nondairy" product. Fine: we know what is is non, but what is it?

  

  George Will
  • Coffee
  • Fine
  • Airline