Air T, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides overnight air cargo, ground equipment sales, and ground support services. Its Overnight Air Cargo segment offers small package overnight airfreight delivery services on a contract basis to the air express delivery services industry. The company's Ground Equipment Sales segment manufactures, sells, and services aircraft ground support and other specialized equipment products, including aircraft deicers, scissor type lifts, military and civilian decontamination units, and other specialized types of equipment.This segment offers its products to domestic and international passenger and cargo airlines, ground handling companies, the United States Air Force and Navy, airports, and industrial customers. Its Ground Support Services segment provides ground support equipment maintenance and facilities maintenance services to domestic airlines and aviation service providers. As of March 31, 2009, the company operated 82 cargo aircrafts under dry-lease service contracts in the United States and the Caribbean. Air T, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Maiden, North Carolina.

Air China provides domestic and international passenger and cargo transportation. From hubs in Beijing, Chengdu, and Shanghai, the carrier serves about 130 destinations -- mainly in China but also in more than 25 other countries -- with a fleet of about 230 aircraft. Air China extends its offerings as a member of the Star Alliance, a global marketing and code-sharing partnership led by United Airlines and Lufthansa. (Code-sharing allows airlines to sell tickets on one another's flights.) The Chinese government, through China National Aviation Holding Company (CNAHC), controls Air China.

Filtration Development Company, which does business as FDC/aerofilter, can't do much about the kicking-up-dust part, but the company does make filters that keep helicopter turbine engines from getting clogged and damaged, thus lowering maintenance and repair costs and decreasing downtime. The company's systems are used on Bell, Eurocopter, and Sikorsky models.

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides aircraft and outsourced aircraft operating solutions to the air freight industry. It operates in four segments: Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance (ACMI); Scheduled Service; Air Mobility Command (AMC) Charter; and Commercial Charter. The ACMI segment offers aircraft that is crewed, maintained, and insured by the company for lease. The Scheduled Service segment provides scheduled air cargo services to international freight forwarders and agents. This segment also operates airport-to-airport routes on a specific schedule. The AMC Charter segment provides full planeload charter flights to the U.S. military. The Commercial Charter segment provides planeload of capacity charter services to charter brokers, freight forwarders, direct shippers, and airlines. The company’s customers include airlines, freight forwarders, the U.S. military, and charter brokers. It operates in Asia, the Middle-East, Australia, Europe, South America, Africa, and North America. As of December 31, 2007, the company operated a fleet of 37 Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings was founded in 1992 and is based in Purchase, New York.

Midcoast Aviation provides aircraft maintenance and FBO (fixed-base operation) services, including modification, ground handling, fueling, catering, and passenger services to corporate aircraft operators. The company works on a variety of popular business jets, including Dassault Falcon, Gulfstream, and Learjet models. The company offers maintenance services at its facilities in Missouri (Lambert-St. Louis International Airport) and provides maintenance and FBO services in nearby Cahokia, Illinois (St. Louis Downtown Airport). Midcoast Aviation is a subsidiary of Jet Aviation, which bought the company from Sabreliner in 2006. Jet Aviation was acquired in 2008 by General Dynamics.

Gulf Air helps travelers from around the world find their way to the Persian Gulf, or, more precisely, to Bahrain. From its hub at Bahrain International Airport in Manama, the carrier serves more than 40 cities in more than 30 countries worldwide with a fleet of about 30 jet aircraft, mostly Airbus A320s and A330s. It serves additional destinations via code-sharing, a common industry practice in which carriers sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks. An affiliate provides air cargo transportation services. Gulf Air, which is owned by the government of Bahrain, began operations in 1950.

Hawker Pacific Aerospace's history began in 1912 with Harry Hawker asking Thomas Sopwith for flying lessons. Within a few years Hawker became one of the best pilots of his time. He was Sopwith's top test pilot.After World War I the government canceled all orders with Sopwith leaving him in financial ruins. Hawker and a group of people took over all of Sopwith's patent rights, forming Hawker Engineering. In 1921 Harry Hawker died from injuries obtained from a airplane crash. After Hawker's death Thomas Sopwith became Chairman of Hawker Engineering.Within a short time Hawker Engineering had taken over many other companies related to Aviation. In 1933, Hawker Engineering became Hawker Aircraft Ltd., and shortly after that became Hawker Siddeley Company. In 1934, Hawker Aircraft was given the contract to build an aircraft for the RAF. This aircraft became one England's strongest weapons against Germany, the Hurricane. Hawker Siddeley went on to produce many other aircraft for the war effort.

GIAT Industries is a state-owned tank and weapons systems manufacturer that dates back to the reign of Louis XIV. Modern offerings from the company (which sells to armed forces in France and about 100 other countries) include the Leclerc main battle tank, wheeled armored infantry fighting vehicles (VBCI), mine-clearing vehicles, Caesar artillery systems, helicopter cannons, tank and medium-caliber ammunition, and tank and armored vehicle battle management systems. Post-sale, GIAT provides engineering support, training, technical documentation, test equipment, maintenance, and modernization services. The company does business as Nexter Group.

Operating near the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts of the US, and at points in between, Atlantic Aviation FBO is a leading provider of fixed-base operations (FBO) services for the general aviation community. Its offerings include fueling and aircraft storage, as well as ground transportation, catering, and de-icing. Fuel sales and related services account for most of the company's revenue. Atlantic Aviation maintains a network of about 70 FBO facilities at more than 65 airports throughout the US, plus one heliport. The company is a subsidiary of Macquarie Infrastructure Company.

One of the world’s 30 busiest airports, SFO is committed to setting the standard for our industry. This includes being a leader in safety and security, customer service and satisfaction, community relations, environmental commitment, quality of facilities, and financial and economic vitality. SFO was the first major U.S. airport to achieve 100 percent fully automated and integrated baggage screening. Today, efficient operations ensure our passenger screening wait times are among the shortest in the nation.

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