Kellstrom Aerospace LLC which does business as Kellstrom Industries, buys, refurbishes (through third parties), and resells or leases jet engines and jet engine parts. It specializes in engines made by CFM International, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls-Royce. Kellstrom Industries also distributes aircraft components such as flight recorders, radar and navigation equipment, and other electrical and mechanical parts. Customers include commercial airlines, US and foreign military forces and defense agencies, manufacturers, and overhaul facilities. Investment firm Inverness Management owns a controlling stake in Kellstrom.

General Dynamics Aviation Services Company Profile General Dynamics Aviation Services (GDAS) keeps Gulfstream -- and other corporate jets -- flying high. A subsidiary of General Dynamics (maker of Gulfstream, the world's most popular corporate jet), GDAS provides a wide variety of aerospace maintenance, repair, and overhaul services. Primary offerings include engineering support, avionics installation, interior refurbishment, airframe and engine maintenance, landing gear and auxiliary power unit overhaul services, and painting services. Despite its Gulfstream family ties, GDAS also works on Bombardier, Cessna, Dassault, and Hawker Beechcraft aircraft. GDAS operates locations in Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, Texas, and Wisconsin.

BAE Systems takes care of business in North America for parent BAE SYSTEMS plc -- the largest foreign player in the US defense market. Operations include the design, manufacture, and maintenance of military aircraft, submarines, surface ships, avionics, radar, electronics, and weapons systems. BAE Systems also provides IT services. Taken alone, BAE Systems employs some 43,000 people in the US (with another 10,000 overseas), has operations in 38 states and five other countries, and is a top five supplier to the US Department of Defense (DoD). The company has a special security agreement with the Pentagon that ensures control of sensitive technology.

Chemring has several subsidiaries, but none of them has much to do with chemicals or rings. Go figure. The company is largely about aerospace and defense countermeasures and marine and military electronics and pyrotechnics. Primary products include air, land, and naval countermeasures that defeat incoming missiles; marine safety electronics and pyrotechnics, including emergency beacons, radios, and emergency flares; and military pyrotechnics used for training purposes. The company acquired Titan Dynamics Systems (pyrotechnics used in warfare training) from Allied Defense Group in 2008 for a reported $4.7 million. Chemring's international group of subsidiaries are based in Australia, Spain, and the US.

Babcock International Group is a multinational engineering services group that provides marine, defense, and rail services as well as maintenance and support. Through Babcock Marine, the company owns the Rosyth and Devonport dockyards, and it manages the Clyde Naval Base. Marine division services include porting, refueling, retrofitting, and decommissioning of naval ships and submarines and well as supply chain services for the UK's Ministry of Defence (MOD). Similarly, the company's Defence unit provides facilities management for other MOD bases, and it performs baggage handling at London's Heathrow Airport. Babcock's Rail unit is one of the leading providers of rail infrastructure in the UK.

British and brash, Virgin Atlantic Airways is a leading player in Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group collection of branded companies. From its hubs in the UK (London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports, plus Manchester), the airline serves about 30 destinations around the world with a fleet of about 40 aircraft. It extends its network via code-sharing relationships with carriers such as Air China, Continental Airlines, Singapore Airlines, and Australia-based sister company Virgin Blue. (Code-sharing allows airlines to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus offer potential passengers more destinations.) Virgin Group owns 51% of Virgin Atlantic, and Singapore Airlines owns a 49% stake.

Spain's #2 airline (after Iberia), Spanair provides scheduled and charter passenger services within its home country and throughout Europe, as well as to selected destinations in the Americas. It operates a fleet of 60 aircraft, including MD-80 jets as well as newer models from Airbus and Boeing. Spanair offers service to additional destinations via its partners in the Star Alliance, a global airline marketing and code-sharing alliance. (Code-sharing enables carriers to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks.) Spanair was a subsidiary of Scandinavian carrier (and Star Alliance member) SAS until early 2009 when SAS sold the company to a group of Spanish investors.

Emivest Aerospace Corporation is a US-based aircraft manufacturing company and a subsidiary of Emirates Investment & Development PSC (Emivest). Emivest Aerospace Corporation produces the SJ30, the world’s fastest, longest range and highest flying light jet. The SJ30 is the first aircraft of its kind in the business jet segment to retain sea level cabin pressure at 41,000ft and reach a top flying height of 49,000ft. Edward J. Swearingen was instrumental in creating a unique position fo rSJ30 in the global aviation market. Emivest Aerospace Corporation will become the first company in the United States to design and develop, build, certify and deliver to the market a totally new concept business jet in the form of the SJ30. Headquartered at the San Antonio International Airport (KSAT), with over 300 staff employed at facilities in San Antonio, and Martinsburg, West Virginia where the SJ30 is built.

Atlantic Southeast Airlines was founded in 1979 in Atlanta, Ga., by three determined entrepreneurs who dreamed of providing convenient, safe and frequent air transportation between outlying destinations and Atlanta. From its first flight – aboard a 19-passenger Twin Otter between Columbus, Ga., and Atlanta – to today, ASA has enjoyed tremendous fortune, growth and success. In 1984, ASA was selected by Delta Air Lines as one of the first partners in the Delta Connection program. Then, following 20 years of operation and 15 years of partnership with the mainline carrier, ASA was acquired by Delta in 1999. The acquisition by Delta marked the beginning of a period of unprecedented growth for ASA, as the airline grew its fleet by more than 100 aircraft and its employee base by more than 3,000 team members.With success in its corner and a bright future on the horizon, ASA began the next chapter in its storied history on Sept. 8, 2005, when the airline was acquired by Utah-based SkyWest, Inc. Together with its new sister carrier SkyWest Airlines, ASA now is a part of the world’s largest regional airline alliance. What started as a dream in 1979 has become an incredible reality. And today, ASA’s more than 3,500 employees serve customers in 112 airiports in 29 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the Bahamas, Canada and Jamaica.

Marquis Jet, through an alliance with fractional jet ownership company NetJets, offers short-term use of private jets for both businesses and individuals. The compays buys shares in NetJets planes, then sells access to customers in blocks of flight time. For a single payment, customers receive a Marquis Jet Card entitling them to 25 hours in the air. Marquis Jet offers a choice of about 10 aircraft models from the NetJets fleet; services are available in the US and in Europe. CEO Kenny Dichter and vice chairman Jesse Itzler founded Marquis Jet in 2001.

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