Barnes Aerospace provides superior manufacturing solutions and comprehensive component overhaul and repair services to the world's major turbine manufacturers, commercial airlines and the military. We set the industry standard, providing highly engineered machined and fabricated components and assemblies for aircraft engines and airframe manufacturers and land-based industrial gas turbines. Working to AS 9100 standards, we deliver the highest quality and most cost-effective solutions to our customers using high temperature titanium, inconel, hastelloy, stainless steel and nickel alloy materials.

Northstar Aerospace Inc. (“Northstar”) is a leading independent manufacturer of components and assemblies to the global aerospace industry. Principal products include gears and transmissions, accessory gearbox assemblies, rotorcraft drive systems and other machined and fabricated parts for helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. In addition, Northstar provides maintenance and repair and overhaul (MRO) on these same platforms. Northstar is a publicly traded company (TSX:NAS) with operating subsidiaries in Canada and the United States. The Company’s corporate office is located in Bedford Park, Illinois, near Chicago.

Jet Aviation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was founded in Switzerland in 1967 and is one of the leading business aviation services companies in the world. Close to 5,700 employees cater to client needs from over 25 airport facilities throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North and South America. The company provides maintenance, completions and refurbishment, engineering, fixed base operations, along with aircraft management, charter services, aircraft sales and personnel services. Jet Aviation's European and U.S. aircraft management and charter divisions jointly operate a fleet of more than 200 aircraft.

AAR provides a wide range of products and value-added services for the aviation/aerospace industry. Using a “close-to-the-customer” business model, AAR serves airline and defense customers through four operating segments: 1) Aviation Supply Chain 2) Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul 3) Structures and Systems 4) Aircraft Sales & Leasing Headquartered in Wood Dale, Illinois, a suburb near O’Hare International Airport, AAR employs over 6,000 people at more than 60 locations around the world. AAR has more than half a century of experience helping commercial and government customers achieve their goals while controlling costs. Our commitment to quality, safety, customer satisfaction and airworthiness serves as the cornerstone of our business.

A member of the royal family of European airlines, British Airways (BA) serves about 150 destinations in some 75 countries from hubs at London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports. The carrier operates a fleet of more than 240 aircraft, consisting mainly of Airbus and Boeing jets. BA extends its network to more than 500 destinations via code-sharing relationships, chiefly with AMR's American Airlines and other members of the Oneworld global marketing alliance, such as Iberia and Qantas. Among Europe's flag carriers, BA is outranked only by the combined Air France-KLM and by Lufthansa. Since mid-2008, BA has been engaged in merger talks with Iberia, Spain's #1 airline.

Life is a cabaret for Air Berlin. The low-fare carrier, which ranks behind only Lufthansa among German airlines, transports passengers to about 20 cities in its home country, plus about 115 destinations elsewhere in Europe and in northern Africa. Air Berlin also has code-sharing agreements with Russia's S7 Airlines, China's Hainan Airlines, and Austria's NIKI to fly to Moscow, Beijing, and Vienna. (Code-sharing allows airlines to sell tickets on each other's flights and offer more destinations.) Europe's third-largest airline operates a fleet of more than 135 aircraft, mainly Boeing 737s and Airbus A320s, from hubs in Berlin, D?orf, and the Spanish island of Majorca.

World Airways, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Aviation Holdings, Inc., is a U.S. certificated air carrier established in 1948. For 60 years, World Airways has been a global provider of long-range passenger and cargo air transportation services to the U.S. Air Force, major international airlines and freight forwarders, international leisure tour operators and cruise ship companies.The company operates wide-body, long-range aircraft (MD-11s, DC-10s and Boeing 747s) under two types of fixed-rate contracts - ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance) and Full Service. Under both types of contracts, the customer bears the responsibility for filling the aircraft's passenger and cargo capacity. Many of World's airline customers have determined that outsourcing a portion of their wide-body passenger or cargo requirements can be cost-effective, offering significant operational and financial flexibility.

Swiss International Air Lines hopes to plot a course to prosperity under the wing of Deutsche Lufthansa. The carrier, known as SWISS, serves about 75 destinations in some 40 countries from its hub in Zurich and from airports in Basel and Geneva; it operates a fleet of more than 75 aircraft. SWISS was acquired by German airline giant Lufthansa in 2007, and the carriers' flight operations are being coordinated. As part of the Lufthansa deal, SWISS has joined its parent in the Star Alliance, an international code-sharing and marketing partnership that also includes carriers such as UAL's United Airlines. (Code-sharing allows airlines to extend their networks by selling tickets on one another's flights.)

River Hawk Aviation, Inc. operates as an aviation products and services company. It offers aircraft charter, lease and management, and fixed base operations and maintenance services. The company’s services include refueling services, full service maintenance team and parts supply, pilot recruitment and placement, de-ice capabilities, office and shop space, crew internet access, escorted ramp access, arrangement of ground transportation for guests and crew, and pilot training school, as well as aircraft storage, hangar, and ramp space services. It also sells aircrafts, aviation products, technology and aviation related consulting services, marketing, and appraisals to the aviation community. River Hawk Aviation offers its products and services to commercial airline and charter companies, government contractors, and original equipment manufacturers.

Arianespace is tops in space launches. Arianespace, the world's leading satellite launch company, is a private European commercial space consortium that has launched more than 260 satellites using its Ariane launch vehicles. Satellite operators and telecom customers that use Arianespace services include NASA and AT&T in the US, France Telecom and Inmarsat in Europe, and Singapore Telecom and NTT DoCoMo in Asia. Satellite makers -- including Boeing Satellite Systems, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, and Mitsubishi Electric -- are also among its customers. Arianespace was formed in 1980 and is controlled by about 23 corporations, primarily aerospace firms and government space agencies.

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