22 Airline Quotes From Airline CEOs

22 Airline Quotes From Airline CEOs22 Airline Quotes From Airline CEOsWeve been needlessly irritating people.- Michael OLeary, RyanairIf you want to be a millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.- Sir Richard Branson, VirginWe have a strategic plan. Its called doing things.- Herb Kelleher, Southwest AirlinesIf the employees come first, then theyre happy. A motivated employee treats the customer well. The customer is happy so they keep coming back, which pleases the shareholders. Its bedrngnis one of the enduring green mysteries of all time, it is just the way it works.- Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines If I had known being nicer to our customers was going to work so well I would have done it years ago.- Michael OLeary, RyanairThese days no one can make money on the goddamn airline business. The economics represent sheer hell.- C. R. Smith, American AirlinesIf the Wright brothers were alive today, Wilbur would have to fire Orville to reduce costs.-Herb Kelle her, Southwest Airlines (via skygod.com)This is a nasty, rotten business.- Robert L. Crandall, American AirlinesI dont care what you cover the seats with as long as you cover them with assholes.-Eddie Rickenbacker, Eastern Airlines (via skygod.com) This is the most important aviation development since Lindberghs flight. In one fell swoop, we have shrunken the earth.- Juan Trippe, Pan Am, on jets (via skygod.com)You absolutely, positively have to innovate-if only to survive.- Fred Smith, FedExPeople who invest in aviation are the biggest suckers in the world.- David G. Neeleman, JetBlue AirwaysIf we went into the funeral business, people would stop dying.- Martin R. Shugrue, Vice-chairman Pan AmThe airline industry is full of bullshitters, liars and drunks. We excel at all three in Ireland.- Michael OLeary, Ryanair Business opportunities are like buses theres always another one coming.- Sir Richard Branson, VirginYou cant have a mid-life crisis in the airline industry because every d ay is a crisis.- Herb Kelleher, Southwest AirlinesWeve done a lot of research on how to make a business succeed, and we are very passionate about this. Its all we think about.-Tim Clark, Emirates AirlinesPeople say the customer is always right, but you know what - theyre not. Sometimes theyre wrong and they need to be told so.- Michael OLeary, Ryanair You can make a pizza so cheap, nobody will eat it. You can make an airline so cheap, nobody will fly it.- Gordon Bethune, Continental AirlinesWere a business-oriented airline. We love all our customers we just love some more than others, and those are the business travelers.- Jeff Smisek, United Airlines, via Fortune MagazineIve got no more insight into where the oil price is going to go than any other person. If I knew that, I wouldnt be an airline executive, thats for sure.- Jeff Smisek, United Airlines, via Fortune Magazine Investing in success is not a crime blocking competition would be. The dark clouds of protectionism are gathe ring over Europe and the United States.- James Hogan, Etihad