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CONTRACT WITH AIRBUS TO BRING AT LEAST 50 NEW JOBS TO MACON
July 18, 2002
Originally published in The Telegraph

Summary: Between 50 and 60 new jobs will be created at Middle Georgia Regional Airport once a contract to bring 70 Airbus jets to the airport for regular maintenance is finalized. Timco, an aircraft maintenance company which operates a facility at the airport, is in the final stages of …

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GEICO ADDING JOBS IN MACON
July 16, 2002
Originally published in The Telegraph

Summary: Geico insurance will add about another 150 people to its payroll this fall to handle calls to its national auto glass reporting center, which is moving to Macon from Fredericksburg, VA. Another 30 positions also are opening here over the next three months…

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DOD SIGNALS DEPOTS, INCLUDING RAFB, WILL GET STEADY WORK
June 15, 2002

Originally published in The Telegraph

Summary: A senior Department of Defense official has assured Georgia congressmen that work will continue to be assigned to the nation's military depots, including the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. Undersecretary of Defense Pete Aldridge told…

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ROBINS GETTING MORE C-17 WORK
May 22, 2002

Originally published in The Telegraph

Summary: Expect to see C-17 transport planes on a more regular basis on base. Officials with the base and Boeing, which is building the Air Force's newest heavy-lift cargo jet, announced Tuesday that the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center will conduct more maintenance inspections on the plane…

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PLANS FOR HOUSTON PLANT TAKING SHAPE
June 15, 2002

Originally published in The Telegraph

Summary: A senior Department of Defense official has assured Georgia congressmen that work will continue to be assigned to the nation's military depots, including the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. Undersecretary of Defense Pete Aldridge told…

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$3.6 MILLION OK'D FOR ASA EXPANSION
April 2, 2002

Originally published in The Telegraph

Summary: A $3.6 million bond refinancing deal approved Monday by the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority will help Atlantic Southeast Airlines expand its Macon maintenance operation and hire more workers, officials said Monday…

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AEROSPACE COMPANY TO HIRE 200 IN HOUSTON
March 1, 2002

Originally published in The Telegraph

Summary: An Atlanta aerospace company announced plans Thursday to open an aircraft parts manufacturing plant here and hire 200 people within six months to a year. The president of Georgia Aerospace Manufacturing said the company may eventually expand to…

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RAFB PROJECT COULD BRING JOBS
February 18, 2002

Originally published in The Telegraph

Summary: More than 500 acres of woods and wetlands -much of it unusable- has sat undisturbed for years along the northern edge of Robins Air Force Base. Owned by the state and operated as a wildlife management area, the land was set aside for hunting and other recreational uses….

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