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McArtor's latest score was opening Airbus' first U.S. engineering facility last month, in Wichita, Kans., where 60 engineers are working on the wing design of the A380...
...suppliers have signed 20 contracts and are bidding on an additional 25 for the A380, which is scheduled to enter service in 2006. In a surprise announcement last January, Airbus selected Honeywell, based in Phoenix, Ariz., to provide the crucial electronic flight-management system (which helps with navigation) for the A380, rejecting its usual supplier, France's Thales. And three carriers, including Air France, have asked that their copies of the A380 be equipped with engines made jointly by General Electric and Pratt & Whitney, rather than Rolls-Royce...
...suppliers stand to benefit from new technology that will be built into the A380. Eaton Aerospace, based in Irvine, Calif., is leading an effort to give the Airbus jumbo jet more power in the hydraulic systems than any passenger plane has ever had. "What makes the A380 so exciting is that it is cutting-edge technology," says Steve Eisenberg, head of aerospace operations for Eaton. "The A380 tail is as large as the wing of an Airbus A320; it takes a heck of a lot of hydraulic power to move that...
...past three months, Airbus has added seven Japanese companies as suppliers, including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fuji Heavy Industries and Japan Aircraft Manufacturing. Airbus has been pushing hard to raise its profile in Japan, where Boeing has long had manufacturing partnerships and where the airlines fly mostly Boeing aircraft...
...Airbus has been successful in the past few years selling its smaller airplanes to U.S. carriers such as JetBlue, Northwest and United. It has even signed a contract to sell FedEx 10 of the cargo versions of the A380, which list for $230 million a copy. And Airbus is determined to maintain that momentum. Last year the company hired a telegenic industry veteran to make its case: Allan McArtor, who has served as a fighter pilot in Vietnam, an airline CEO and the head of the Federal Aviation Administration. McArtor briefs lawmakers and airline execs about the 120,000 employees...