Air Quote by Dave Barry

A lot of airlines have come and gone.

— David Neeleman

In 1996 - when, for the fifth year in a row, we had the best record among major airlines for on-time performance and for…

— Herb Kelleher

Do we carry rich people on our flights? Yes, I flew on one this morning and I'm very rich.

— Michael O'Leary

In absolute terms, we may have to look at restricting the number of flights people take.

— Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell

We now fly with an airbus, which has 210 seats, six times the week to Palma to the spider of the air Berlin.

— Niki Lauda

The airline business is crazy. I've not been enamored with the industry in general. You can't depend on anybody and anything. It's dog-eat-dog and…

— Robert Brooks

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…

— Andy Rooney

Airlines are very competitive.

— Lucio Tan

A lot of people came into the airline business. Most of them promptly exited, minus their money,

— Robert Crandall

I've been flying forever and I have 19,600 flying hours.

— Wally Funk

When you think about flying, it's nuts really. Here you are at about 40,000 feet, screaming along at 700 miles an hour and you're…

— David Letterman

US Airways made an $8 billion bid for Delta, including $4 billion in cash and $4 billion in lost luggage.

— Andy Borowitz