China Southern Airlines Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides air transportation services. It offers domestic and international passenger, cargo, and mail airline services. The company also provides freight and logistics services; air catering services; pilot training services; aircraft and engine repair and maintenance services; flight simulation services; and airport ground services, as well as sells duty free goods in the flight. In addition, it offers financial services, as well as property management services. As of December 31, 2008, China Southern Airlines operated a fleet of 348 aircrafts, consisting primarily of Boeing, Airbus, and McDonnell Douglas series; and had a network reaching 905 destinations connecting 169 countries and regions, and cities worldwide. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China. China Southern Airlines Company Limited operates as a subsidiary of China Southern Air Holding Company.

A pioneering European discount airline, Ryanair Holdings offers low-fare, no-frills air transportation via its main subsidiary, Ryanair. The carrier flies to about 150 destinations, including more than two dozen in Ireland and the UK; overall, it serves more than 25 countries throughout Europe, plus Morocco. Ryanair specializes in short-haul routes between secondary and regional airports. It operates from more than 35 bases, including airports in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden, as well as in Ireland and the UK. The carrier maintains a fleet of about 200 Boeing 737-800s. Throughout 2008 and early 2009, Ryanair launched several unsuccessful bids to acquire rival Irish airline Aer Lingus.

A European (Leonardo da Vinci) sketched the first helicopter more than 500 years ago. Nowadays, Eurocopter -- a subsidiary of European Aeronautic, Defense and Space Company (EADS) -- builds a range of military and civilian helicopters that are anything but sketchy. Europe's largest helicopter maker, Eurocopter makes a full range of civilian and military helicopters and offers helicopter repair, maintenance, and overhaul services. Civilian models include the Colibri, the Ecureuil, the Dauphin, and the Super Puma; military models include the Tiger, Panther, Cougar, and NH90. Eurocopter was formed by the 1992 merger of the helicopter operations of Daimler Aerospace and Aerospatiale Matra.

Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company (NYSE:UTX), is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, industrial gas turbines and space propulsion systems. Pratt & Whitney reported an operating profit of $2.12 billion in 2008 on revenues of $12.97 billion. The company’s 38,577 employees support more than 9,000 customers in 180 countries around the world.Pratt & Whitney was founded in Hartford, Conn., in 1925 by Frederick Rentschler. Pratt & Whitney’s first aircraft engine was the 410-horsepower, air­cooled Wasp, which delivered unprecedented performance and reliability for the time and transformed the aviation industry. Pratt & Whitney has been leading change ever since.Pratt & Whitney builds engines for front line fighters, like the F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, as well as the C-17 Globemaster III military transport.Pratt & Whitney Canada has produced more than 60,000 engines which power corporate jets, regional aircraft and helicopters around the globe.Pratt & Whitney’s large commercial engines power more than 30 percent of the world’s passenger aircraft fleet. The company continues to develop new engines and work with its partners in International Aero Engines and the Engine Alliance to meet airline customers’ future needs. Pratt & Whitney’s broad portfolio of businesses includes industrial gas turbines that light cities and power ships. Our PureCycle power system converts heat from geothermal resources, oil and gas wells and other sources into clean electricity.Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has been the power behind over 1,600 launches and has been a key engine provider to the U. S. space program since its inception. That service continues today with the Space Shuttle Main Engines and the engines for the current Delta and Atlas launch vehicles. The U.S. return to the moon and innovative missile defense products will also be powered by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne engines.Pratt & Whitney is developing game changing technologies for the future, such as the PurePowerTM PW1000G engine, with patented Geared TurbofanTM technology, for next generation of passenger aircraft and hypersonic propulsion systems for aircraft that will travel more than six times the speed of sound. Through Global Service Partners, Pratt & Whitney is also developing innovative new services that will delight customers around the globe. Pratt & Whitney Global Material Solutions is the first OEM to re-engineer, certify and manufacture both gas-path and life-limited parts for the CFM56-3 engine.

Roxel UK makes rocket motors, propulsion units, gas generators, and related products used in tactical and cruise missiles, artillery rockets, guided bombs, and decoy systems, among others. Roxel UK also offers propulsion systems design, safety and hazard analysis, and training and support services. In addition, the company operates a variety of facilities for testing its products. Roxel UK was established in 2003 following the merging of Royal Ordnance Rocket Motors of the UK and CELERG of France.

Mesa Air Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides scheduled passenger and airfreight services. The company carries passengers, as well as freight and express packages on its passenger flights. It also has interlined small cargo freight agreements with various other carriers. In addition, the company contracts with the U.S. Postal Service for carriage of mail to the cities it serves. Further, it occasionally operates charter flights. As of September 30, 2008, the company operated a fleet of 159 aircraft with approximately 800 daily departures to 124 cities in the United states, the District of Columbia, Canada, and Mexico. Mesa Air Group was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

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.

General Electric is the world's largest maker of jet engines, so if you've ever been to an airport, you've doubtless heard the whine of GE jet engines. Keeping all those engines functioning is the task of GE Engine Services. The company provides engine maintenance, repair, overhaul services, and technology upgrades, as well as engine exchange. It supplies customers with new and used engine parts; leases engines and provides financing for engine customers; and inspects, analyzes, and diagnoses engines. Not only does it work on its own engines, but it also works on its competitors' engines, including those made by Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney.

The Allied Defense Group, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of ammunition and ammunition related products. Its products include 90mm ammunition, 105mm tank ammunition, 120mm tank ammunition, mortar ammunition, grenades, and other ammunitions. The company also purchases and resells ammunition and ammunition related products manufactured by others, as well as provides system integration and consulting services. It sells its products to the defense departments of governments and prime contractors, as well as end users, independent distributors, and resellers worldwide. The company was formerly Allied Research Corporation changed its name to The Allied Defense Group, Inc. in 2003. The Allied Defense Group was founded in 1961 and is based in Vienna, Virginia.

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.

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