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Azul Brazilian Airlines

also referred to as: azul

11 statements across 4 episodes · 7 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 4, 2019 by David Neeleman · said 22 times in 4 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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brought up most by Guy Raz (15), David Neeleman (7)

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Everything said about Azul Brazilian Airlines, oldest first

Feb 4, 2019 neutral
Assertion Supported
Neeleman structured Azul's voting control so he can never be fired again
“I can't be fired at Azul.”
David Neeleman Feb 4, 2019 ▶ 57:53 JetBlue Airways: David Neeleman
Feb 4, 2019 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
Neeleman: Azul is Brazil's #1 airline in departures and cities served
“It's the number one airline in terms of daily departures. Number one airline in numbers of cities serves. We serve over a hundred cities in Brazil. We have 800 flights a day. We fly about 80,000 people every single day.”
David Neeleman Feb 4, 2019 ▶ 57:15 JetBlue Airways: David Neeleman
Feb 4, 2019 neutral
Assertion Supported
Neeleman: Brazil's top 25 cities had nonstops only 20% of the time
“The 25 largest cities in Brazil only had non-stops about 20% of the time, but then there were like 50 cities that had no service that needed service.”
David Neeleman Feb 4, 2019 ▶ 56:30 JetBlue Airways: David Neeleman
Feb 13, 2020 positive
Disclosure
Neeleman: Azul directors and VPs must speak to every passenger on their flights
“Every single one of our directors or VPs, when they fly on a flight, they have to talk to every single customer on the flight.”
David Neeleman Feb 13, 2020 ▶ 7:32 Live From The HIBT Summit: David Neeleman of JetBlue Airways
Feb 13, 2020 bullish
Assertion Supported
Azul Airlines operates 1,000 daily flights as Brazil's highest-valued airline
“It's the largest in term of value, and we have a thousand flights a day. We serve a 117 cities.”
David Neeleman Feb 13, 2020 ▶ 7:21 Live From The HIBT Summit: David Neeleman of JetBlue Airways
Apr 16, 2020 positive
Assertion Supported
Neeleman: 10,000 of Azul's 13,000 employees volunteered for unpaid leave
“You know, we have about 13,000 people that work for Azul, and, So we went out to the group and said, Hey, you know, everybody we're going to need your help here. Who would like to take a few months off without pay? And remarkably enough we had almost 10,000 of…”
David Neeleman Apr 16, 2020 ▶ 1:23 How I Built Resilience: Live with David Neeleman and Tristan Walker
Apr 16, 2020 negative
Assertion Supported
Neeleman: Azul's daily revenue plummeted from nearly $10M to under $500K
“Our revenue we were doing something close to ten million a day, and now we're doing you know, five percent of that.”
David Neeleman Apr 16, 2020 ▶ 1:09 How I Built Resilience: Live with David Neeleman and Tristan Walker
Apr 16, 2020 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Neeleman: Azul's business dropped 95%, cutting flights from 900 to under 50
“You know, our business is off 95%. We had 900 flights a day before the crisis. We're down to under 50 flights a day.”
David Neeleman Apr 16, 2020 ▶ 1:00 How I Built Resilience: Live with David Neeleman and Tristan Walker
Apr 16, 2020 positive
Disclosure
Neeleman: Azul aircraft suppliers granted six-month payment deferrals during COVID-19
“A lot of our salaries have been reduced, and those that supply our planes for us have said, hey, don't pay us for six months.”
David Neeleman Apr 16, 2020 ▶ 2:49 How I Built Resilience: Live with David Neeleman and Tristan Walker
Apr 30, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Neeleman: Azul has no nonstop competition in 85% of markets
“Even till today, Azul, about 85% of their markets, they have no nonstop competition.”
David Neeleman Apr 30, 2026 ▶ 3:24 Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue
Apr 30, 2026 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Neeleman: Breeze Airways has highest NPS of any airline he's founded
“It's the highest NPS score I've ever seen in any of my airlines I've ever started.”
David Neeleman Apr 30, 2026 ▶ 4:21 Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue
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