William Augustus Franke, co-founder and managing partner of private equity firm
Indigo Partners, joined Airbus on Wednesday in announcing the deal for 430 aircraft, which came with a price tag of almost $50 billion. The transaction will fuel growth in Franke’s bare-bones airline empire, where he has spent the last part of his career avoiding what he calls “the path to hell” for an airline: creeping costs.
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