Henk Potts Quotations

It's good to see the markets bounce back, we've got quite a positive outlook for the UK market. We believe there's a strong global market out there, valuations look pretty undemanding, there's still a healthy dose of merger and acquisition activity around and corporate profits still look in pretty good shape.

The markets are trying to find a floor, ... They are trying to factor in all the ramifications of the terror attacks in the United States. Maybe now is the time to feed money into the market. They're close to the bottom.

There are a huge number of investors who would want a Premier League football club. It would be a classic trophy asset if they've already got a Rolls-Royce and a yacht - for status it doesn't get bigger.

It's going to be a difficult time. He (Levy) will be looking to cut costs and... the quickest ways to do that is to cut jobs... but he has got a big business to try and turn around in a very difficult economic environment.

They are reducing capacity, so that could be good news for some European companies and pretty much in line with our models.

There has been an awful lot of talk and an awful lot of speculation but this is the first time that one of the suitors has been prepared to put hard cash down and put its money where its mouth is. This could help bring this long-running saga to an end and it certainly puts the Nasdaq in pole position.

When you get to this level of wealth, business becomes a game or a challenge,

It is certainly an opportunity for them to make more money. Longer term, the new law provides a more flexible environment.

The most important customer for BA is the business customer, the premium customer, and what they are looking for is reliability. If they start to believe they can't get that at BA, that is a major worry.

It's been such a good performance but there looks like an element of profit taking with a lack of new momentum. We are looking for something else to push us forward.