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David Neeleman

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
211 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

Yeah, they are.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

And small as we are, we still burn 127 million gallons of jet fuel this year.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

So a dollar increase in the jet fuel price is 120 million.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

$2 where we are right now pretty much is $240 million a year.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

And United, I think came out with an estimate that it could be $15 billion and they've only ever made 6 billion in their biggest year.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

But for me, I just took it down to the smallest thing to our people today.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

I said, look, at $2, we have to get for every hour we fly, we have to get 10 more bucks on every ticket.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

For if it's a dollar, it's $5.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

And so the long haul flights obviously get hit worse and you have to get more.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

So you move kind of from longer haul to shorter haul.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

You take all the fringe flights that are not making as much money and you say, is it better not to fly these?

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

And then you just button down the hatches, make sure you have enough capital.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

We'll get through it, but we want to make sure we have enough runways we possibly can to make sure that we can come out of it stronger.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

Well, first of all, I just found out I'm having my 39th grandchild.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

My oldest grandchild is 18 years old.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

So I've got a bunch of kids and grandkids in that age.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

And I really applaud the work that you're doing.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

It's just critically important.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

Thank you.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

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