Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 7

129 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 7 ROSWELL A I R CENTER will be necessary to change from the current airline and airplane business model that has a huge carbon footprint. “The same things you’re hearing about cars, we’re hearing about airlines,” says Stark. “It’s hybrids, electric airplanes, hydrogen-driven airplanes. I don’t know what that future looks like but the one thing we have to offer here is space to explore and develop it.” Mike Espiritu, President of the Roswell Chaves County Economic Development Corporation, emphasizes, “Besides being an oasis in the desert, Roswell Air Center has a lot of unique opportunities. When you see all those aircraft, you also see a number of aircraft components because we have three MRO companies sited here and are all actively engaged – like ants on an anthill – working towards having all the pieces and parts from these aircraft that are being dismantled ready for resale. You’ll see aircraft being demolished for salvage as they end their lifecycle. That in itself is unique.”