https://padlet.com/wallinlila/si49rxjnnq273a2j en-us 2023-02-28 18:29:59 UTC 2025-11-14 11:37:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f60d.png wallinlila https://padlet.com/wallinlila/si49rxjnnq273a2j/wish/2498438186 1984 to 1988 Neeleman co-founded Morris Air, he was the executive Vice President of the company. 1993, Morris Air was  acquired by Southwest Airlines. Morris was also founded by a well known business woman, June Morris, giving Neeleman an advantage when starting airlines.]]> 2023-02-28 18:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/wallinlila/si49rxjnnq273a2j/wish/2498438186 wallinlila https://padlet.com/wallinlila/si49rxjnnq273a2j/wish/2498472171 JetBlue was incorporated in Delaware in August 1998 and officially founded in February 1999 by Neeleman. ]]> 2023-02-28 19:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/wallinlila/si49rxjnnq273a2j/wish/2498472171 wallinlila https://padlet.com/wallinlila/si49rxjnnq273a2j/wish/2498473882 Neeleman was replaced as CEO and later replaced as chairman as well. Neeleman saw this as an opportunity rather than a step back, he continued his successful career rather than stopping after being fired from both JetBlue and Delta.]]> 2023-02-28 19:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/wallinlila/si49rxjnnq273a2j/wish/2498473882 wallinlila https://padlet.com/wallinlila/si49rxjnnq273a2j/wish/2498476728 Neeleman became the CEO of Open Skies, a touch screen airline reservation and check-in systems company, later acquired by HP. Taking a break from creating airlines, Neeleman decided to create some technology for other airlines to use.]]> 2023-02-28 19:04:51 UTC https://padlet.com/wallinlila/si49rxjnnq273a2j/wish/2498476728 wallinlila https://padlet.com/wallinlila/si49rxjnnq273a2j/wish/2498479153 Neeleman officially announced plans to launch a new airline, Azulejo, a domestic carrier in Brazil.Azulejo completed 2013 with over 5 Billion (BRL) in sales and is currently Brazil’s largest airline.]]> 2023-02-28 19:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/wallinlila/si49rxjnnq273a2j/wish/2498479153 wallinlila https://padlet.com/wallinlila/si49rxjnnq273a2j/wish/2498480138 Neeleman and his youngest brother announced the launch of a new company, Vigzul, a home security and monitoring company. Along with the five other airlines Neeleman had founded, he decided to continue creating technology to sell to other airlines. ]]> 2023-02-28 19:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/wallinlila/si49rxjnnq273a2j/wish/2498480138 wallinlila https://padlet.com/wallinlila/si49rxjnnq273a2j/wish/2498482558 The Portuguese Government decided to sell the TAP Air Portugal Group, owner of the national air carrier, TAP Air Portugal, to the Gateway consortium with Neeleman in partnership with Humberto Pedrosa who take control of 61% of the capital of the Portuguese carrier.]]> 2023-02-28 19:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/wallinlila/si49rxjnnq273a2j/wish/2498482558 wallinlila https://padlet.com/wallinlila/si49rxjnnq273a2j/wish/2498492589 Revealed that Dr John Ioannidis had not disclosed that Neeleman had funded his estimation of the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Santa Clara County, California. Ioannidis’ results were much lower than official data, thus creating a conflict of interest. ]]> 2023-02-28 19:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/wallinlila/si49rxjnnq273a2j/wish/2498492589