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David Neeleman Biography

David G. Neeleman (born October 16, 1959) is 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 another commercial airline in Europe, TAP Air Portugal, along with Humberto Pedrosa. Since 2017, he is also a citizen of Cyprus.

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Just keep thinking about the good side of ADD - the creativity and the originality it can stimulate.

Creativity, Thinking, Add, Side, Keep

I believe the public's confidence would be increased if the federal government took over the functions of airport security screening for all passengers.

Airports, Believe, Confidence, Federal, Security

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.

Good, Money, People, Silly, Tax, Thinking

Certainly, we are hurt by the high fuel prices because it raises our cost.

Cost, Fuel Prices, Hurt, Prices

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.

Big, Brazil, Country, Domestic, Important

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.

Thinking, Europe, People, Portugal, Difficulties

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.

Abundance, Airplane, Airports, Fuel, Popular, Probably

Seat assignment didn't matter if you're flying Dallas to Houston and you did it 38 times a day. People just got on, you didn't sit next to your wife, and it was a 45-minute flight. It didn't matter.

Flying, Matter, People, Times, Wife

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.

500, 600, Bucks, Empty, Seats, World

You can't charge for anything in Brazil.

Brazil, Charge

There's just things that are against the law.

Against, Law, Things

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.

Away, Country, Depends, Going Away, Important, Portugal

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.

Fares, Higher, Market, Moving, Opportunity, Thinking

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.

Thinking, Optimism, Feelings, Olympics, Feeling, Down

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.

Differences, Lying, Recliners, Seats, Space, Wedgie

With high trust, success comes faster, better, and at lower cost.

Cost, Faster, High, Lower, Success

People who invest in aviation are the biggest suckers in the world.

Aviation, Biggest, Invest, People, World

I really see low-fare carriers, quality low-fare carriers anyway, continuing to become more and more popular.

Continuing, Lows, Popular, Quality

Trust strikes at the heart of our success at JetBlue. Trust is key to the speed of our growth. The Speed of Trust articulates better than any book that trust is the one thing that changes everything-in business and in life. With high trust, success comes faster, better, and at lower cost.

Book, Business, Heart, Keys, Strikes, Thing

People were desperately trying to fill their seats for the summer. And so prices are really low right now. And so they are kept from raising prices to make up for that difference.

Difference, Differences, People, Raising, Seats, Summer

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