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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...
...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 in 42 states who work on Airbus contracts. "There used to be only one voice talking about Airbus...
...streamline the federal approval process, take some authority out of the hands of local and state politicians, and get a major new runway built at every large airport that can physically accommodate it. Big airlines often try to block these projects in order to keep out competitors. Says Allan McArtor, former head of the FAA and CEO of troubled start-up Legend Airlines: "The biggest deterrent to new airport planning is the resistance and political clout of major carriers. Dominant airlines must stop fighting new airport development if the entire system is going to improve...
...streamline the federal approval process, take some authority out of the hands of local and state politicians, and get a major new runway built at every large airport that can physically accommodate it. Big airlines often try to block these projects in order to keep out competitors. Says Allan McArtor, former head of the FAA and CEO of troubled start-up Legend Airlines: "The biggest deterrent to new airport planning is the resistance and political clout of major carriers. Dominant airlines must stop fighting new airport development if the entire system is going to improve...
...McArtor plans to keep Legend aloft by following an adroit business strategy. The carrier uses nonunion labor and flies just one type of jetliner over a few choice routes. That way it can generate 27[cents] of revenue for every seat-mile it flies, compared with about 14[cents] for cost-laden major airlines--an advantage that should allow Legend to break even on flights that are little more than half full...