Morris Air, every mention
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Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue
- ▶ 1:05 Guy Raz You were first on back in 2019 when, of course, you shared the story of how you started your first airline, which was Morris Air, which was acquired by Southwest, and then you got up, you ended up getting fired by Southwest, but then you…
- ▶ 41:09 Guy Raz Um, David, before I let you go, a question that I ask all founders who come on the show, which is, if you could go back to David Neelman, you know, back in the day when you were just, you know, starting Morris Air and, you know, really… 2 times in the scene
JetBlue Airways: David Neeleman
- ▶ 19:35 David Neeleman You'd spend, you know, basically seven days, six nights in Hawaii, and then fly direct, and the whole package was three 99, because we were buying the charter flight, and so we started this company called Morris Air Charters, and that was…
- ▶ 23:15 David Neeleman And so we made these planes with a blue tail with a magenta compass rose, and it was called Morris Air. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 25:39 Guy Raz And then, just a few years after you launch Morris Air, Southwest, in 1993, buys the company for a hundred and thirty million dollars. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 30:38 David Neeleman They asked me to take two years to integrate Morris into Southwest, and within six months, I had it all done.
- ▶ 34:15 Guy Raz And Dave Evans, I'm guessing you guys worked together at Morris Air?