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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…”
Neeleman structured Azul's voting control so he can never be fired again
“I can't be fired at Azul.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
Neeleman: Azul has no nonstop competition in 85% of markets
“Even till today, Azul, about 85% of their markets, they have no nonstop competition.”
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.”
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.”