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.

South African Airways (SAA) transports passengers and cargo to and from about 35 cities in some 25 countries. SAA operates a fleet of about 50 jets, consisting of both Airbus and Boeing models, from its hub in Johannesburg. The company is a member of the Star Alliance network, which includes Lufthansa and United Airlines, and it serves as South Africa's primary international airline. Its offerings are supplemented by affiliates South African Express, which provides regional service, and SA Airlink, which operates as a feeder carrier. Subsidiary SAA Technical provides maintenance services to other airlines. The government of South Africa owns SAA, which began operations in 1934.

FLIR Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets thermal imaging and infrared camera systems in the United States and internationally. It operates in three divisions: Thermography, Commercial Vision Systems, and Government Systems. The Thermography division manufactures hand-held thermal imaging systems that detect and measure minute temperature differences, which are used in various industrial and commercial applications, including high-end predictive and preventative maintenance, research and development, test and measurement, leak detection, scientific analysis, manufacturing process control, and building inspection. It serves research and development facilities, universities, industrial companies, utility companies, building inspectors, electrical contractors, thermography consultants, damage restoration contractors, and various commercial enterprises. The Commercial Vision Systems division provides infrared detectors, camera cores, readout integrated circuits, and other sub-components to original equipment manufacturers in automotive night vision, recreational marine, firefighting, airborne law enforcement, and commercial security markets. It also serves automotive suppliers, aircraft manufacturers and dealers, marine electronics dealers, integrators of security systems, and news gathering agencies. The Government Systems division offers hand-held and fixed mounted products for force protection, counter terrorism, search and rescue, perimeter security, navigation safety, law enforcement, narcotics detection, maritime and border patrol, and anti-piracy applications. It serves domestic and foreign government agencies, including military, paramilitary, and police forces. FLIR Systems offers its products through direct sales personnel, and a network of independent representatives and distributors. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon.

ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. owns strategic investments in the air transportation industry, and operates various divisions to leverage the assets of its subsidiaries, including ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. and ExpressJet Services, LLC. ExpressJet Airlines serves 128 scheduled destinations in North America and the Caribbean with approximately 1,050 departures per day. The companys operations include a capacity purchase agreement for Continental Airlines, Inc. (Continental); providing clients with customized 41-seat and 50-seat charter options (www.expressjet.com/charter); and supplying third-party aviation and ground handling services. As of March 31, 2009, it operated 244 aircraft comprising 214 aircraft for Continental under the capacity purchase agreement, and 30 aircraft for corporate aviation under long-term charter agreements and ad-hoc charter arrangements. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Cirrus Design enables its customers to reach the clouds, be they cirrus, cumulus, or stratus. The company, also known as Cirrus Aircraft, manufactures the SRV, SR20-G2, SR22, SR22-Turbo, and SR22-Turbo GTS single-engine, four-seater, piston-powered aircraft. Cirrus planes are made primarily of composite materials rather than aluminum; the company believes composites allow for an aerodynamically superior design. All Cirrus models come with parachutes that will lower the aircraft to the ground in case of emergency. The company was founded in 1984 by chairman Alan Klapmeier and his brother, Dale. Arcapita, the Bahrain-based investment firm, owns 58% of Cirrus Design.

EL AL Israel Airlines, the nation's leading carrier, flies between its suburban Tel Aviv hub and more than 40 destinations in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and South Africa. (It serves some markets through code-sharing agreements, which allow carriers to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks; code-sharing partners include American Airlines.) EL AL operates a fleet of about 35 Boeing aircraft, including four freighters. The company is known as a world leader in airline safety and security measures, such as antimissile systems on aircraft. Israel-based tour operator Knafaim Holdings owns a controlling stake in EL AL. The carrier, originally state-owned, began operations in 1948.

Icelandair Group, listed on the NASDAQ OMX Iceland as ICEAIR, is a holding company with 12 independent subsidiaries focused on the airline and tourism sectors. The Group has two main business areas, Scheduled Airline and Tourism and Capacity Solutions. Iceland is the focus of Scheduled Airline and Tourism, with the international airline Icelandair, Icelandair Ground Services (IGS) Icelandair Cargo, Iceland Travel, Air Iceland and Icelandair Hotels. Capacity Solutions offer broad worldwide aviation services with Loftleidir Icelandic, Travel Service, SmartLynx, Bluebird Cargo, and Icelease. The Group's financial services are handled by Fjarvakur.Icelandair Group owns and operates profitable and dynamic travel and transport companies delivering safe, reliable and convenient services. We create value for our customers, employees and shareholders by focusing on customer needs, efficient service delivery and unique and superior value propositions. We invest in strong, profitable travel and transport companies with high potential for growth and future value creation.

SR Technics provides technical solutions for airlines worldwide. Our services are provided either directly to the airline or through other parties such as aircraft leasing companies, OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) or component trading companies.We fully support Airbus and Boeing aircraft We offer services for most Airbus and Boeing aircraft and their associated engines and components. We are one of the largest independent providers of these services in the world. Our independence ensures that every customer receives the same high-quality service and treatment under one SR Technics service umbrella. After all, no airline wants to take second place to the parent airline of a group that also offers third-party services.SR Technics has shaped its capabilities to fit a growing worldwide trend among airlines: to have some or all of their aircraft, engine or component maintenance services bundled together in tailor-made packages, provided by experienced partners. To address this trend, we have established our global solutions offering. It allows our customers to entrust the technical management of their fleet to their maintenance partner - and to concentrate on their core business.

Honeywell Aerospace is a leading global provider of integrated avionics, engines, systems and service solutions for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, business and general aviation, military, space and airport operations.Our primary focus is to enhance customer value by making flight safer, more reliable and more cost-effective through our unique capabilities in sophisticated avionics, flight safety products and systems, propulsion engines, auxiliary power units and wheels and brakes and our strong aftermarket service and support. We are committed to redefining customer- supplier relationships across a broad array of core competencies, including power, guidance, navigation, safety, communication and services - all through a spirit of partnership.Our aerospace products can be found on virtually every type of aircraft in use, in nearly every region of the world. In the air and on the ground, Honeywell systems and components reflect cutting-edge technology incorporated from our product development efforts. These efforts contribute to Honeywell's unequaled variety of products and services, which in turn lead to greater customer satisfaction.

SAIC, Inc. provides scientific, engineering, systems integration, and technical services and solutions to various branches of the U.S. military, agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. government civil agencies, state and local government agencies, foreign governments, and customers in select commercial markets. The company's Government segment provides a range of technical services and solutions in the areas of defense, intelligence, homeland security, logistics and product support, systems engineering and integration, and research and development of technologies with applications in areas, such as national security, intelligence, and life sciences.SAIC’s Commercial segment provides various information technology (IT) systems integration and technical services, including applications and IT infrastructure management, data lifecycle management, and business transformation services to industries, such as oil and gas, utilities, and life sciences worldwide. It has a strategic alliance with BPL Global, Ltd. to pursue business development opportunities in the smart grid sector. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

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