Airbus North America Holdings, the US-based arm of France's Airbus S.A.S., serves the company's important US and Canadian customer base. It serves major passenger carriers, including Northwest Airlines and US Airways Group, as well as cargo carriers, startup airlines, and leading leasing companies. Airbus' single-aisle and wide-body jets can accommodate between 107 and more than 550 passengers. Its largest model, the A380, was delivered in 2007, while its A350 long-range jetliners continue to gain success in the North American market. The European Aeronautic Defence & Space Company (EADS) owns Airbus.

Hawker Beechcraft manufactures passenger planes and offers service and support for aircraft. The company's product line takes in business jets (including Hawker 400XP, Hawker 850XP, Hawker 4000, Beechjet Premier IA), turboprops (King Air 350/B200GT/C90GTi), and piston-powered aircraft (Baron G58, Bonanza G36). The company handles maintenance orders through more than 100 authorized and factory-owned service centers. Raytheon sold its Raytheon Aircraft subsidiary in 2007 in order to focus on its military contracting business. The buyers, Goldman Sachs Group and Onex Corporation, changed the name of the company to Hawker Beechcraft. The purchase price for the acquisition was about $3.3 billion.

Russian-born helicopter pioneer Igor Sikorsky is long dead, but helicopters bearing his name still fly the skies. A subsidiary of United Technologies, Sikorsky Aircraft makes such military helicopters as the Black Hawk (troop assault, combat support, special operations, and medevac operations) and the Seahawk (submarine hunting, missile targeting, anti-surface ship warfare, and search and rescue). Sikorsky is developing the next-generation CH-53K helicopter (to replace the CH-53E) for the US Marines. Civil products include the S-76 and S-92, which are used for rescue, offshore oil, medical, and corporate use. Sikorsky also offers fixed-wing aircraft, spare parts, and MRO services for helicopters.

Avionic Services International Limited has taken off from Avionic Services, a behind-the-scenes player in air transportation at small and medium-sized airports that was placed in administration in the summer of 2005. Under a management buyout, the business and assets of the company operating as Avionic Services were sold to Avionic Services International Limited for ?100,000 (more than $170,000) in October 2005. The company is now helmed by sales and marketing director David Bartlett and COO Gareth Rowe. The former Avionic Services built and refurbished air traffic control towers, designed and built runways, and provided flight inspections.

JetLite (formerly Sahara Airlines or Air Sahara) is "lite" on price but heavy on flights in India. The low-fare carrier serves about 25 destinations in India and flies to Kathmandu, Nepal; and Colombo, Sri Lanka. JetLite operates a fleet of some 25 aircraft, mostly Boeing 737s, from hubs such as Delhi and Mumbai. In addition to scheduled passenger service, it transports cargo and offers charter services. The company is a subsidiary of Jet Airways, which acquired Sahara Airlines in mid-2007 and rebranded it as JetLite a few months later. JetLite was initially established in 1993, when the Indian government began to allow companies not owned by the state to provide airline service.

Chromalloy partners with our customers to deliver innovative solutions that reduce the operating expense and extend the life of gas turbine engines. We are one of the world's largest non–OEM providers of advanced coatings, repairs and replacement parts for gas turbine engines. And we are the only non-OEM company in the world that provides coatings, repairs, castings, manufacturing and overhauls—all from a single source. Our customers include major airlines, military forces worldwide and industrial gas turbine engine owners.

Grand Aire is a classic example of the American dream being realized. The company started in 1985 like many small businesses do, built on the dreams of an entrepreneur with the intelligence and determination to overcome all obstacles. Founder Tahir Cheema arrived in the United States eleven years earlier to attend the University of Alabama. That day in 1974, he had $40 in his pocket, but his drive to succeed was as big as America itself.T.C. achieved another goal after his college days where he got his degree in Engineering. While working at Ford as a design engineer, he earned a private pilot’s certificate in 1980 and purchased his first aircraft a few years later. Armed with his pilot’s certificate and his first aircraft, a Piper Arrow, Tahir began flying freight for the ‘Big 3’ automakers. His reputation for hard work grew along with the demand for his services. When Cheema expanded the operation and started the company, customers were promised “30 minutes wheels up”, a previously unheard of guarantee in the charter freight industry.

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures firearms. It offers pistols, revolvers, tactical rifles, hunting rifles, black powder firearms, handcuffs, and firearm-related products and accessories. It also provides forging, heat treating, finishing, plating, and castings services. In addition, the company operates a private law enforcement training facility, as well as retail stores that offer firearms, hunting, shooting, camping, fishing, and sporting gear and accessories in Springfield, Massachusetts and Rochester, New Hampshire.Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation serves gun enthusiasts, collectors, hunters, sportsmen, competitive shooters, protection focused individuals, law enforcement agencies and officers, and military agencies in the United States and internationally. It markets its products through distributors, dealers, and consumer promotions, as well as specialized retail merchandising. Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation was founded in 1852 and is based in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Macquarie Airports Management Limited hopes its investments always soar through cloudless skies. Affiliated with Australian investment bank Macquarie Bank Limited, the firm invests in airports located in Australia, Belgium, Italy, and the UK. It owns more than 70% of the Sydney and Brussels Airports, about 30% of the Copenhagen Airport, and about 15% of the Birmingham Airport. The company uses "airport specialists" to improve business operations such as the expansion of car parking and the streamlining of the airport check-in process. Macquarie Airports' ownership structure is comprised of two trusts and a Bermudian mutual fund entity.

Arrow Air was founded in 1950 by the visionary aviation pioneer, George Batchelor and is among the oldest air carriers in the U.S. continuing to operate under the same, originally registered name. A key component in the South Florida community for more than 57 years, Arrow is the largest U.S. registered air cargo carrier based at Miami International Airport, providing comprehensive cargo logistics services.Arrow Air, operating under the trade name ARROW CARGO provides scheduled air cargo logistics services to and from, and between the United States, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Arrow is proud to employ nearly 450 people at its Miami headquarters and 250 in direct, company operated stations throughout the Americas region.Arrow Cargo’s comprehensive market coverage provides overnight, airport to airport service to more than 20 destinations in the Americas. Providing direct flights to more than 20 destinations, Arrow operates over 60 flights each week to and from Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Arrow Cargo’s services are provided to more than 3,500 customers worldwide, serving international and domestic freight forwarders, integrated carriers, passenger and cargo airlines, the U.S. Department of Defense and the United States Postal Service. Arrow’s rich history and tenure in the global air freight markets also provides our clients with a unique level of experience and operating authority for charter requirements and interline capabilities. Arrow Cargo is building a strong logistics organization designed to not only satisfy today’s sophisticated logistics demands but to facilitate our clients’ growth and vision for the future. Arrow Cargo’s airside facilities at Miami International Airport boasts 67,000 square feet of refrigerated warehouse capacity for our perishable shipping clients and over 155,000 square feet of dry cargo capacity.

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