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David Neeleman

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
211 total appearances

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

I was crying.

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

And he said, everybody, even the people that were your biggest supporters said, you had to go.

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

Well, we're up to over 50 airplanes.

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

We're kind of growing every... We get an airplane about every three weeks.

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

We have on firm order about 90 Airbus A220s with an option to go to 120.

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

So it's just doing the same thing that we're doing.

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

We're flying...

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

About 87% of our routes, we have no nonstop competition.

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

So it's a perfect airplane size.

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

We have first class.

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

We have extra legroom seats.

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

And this international expansion is going to be great for us because Saturdays are a little bit of a down day for air travel.

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

But being able to take those airplanes and fly to Cancun and to Punta Cana and to Montego Bay, Jamaica, is going to be a real great asset for us.

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

Well, you know, it's along the same lines of what we've done.

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

I always say never start an airline just for the heck of it.

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

You have to start it with a reason.

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

And when I looked at the U.S.

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

market, 125 cities had lost more than 25% of their air service over the last 10 years.

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

So...

Bloomberg Talks
Breeze Aviation CEO David Neeleman Talks First International Flights

The big airlines were forcing people to all their hubs.