ASTAR Air Cargo was named on July 14, 2003 when a U.S. investor group led by ASTAR Air Cargo Chairman and CEO John Dasburg purchased all of the outstanding shares of DHL Airways, Inc. DHL Airways, Inc. was founded in 1972 and has a 30 year record of providing reliable air cargo services.Today ASTAR employs over 1,000 air freight professionals and provides air cargo charter services to 34 domestic and 9 international airports from ASTAR's hub in Cincinnati, OH. ASTAR's two largest customers are DHL Worldwide Express and the United States Air Force. ASTAR provides service for the Department of Defense currently to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and other military bases around the world. ASTAR also provided cargo airlift for the Department of Defense in support of the Iraqi conflict.

Finmeccanica is the main Italian industrial group operating globally in the aerospace, defence and security sectors, and is one of the world's leading groups in the fields of helicopters and defence electronics. It is also the European leader for satellite and space services as well as having considerable know-how and production capacity in the energy and transport fields. Headquartered in Italy and with a vast industrial base in the UK as well as important production facilities in the rest of Europe and in the USA, Finmeccanica has a workforce of more than 73,000 people, and a revenues volume of euro mil. 15,037. Technology and innovation are the keystones of Finmeccanica's success and competitive edge. For this reason, the Group invests 1,809 billion euros a year in R&D activities (representing 14% of revenues), making Finmeccanica the leading Italian investor in hi-tech sectors. As far as the core business is concerned, investments amount to 20% of turnover - a percentage that is higher than some of its main competitors.A large part of R&D investment is channelled into dual technology projects, leading to significant advantages in civil applications of considerable strategic importance. To maintain its leadership in hi-tech sectors, Finmeccanica focuses on the value of its human resources, and the laboratories of its subsidiaries are staffed by around 3,000 highly specialized researchers.

International Launch Services is the U.S. based company with exclusive rights for worldwide commercial sales and mission management of satellite launches on Russia's premier vehicle, the Proton. ILS is an American company, headquartered in Reston, Va., a suburb of Washington, D.C. The majority shareholder is Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center of Moscow. The Proton vehicle launches both commercial ILS missions and Russian government payloads from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is operated by the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) under lease from the Republic of Kazakhstan. We are a complete launch service organization, committed to nurturing partnerships with our customers, not just marketing and fulfilling launch contracts. We're at the customer's side from contract signing through mission completion. With ILS customers get a single source of comprehensive knowledge, from business management to technical interface to licensing support. We have a staff of about 60 people with decades of combined expertise in the international launch and satellite business. The International Launch Services team has accumulated an extensive experience base. In our 15 years of existence, we have launched most commercial satellite platforms and worked with all major satellite operators. This experience helps us keep integration times and launch campaigns short and maintain a steady launch pace. It's the kind of professionalism that has helped International Launch Services become the provider of choice for customers worldwide.

Gulfstream International Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates a scheduled airline, and provides scheduled and on-demand charter services. It also offers flight training services for pilots holding commercial, multi-engine, and instrument certifications; and frequent charter flights within its geographic operating region, including licensed flights to Cuba. The company operates approximately 150 scheduled flights per day, serving 9 destinations in Florida, 10 destinations in the Bahamas, and 5 destinations from continental airlines Cleveland hub to cities in Pennsylvania, New York, and West Virginia under the department of transportation's essential air service program. As of December 31, 2008, Gulfstream International Group operated a fleet of 23 Beechcraft 1900 Turboprops passenger aircraft. It operates under a principal code share and alliance agreement with Continental Airlines, as well as has code share agreements with United, Northwest, and Copa Airlines of Panama. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

SOGECLAIR has a flair for engineering, both real and make-believe. The company's largest business unit provides engineering and design services for electronic and mechanical products. SOGECLAIR's make-believe is serious, too: Its simulation business develops aerospace and transportation simulators and virtual mock-ups for aerospace, defense, and automobile and rail customers. Customers include Airbus, Bombardier, Dassault, and Renault.

For the right price, this buffalo will roam anywhere you want. Buffalo Airways provides chartered air services for both passengers and cargo. It also provides scheduled passenger flights to select destinations in Canada's Northwest Territories, operates a school of aviation and aircraft maintenance engineering, flies fire suppression support, and provides cropdusting and courier services. The company's fleet includes Barons, Beech King Airs, Cansos, Cessna 185s, CL-215s, Curtiss C-46s, DC-4 Tankers, and Douglas DC-3s. Buffalo Airways additionally offers aircraft and aircraft parts for sale.

Boeing Satellite Systems International is happiest when its products are far, far away. The company is a contracting unit for commercial spacecraft within Boeing's Space & Intelligence Systems division. It manufactures communications, meteorological, military, and research satellites. Boeing Satellite Systems International built the world's first geosynchronous communications satellite (Syncom); since its inception in 1961, the company estimates that it has manufactured almost 40% of all the communications satellites in commercial service today. Typical satellite applications include weather forecasting, radar mapping, telecommunications, satellite television, and national security.

AirNet Systems, Inc., through its operating subsidiaries, focuses its resources on providing value-added, time-critical aviation services to a diverse set of customers in the most service-intensive, cost-effective manner possible. AirNet operates an integrated national transportation network that provides expedited transportation services to banks and time-critical small package shippers nationwide. The Company operated a total of 130 aircraft, 114 for its cargo airline and 16 for its passenger charter airline at March 31, 2005, located strategically throughout the United States. AirNet is committed to focusing its resources on providing value-added time-critical air shipment and aviation services to a diverse set of customers in the most service-intensive and cost effective manner possible.

TransDigm Group Incorporated engages in the design, production, and supply of engineered aircraft components for use on commercial and military aircraft worldwide. The company offers mechanical/electro-mechanical actuators and controls used in various actuation applications; ignition systems and components, such as igniters, exciters, and spark plugs used to start and spark turbine and reciprocating aircraft engines; gear pumps used primarily in lubrication and fuel applications; specialized valves and engineered connectors used in fuel, hydraulic, and pneumatic applications; power conditioning devices used to modify and control electrical power; specialized fluorescent lighting; specialized AC/DC electric motors and components used in various defense and commercial applications; and aircraft audio systems.It also provides engineered latching and locking devices used in various bin, security, and other applications; lavatory hardware and components; rods and locking devices used primarily to hold open cowlings to allow access to engines for maintenance; specialized cockpit displays; elastomers used in various clamping and heating applications; and NiCad batteries/chargers used to provide starting and back-up power. The company’s customers include distributors of aerospace components; commercial airlines; large commercial transport and regional and business aircraft original equipment manufacturers (OEMs); various armed forces; defense OEMs; system suppliers; and various other industrial customers. The company, formerly known as TD Holding Corporation, was founded in 1993 and is based in Cleveland, Ohio.

Air Philippines is setting its course to become the low-cost airline of choice for Asia. The carrier, an affiliate of national flag carrier Philippines Airlines, offers scheduled and charter services with about 20 destinations throughout the Philippines, as well as in South Korea and China. The airline is also approved to fly to the US, Singapore, and Japan. Established in 1995, Air Philippines officially took to the skies a year later and now operates a fleet of about 10 Boeing 737s as well as a handful of Bombardier Q300s and Q400s. Philippine tycoon Lucio Tan controls the company and also owns Philippine Airlines.

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