Airline Quote by Neelie Kroes

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

— Bill Vaughan

Direct flights facilitate business. They facilitate business-to-business collaborations. I think anything that makes it easier to bring two areas together is a significant benefit…

— John Roos

The alliance with air Berlin is attractive for me. I can use the whole sales network of the air Berlin and 24 percent of…

— Niki Lauda

“If nobody is happy, then it’s an equitable merger. —Maxim of airline seniority list arbitration”

— Robert Gandt

Airlines are very competitive.

— Lucio Tan

As we battle the high price of fuel, cost efficiency will continue to be a top priority not only for airlines but for every…

— Giovanni Bisignani

Airlines go in the long run at the competition to reason. For the passenger the competition is good, because each competitor tries to undercut…

— Niki Lauda

Competition creates better products, alliances create better companies.

— Brian Graham

Divestitures have long been the preferred remedy for horizontal mergers, where there's an overlap between the two companies. Airlines, for example, may have to…

— James B. Stewart

International carriers need to be given greater role in our skies on all routes like several other large countries to make our aviation industry…

— Naveen Patnaik

I think airlines have been very much parrots. They'll just follow what everyone else is doing. Why change a model that they're happy in?…

— Tony Fernandes

One of the tangible benefits of the merger is that we are not vying with each other for work. We can now focus on…

— Gabrielle Carteris