Air Transport Quotes

I have not the smallest molecule of faith in aerial navigation other than ballooning, or of the expectation of good results from any of the trials we heard of. So you will understand that I would not care to be a member of the Aeronautical Society.

The fact is Qatar, Etihad, Emirates, Singapore, Garuda, all of the three Chinese airlines, Air New Zealand - the fact is that international aviation relies very much upon agreements between nation-states, and it is not an area in which you have free market operations.

There are sound economic reasons for believing that a great epoch of air transportation is being born. A new industrial and commercial era is beginning with the airplane just as surely as new areas began with steamships, railroads, and automobiles…. It is truly the Age of the Air.

You can see that there is an increase in the volume of freight that moves by air. And so, we have got to solve the problem by making sure that that is done properly.

As a global carrier, we always have a positive view on investment in infrastructure that supports our industry.

Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the chalk cliffs of Dover, you think of the Rhine. That is where our frontier lies.

Miramar is known as the aviation hub; many businesses right here in the city are supplying the aviation industry.

Give me fifty DC-3's and the Japanese can have the Burma Road.

As we deliver airplanes and we enable global travel and global cargo delivery, it provides overall economic growth around the world as well.

Kagoshima is the first step in our plan to develop increased scheduled air links between Hong Kong and Japan, especially the southern islands of Kyushu and Okinawa.

The air travel industry moves into a new phase every five to six years.

We still have a problem here in this country of access to airports and airplanes [for terrorists].

The commercial airplane business is an incredible growth business.

The real problem was not the troops; the real problem was that only the United States had the infrastructure to do the transport of troops with big planes, and then who will pay?

The advantage of using airships in remote areas with little road infrastructure to support development is clear. Airships could ensure the delivery of humanitarian supplies to remote communities.

The need for air transport is real, and it's not going to change. The key is to have the right business model and have the right initiatives, in my view, to succeed.

We are going to sign a treaty with Mexico. We are competing internationally. We need another international airport for international cargo, international travel, international businesses.

With us air people, the future of our nation is indissolubly bound up in the development of air power.

We can't be in the business of carting fresh air around the country.

International carriers need to be given greater role in our skies on all routes like several other large countries to make our aviation industry more efficient and competitive and prevent arbitrary pricing by monopolies.

I am well convinced that Aerial Navigation will form a most prominent feature in the progress of civilization

The glamour of twentieth-century air travel helped to persuade once-fearful travelers to take to the skies and encouraged parochial Americans to go out and see the world.

Flying cars are not a very efficient way to move things from one point to another.

I think it's inevitable that aviation is a part of the economic growth that surrounds airports.

I like the mode of business of aviation. It's a risky business with difficulties which you can fill with innovative ideas and different things.