Gary Kelly Quotes (32 Quotes)

I think the fares are still relatively high ... The opportunity is there.

We're the largest carrier at Midway, the largest carrier in California, the largest in Phoenix and Las Vegas. Denver fits in very well with our route structure,

We realized two things. Golf is a male-dominated sport, and the fastest growing age group online is those who are 40-plus, especially women. It seemed a natural match.

It's a very exciting opportunity for one of the fastest-growing areas of the country.

In short, we are well-prepared for rising energy costs, ... Our people are taking aggressive actions to prepare for rising energy costs and sustain our profitability and financial health.

We do not concede that we cannot make that target.

We're certain no-one else has ever held an international one before.

Denver is a very popular destination, its a growing market. We have such a great route structure in the West, with Phoenix, Las Vegas, California and the Northwest. We have Colorado surrounded. Frankly, Colorado is a big hole in our route system.

Clearly it's a failed industry financially.

It's not that we're out there promoting this idea, but the question gets asked would we move our corporate headquarters, ... Arguably there's a scenario that it just doesn't make sense to have Dallas as our headquarters, but there is absolutely no effort underway, any thought under way, to move our corporate headquarters at all.

We are very pleased to report a strong earnings performance despite dramatic destruction from Mother Nature.

The hub carrier has shrunk in Denver, creating a much better opportunity. ... We'll be able to come in with a lower cost structure and provide lower fares.

You say, 'Is it getting crowded' but this is a big country. There's bound to be some competition in the future, but right now there's relatively little overlap.

There are fewer seats out there today. There were too many seats in 2004 and 2005.

Quite frankly I was surprised to see those industry numbers,

Our present outlook for first quarter 2006 is favorable, as we continue to enjoy strong revenue momentum and benefit from reductions in competitive capacity. Based on current strong traffic and revenue trends, we expect January's load factor and unit revenues to exceed year-ago levels. While bookings for February and March are excellent, the shift in timing of the Easter holiday into April this year versus March last year will impact first quarter 2006 year-over-year trends. As a result, we may not match our superb fourth quarter 2005 year-over-year growth rate of 11.7 percent in first quarter 2006.

The population and business growth in northern Virginia means a great opportunity is rapidly getting even better. As the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area continues to expand, the need to serve our Customers in northern Virginia becomes more urgent.

Mike and I believe our ultimate success lies in our ability to attract women 45-55.

We continue to mitigate record-high jet fuel prices with our successful hedging program, which resulted in a 295-million benefit from settled contracts in third quarter 2005.

Both the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times indicate that Southwest Airlines has refused to rule out some kind of offer for America West. Certainly we are not going to foreclose that at this stage, ... especially given that the industry seems to be in an aggressive mode of consolidation.

Mark Cuban made mention of all the Wild Turkey he thought would be flowing at Southwest Airlines, and we would hate to disappoint him.

I'd like to think those prices will come down soon. I'm not real hopeful that they will. We'd like to pass that cost increase along in one form or another to the consumer. My preference is (meeting expenses by attracting) more passengers.

Southwest Airlines has been serving New Orleans for 27 years. We are part of this community, and we will continue to be a partner in the rebuilding of New Orleans tourism .

We've been concerned about the costs at DIA in the past but they have done a remarkable job in getting their costs downs to levels that make sense to Southwest Airlines,

I'm a huge Dallas Mavericks fan and to cheer on our team as they move toward a championship for the City, we're offering free drinks on all of our flights from Love Field.

We are unaware of any other International Singles Golf Tournament ever having been held. We have aggressively searched the Internet and not found a single reference to this sort of event. We thought it would be a real value added service to offer our members and other single golfers something that has never been done before.

Every year, I would assume, and I really mean that word, that we would think about fare increases. Obviously, the more modest we can make them, I think the more successful we will be in actually realizing the fare increases.

Itll be good for Southwest to get back to Denver after 20 years. I can tell you our employees are very excited. They are over the top about this.

We've been concerned about the costs in the past, but they've done a remarkable job in bringing costs down, ... It's now a highly regarded, very efficient airport.

We know we need to come into Denver and prove that Southwest deserves to be a part of the community. We have a fantastic customer-friendly product and well make the market very aware of our presence. But also, well be involved in the Chamber of Commerce, local event sponsorships and other ways we can give back to the community.

Denver has been a missing link in Southwest's system for too long, and we've known the demand for Southwest Airlines service is strong in Colorado. Today, we're not only celebrating the start of our new service, but we're pleased to announce two new destinations that Southwest Airlines will serve nonstop from Denver International Airport.

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