John Heimlich Quotes (16 Quotes)

International capacity is up 5 percent, year over year.

In terms of the broad picture, it looks like there will be new choices and more seats going internationally versus last year. But things will be a little bit tighter domestically.

It's sort of a one-stop shopping experience, and the idea is to make the traveler feel like he or she is truly traveling on one airline.

The salt in the wounds for the industry Short-haul flights tend to command higher fares. There's a lot of business travel in short haul, ... That certainly hurt us.

Will it be enough for everyone It's not clear, but 2.5 billion is better than 1 billion, especially if they move quickly with the second half.

The consumers are saying, 'The only time I'm going to travel, I'm going to make it count,' ... While there's some legacy fear factor and some legacy hassle factors, I think it's economics that still rule. As we head into heavier summer travel, we'll be working against our own recovery with some of the delays due to new security measures.

You can't undo five years of deep losses with one year of modest profit. We've got a long way to go.

The load factors are unprecedented, and in a pre-911 environment, this would clearly be a boon to (higher fares). With the way things are, we are only getting a modest (fare) benefit.

This is one more thing we needed like a hole in the head.

So why even have a first class Specific figures don't exist, but generally speaking, you wouldn't have first class unless it improved your overall network profitability, ... While it is more expensive to provide first-class service, the idea of having it is to cater to the business traveler, differentiate the cabin and charge a premium. The longer the trip, the more the consumer cares about the food, seat comfort and additional options.

There's no question we never anticipated that kind of fuel reduction, ... We thought fuel prices would be going up, and instead the second biggest part of our operating pie had a big reduction.

We're not saying things are hunky-dory. All we're saying is that some of the indicators we look at and some of the recent trends are promising, and that's the first time I've used that word in a long time.

Every time the trust fund is going down, they say we're going to have to come to the airlines for more revenue. I say you don't have a revenue problem, you have a cost problem.

Surely there is some residual fear or sensitivity to the announcement of threats, but clearly less than there was after 911. A greater residual is economic fallout from 911 and corporations being fiscally conservative on spending.

The number of people flying is less horrific than it was shortly after the 11th.

Although airlines have recently passed through a few price increases, they pale in comparison to the magnitude of the sustained rise in jet fuel prices.