The DuPage Airport Authority (DAA) board of directors recently announced the hiring of Mark Doles as Executive Director. Doles had been serving as the interim Executive Director since David Bird retired from the post earlier this year.
Pratt & Whitney joined Airbus in celebrating the 100th A220 customer aircraft, exclusively powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF engines. The A220-300 aircraft is destined to Latvia-based airBaltic.
AE Industrial Partners, a private equity firm specializing in Aerospace, Defense & Government Services, Power Generation, and Specialty Industrial markets, has acquired AIM MRO, a manufacturer and supply chain manager of highly engineered consumable repair products and materials used primarily in the aerospace engine aftermarket. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. AIM MRO represents the fifth new platform investment closed in 2019 by AEI.
PRODUCT: All Airbus SAS Model A318 series airplanes; A319-111, -112, -113, -114, -115, -131, -132, and -133 airplanes; A320-211, - 212, -214, -216, -231, -232, -233, -251N, -252N and -271N airplanes; and A321 series airplanes.
Following a report last year in which the Department of Homeland Security said facial recognition is the most reliable biometric approach to border security, the agency is mulling a rule that would require that a photograph be taken of everyone entering or leaving the country. The requirement would include U.S. Citizens.