From Canada to Chile, airline TACA (Transportes A鲥os Centroamericanos) bridges the Americas. The carrier serves about 30 cities throughout Central and South America and the Caribbean, as well as about 10 cities in North America. It operates a fleet of about 40 jets, mostly Airbus models, from hubs in Peru, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. It maintains code-sharing relationships with carriers such as Iberia and United Airlines. (Code-sharing allows airlines to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks.) Founded as an air cargo carrier in 1931, TACA is owned by the family of CEO Roberto Kriete. In October 2009 TACA announced it would be taken over by Columbia-based carrier Avianca.

Esterline Corporation is a specialized manufacturing company serving principally aerospace and defense markets. Approximately 80% of total revenues are generated from aerospace/defense markets. The remaining 20% is from the application of these technologies into industrial markets. Esterline management views the company’s businesses in three segments related to its set of core competencies: Avionics & Controls, Sensors & Systems, and Advanced Materials. Operations within the Avionics & Controls segment focus on technology interface systems for commercial and military aircraft and similar devices for land- and sea-based military vehicles, secure communications systems, specialized medical equipment, and other high-end industrial applications. The Sensors & Systems segment includes operations that produce high-precision temperature and pressure sensors, fluid and motion control components, and other related systems principally for aerospace and defense customers. Advanced Materials focuses on process related technologies including high-performance elastomer products used for a wide range of military and commercial aerospace purposes and combustible ordnance and electronic warfare countermeasure products. Our business focus is to help our customers achieve greater productivity, higher precision, and better overall performance. More simply put: Esterline helps its customers compete with maximum effectiveness.

Avcorp is registered for AS9100 aerospace industry approval to satisfy the stringent quality requirements by the world’s top aircraft manufacturers. We also hold numerous OEM (original equipment manufacturer) proprietary process approvals and NADCAP special process approvals for: 1) AS7102 Heat Treating 2) AS7108 Chemical Processing 3) AS7114 Non-Destructive Testing 4) AS7117 Surface Enhancement 5) AS7118 Composites 6) AS7101 Material Testing Laboratories Avcorp has been given MRB (material review board) design authority approval by Bombardier and Cessna, which allows our in-house engineers to approve certain changes in design.

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.

Triumph Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, engineering, manufacture, repair, overhaul, and distribution of aircraft components in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Aerospace Systems and Aftermarket Services. The Aerospace Systems segment provides mechanical and electromechanical controls, such as hydraulic systems and components, main engine gearbox assemblies, and accumulators and mechanical control cables. It also involves in stretch forming, die forming, milling, bonding, machining, welding, and assembling and fabricating various structural components used in aircraft wings, fuselages, and other assemblies.In addition, this segment provides composite assemblies for floor panels, environmental control system ducts, and non-structural cockpit components. The Aftermarket Services segment provides maintenance, repair, and overhaul services for commercial and military markets. This segment offers its services on auxiliary power units, and air frame and engine accessories, including constant-speed drives, cabin compressors, starters and generators, and pneumatic drive units; and on thrust reversers, nacelle components, and flight control surfaces, as well as supplies spare parts of cockpit instruments and gauges for a range of commercial airlines. The company serves the aerospace industry, including original equipment manufacturers of commercial, regional, business, and military aircraft and components, as well as commercial airlines and air cargo carriers. Triumph Group, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is based in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

BlackHawk Products Group sells a broad range of tactical gear for those in the military and law enforcement. Products include apparel and tactical armor, holsters, knives, weapon accessories, harnesses, and rappelling equipment. Items are sold by catalog or online. After acquiring US-based Knoxx Industries in 2007, BlackHawk added recoil-suppression stocks for rifles and shotguns to its list of more than 3,000 products. BlackHawk was founded in 1993 by CEO Mike Noell, a former Navy SEAL. Since then, the company has expanded through acquisitions and now operates through offices in the US and Germany.

Alpine Air Express, Inc., through its subsidiary Alpine Aviation, Inc., provides air cargo services. It transports mail packages and other time-sensitive cargo to approximately 29 cities in the western portion of the mainland United States and in the Hawaiian Islands. The company also offers contract cargo and charter services for other package delivery and cargo carriers; maintenance services on aircraft owned or operated by third parties; leasing of passenger aircraft; and first officer training program. As of October 31, 2008, it operated a portfolio of 28 aircrafts. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Provo, Utah.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey bridges the sometimes-troubled waters between the two states and helps with many of the region's other transportation needs. The bi-state agency operates and maintains airports, tunnels, bridges, a commuter rail system, shipping terminals, and other facilities (such as the World Trade Center complex) within the Port District, an area surrounding the Statue of Liberty. A self-supporting public agency, the Port Authority receives no state or local tax money. It relies on tolls, fees, and rents. Airport operations account for the majority of the its revenue. The two governors each appoint six of the 12 members of the agency's board and review the board's decisions.

Diehl Stiftung & Co., a diverse industrial company that makes everything from missiles to washing machine controls, prefers the former. The company's four corporate divisions include Defense (ammunition, missiles, surveillance systems); Aerospace (vehicle and display systems, avionics, flight and engine controls, cabin and utility systems); Metall (metal rods, tubes, strips, wire, key blanks, cable, and forged parts); and Controls (industrial and appliance controls, timers, sensors, regulators, and electronic control systems). Its affiliate companies make electronic components and assemblies for Diehl Metering (flow meters). Diehl Stiftung has been family-owned since it was founded in 1902.

Hawaii involves an airplane ride -- and so does getting around within Hawaii. Hawaii Island Air, which does business as Island Air, serves several destinations throughout the Hawaiian islands. The carrier's fleet of about half a dozen turboprop aircraft consists of 37-seat Dash 8s, made by Bombardier. Island Air maintains a code-sharing arrangement with Hawaiian Holdings' Hawaiian Airlines, as well as with mainland-based Continental and United. (Code-sharing enable airlines to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks.) In addition to its scheduled passenger operations, Island Air provides charter services. Hawaii's Gavarnie family controls the company.

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