All things start in California and spread to New Jersey, then to London and then throughout Europe.

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

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.

This industry attracts more capital than it deserves.

I didn't want people to say: Stelios does everything on the cheap at work, and in private he lives in the lap of luxury. That's not me. I don't need those status symbols. I don't need a private jet either when I can go everywhere with Easy.

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.

Unfortunately I have no rags-to-riches story to tell. Money never played a big role for me. My parents just had it.