People are grateful when you make a difference in their lives. That is the essence of any successful business

I think that my original drive as an entrepreneur was precisely that desire to get away from the image of the shipping magnate's son.

This industry attracts more capital than it deserves.

Even if someone is competent, it's so damned easy to crucify him as long as he's only working on his father's account. So at the beginning I certainly wanted to prove myself to my father and the rest of society. That quickly turned into a greater challenge. My lifestyle hasn't changed as a result.

You can divide airlines into two camps: expensive and cheap. But I believe that we will only distinguish between long-haul and short-haul airlines in the future.

Passengers don't like changing planes. That means waiting time, stress, running around. There's a joke that the hub principle is supposed to have been invented by cargo firms. The baggage doesn't care where and how it's pushed around.

Failures teach you more, there's always something fundamental about them.