Air Quote by Niki Lauda

The crucial point is always the own cost structure. Therefore I created a Low Cost alliance with air Berlin.

— Niki Lauda

Highly complementary airline alliances and mergers can bring important benefits to passengers by connecting networks, offering new services and generating efficiencies across the aviation…

— Neelie Kroes

Airlines are very competitive.

— Lucio Tan

Any serious airline has to look at a worldwide network.

— Vijay Mallya

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

The only airline I avoid like the plague is Ryanair. I don't like that, when you book, there are then all of these little…

— Eddie the Eagle

I like the mode of business of aviation. It's a risky business with difficulties which you can fill with innovative ideas and different things.

— Niki Lauda

Most budget airlines anywhere in the world are going to leave you dissatisfied after using them.

— Chris Hadfield

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 airline business is fast-paced, high risk, and highly leveraged. It puts a premium on things I like to do. I think I communicate…

— Robert Crandall

You can divide airlines into two camps: expensive and cheap. But I believe that we will only distinguish between long-haul and short-haul airlines in…

— Stelios Haji-Ioannou

Take care of your customers, and you will have a successful business. Don't, and you won't. The airlines need to figure this out -…

— Jeffrey Pfeffer