Rick DeLisi Quotes (11 Quotes)

A lot of people have described the current economic conditions in the industry as the worst ever in history, and that's certainly proved to be the case in our situation.

We would have preferred all along to operate at LaGuardia, rather than JFK, but we only recently got approval.

To continue to conserve on operating expenses, we are reducing the overall number of flights as well as service to these four markets.

It's part of our overall strategy to economize on fuel by operating fewer total departures with our 50-seat jets while trying to maximize the total number of departures with our larger planes.

Things traditionally in the airline industry slow down drastically in January, so the total number of people that are going to be affected by this is much less than it would have been during the holiday season.

The cut is part of the airline's efforts to continue conserving on fuel consumption and reduce our overall cost of operation, ... We're continuing to explore all available options. We remain committed to taking steps to address the financial situation.

We continued to hope there would be an offer put forth that would warrant the continued operation of the airline, but none ever materialized.

The West Coast service did very well as far as attracting customers. But the cost of operating on those routes, especially with today's record-high fuel prices, is not nearly as cost-efficient as operating a larger number of departures to closer destinations.

It's very emotional for a lot of our people and our customers.

Business travelers make the decisions based on schedule, leisure travelers do it based on price. We think we can be very competitive in both areas.

We have no announcement at this time.