It's a great day for TWA.

If the Wright brother were alive today Wilbur would have to fire Orville to reduce costs.

— Herb Kelleher

We built a jet airplane to get in and out of a 5,000-ft field. No one believed it could be done.

— Joe Sutter

It is obvious we are fighting for the Air France Group. . . . But in actual fact, we are also fighting for France.

— Christian Blanc

In a sense, when we started Virgin Atlantic, I was trying to create an airline for myself. If you try to build the perfect…

— Richard Branson

I don't think JetBlue has a better chance of being profitable than 100 other predecessors with new airplanes, new employees, low fares, all touchy-feely…

— Gordon Bethune

A recession is when you have to tighten your belt; depression is when you have no belt to tighten. When you've lost your trousers…

— Adam Thomson

Code-sharing, alliances, and connections are all about "how do we screw the poor customer for more money?"

— Michael O'Leary

It's not a testosterone-driven industry any longer. Success is making money, not in the size of the airline.

— Gordon Bethune

We have to make you think it's an important seat - because you're in it.

— Don Burr

The game we are playing her is closest to the old game of 'Christians and lions.'

— Robert Crandall

Those were my children being slaughtered.

— Don Burr

I don't mind flying. I always pass out before the plane leaves the ground.

— Naomi Campbell

As a businessman, Frank Lorenzo gives capitalism a bad name.

— William F. Buckley, Jr

Be Luke Skywalker, not Darth Vader. Ultimately love is stronger than evil.

— Don Burr

“It only took one flight with a budget airline to discover how horrible their airline was!”

— Steven Magee