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...DAVID NEELEMAN by Sally B. Donnelly...
COVER: Photomontage by Arthur Hochstein MURDOCH: ALAN LEVENSON--CORBIS OUTLINE; BONO: SAM JONES--CORBIS OUTLINE; AGATSTON: BRIAN SMITH; NEELEMAN: ANDREW GARN; SUU KYI: EDDIE ADAMS--CORBIS OUTLINE; KIDMAN: JAMES WHITE--CORBIS OUTLINE; BECKHAM: DAMIEN MAGUIRE--ALLACTION/RETNA; IYENGAR: PABLO BARTHOLOMEW; JONES: CLAY PATRICK MCBRIDE--RETNA; OUTKAST: MATTHIAS CLAMER; VAJPAYEE: KAMAL KISHORE--REUTERS; ARMSTRONG: JONAS KARLSSON; KERRY: DAVID BURNETT--CONTACT PRESS; GALLIANO: ERIC RYAN--GETTY IMAGES; GIBSON: SAM JONES--CORBIS OUTLINE; KAUFMAN: SEAN GALLUP--GETTY IMAGES; MANDELA: PETER TURNLEY--CORBIS; BUSH: BROOKS KRAFT; ANNAN: WILLIAM COUPON--CORBIS OUTLINE; NAKATA: PHILIPP HOHNDORF--STARFACE/RETNA; SISTANI: HO; ABIZAID: AFP--GETTY IMAGES; ADRIA: RAPHO; OPRAH: FRAZER...
...Airport. Like Southwest Airlines, JetBlue, with its low fares and aversion to plane-changing hubs, has proved increasingly attractive to passengers in the new era of fewer flights and tighter security--including business travelers, the 15% who provide 50% of an airline's profit. So when JetBlue CEO David Neeleman began seeking a way to capture some of the lucrative transcontinental business, he turned to Long Beach...
Landing rights there are less expensive than at larger airports but are relatively scarce because the city wants to hold down noise levels. Neeleman and his managers secretly met with city officials in May 2001 and persuaded them to lease JetBlue all the 27 remaining slots for large carriers (14 others were already being used by American Airlines, America West Airlines and cargo planes) and to let JetBlue wait an unprecedented two years to use those slots. JetBlue began service between J.F.K. and Long Beach last August with two arrivals and departures a day. And for a while...
JetBlue's Neeleman wryly asks, "Isn't it ironic that there has been lots of room at Long Beach airport for years, but as soon as one little carrier comes in and develops a market, everyone wants a piece of it?" American defends its newfound interest as part of a push for more cross-country flights. "Our market research also shows high-revenue passengers want to avoid large, complex airports like Los Angeles," says spokesman John Hotard...