TOP AVIATION HEADLINES FROM MOBILE, ALABAMA U.S.A.
Feb 20th, 2004
- Early this year, Mobile, Alabama, was named one of three finalists for Boeing’s 7E7 airline assembly plant.
- ST Mobile Aerospace Engineering, a commercial jet repair and maintenance company, recently announced it would build two new hangers and hire 300 additional workers (MAE is American headquarters for Singapore Technologies Engineering)
- Teledyne Continental Motors, a manufacturer of new and rebuilt piston aircraft engines, is working with Honda to test a piston aircraft engine, and entered into a joint venture with General Electric to develop a jet aircraft engine
- Consultants say Brookley Complex, Mobile’s 1,700-acre facility, could be the best transportation hub and assembly site for the aerospace industry with a deep-water port accessing the Gulf of Mexico, airport, two major interstate systems and five major rail lines in one location.
- Brookely is home to Alabama Aviation and Technical College’s Mobile Campus and is graduating skilled workers. Alabama Industrial Development Training, a state-funded facility, offering new and expanding businesses immediate access to collaborative training programs is also located there. (AIDT has provided training for ST Mobile Aerospace Engineering employees).
Visit the Mobile Airport Authority Booth (D452) at the Asian Aerospace 2004 show, 24-29 Feb. at the Changi Exhibt Centre, Singapore, to learn more about why this Southern Port City is aggressively pursuing new aerospace projects.
Mobile representatives include:
Mayor Mike Dow, City of Mobile;
Richard Davis, chairman, Mobile Airport Authority;
Bay Haas, executive director, Mobile Airport Authority;
Bill Sisson, economic development vice president, Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce;
Marc Pelham, marketing director, Mobile Airport Authority; and
Courtney Pike, marketing associate, Mobile Airport Authority.