Lufthansa Technik's roots go back to the founding of the new Lufthansa in the early fifties. After the four allies dissolved the old Lufthansa in 1951, a successor company was founded just two years later. At that time, at the western end of the Hamburg airport, the foundation was laid for the new airline's technical base. When Deutsche Lufthansa AG began its scheduled flight service on 31 March 1955, the first double hangar, able to accommodate three four-engine propeller-driven Super Constellations, was already standing at the Hamburg base. In 1957 construction of two additional hangars began. The workshop area was expanded. An engine shop with an electroplating facility and an office building were added.On 2 March 1960 the landing of Lufthansa's first Boeing 707 in Hamburg ushered in the jet age. The Frankfurt airport was to become the future homebase of the new long-haul jets. Lufthansa began building a maintenance base at Rhine-Main airport. Frankfurt subsequently became the most important hub in Lufthansa's route network and the center for daily maintenance. In 1962 Lufthansa opened a test stand for jet engines at its maintenance base in Hamburg. It also built the world's first noise-protection hangar there. In the sixties, in addition to its own aircraft, it began servicing those of other customers. The U.S. FAA authorized Lufthansa's engineering division to service the aircraft and engines of American airlines. Even then Lufthansa’s engineers were developing their own repair procedures that attracted airlines from all over the world to Hamburg.

This flying Finn sends passengers and cargo to about 50 international destinations (mainly in Europe and Asia) and about a dozen in Finland. Along with its scheduled service, Finnair operates charter flights to resort destinations in the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, Latin America, the Mediterranean, and Southeast Asia. The carrier operates a diverse fleet of about 65 aircraft from its hub in Helsinki. In addition, Finnair provides travel agency services, catering, package tours, and aircraft maintenance. The Finnish government owns a controlling stake in Finnair, which was founded in 1923.

Whittaker Controls is a market leader in the design and manufacture of a broad range of fluid control devices and systems for both commercial and military aircraft, as well as various industrial applications. Controls has been a leading supplier of these products since its formation in 1942. Controls' products regulate pneumatic (air), hydraulic(fluid) and fuel flows in aircraft systems and are used in virtually all Boeing (including former McDonnell Douglas) and Airbus manufactured commercial aircraft, many regional jet, general aviation and business aircraft, and a wide range of U.S. and foreign military aircraft. In addition, Whittaker valves are used in aircraft turbine engines built by General Electric, Rolls Royce and Pratt & Whitney. The division also manufactures industrial control applications, which include ground fueling devices for airports, valving systems, heat exchangers, and fuel skids for land-based gas turbines, off-shore oil platforms, and petrochemical complexes.Controls is recognized by its customers for its ability to respond to tight turnaround schedules. Turnaround time is enhanced by strong in-house engineering skills and proprietary in-house testing facilities, discussed further below. In both the aerospace and industrial product areas, individual products are customized to suit specific applications, providing optimum capability and performance at a very competitive cost. Controls also provides full system integration support. All products (i.e. each individual unit) are fully tested on-site, in customized facilities which have been developed by Whittaker, to demonstrate performance and guarantee compliance with all certification requirements. Controls maintains a close working relationship with key customers such as General Electric, Boeing and various major airlines. These longstanding relationships, combined with a global marketing effort and a distinguished 63-year history in the aerospace valves market, provide strong support for Controls' continuing success.

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., a regional airline company, operates as an independent carrier in the United States. The company also operates as a code share partner, through agreements with United Air Lines, Inc. and Frontier Airlines, Inc. It offers charter services to private individuals, corporations, and athletic teams, as well as carries freight and small packages on its scheduled flights. The company also provides essential air service program services to airports in Vernal and Moab, Utah; Manhattan and Salina, Kansas; Cape Girardeau and Joplin, Missouri; McCook, Nebraska; Ironwood and Manistee, Michigan; Lewistown, Sidney, and Miles City, Montana; Ely, Nevada; Prescott, Arizona; and Merced and Visalia, California. Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. serves 65 airports in 17 states with a fleet of 28 Beechcraft Model 1900D 19-passenger aircraft and 6 Embraer Brasilia Model 120 30-passenger aircraft. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS) lets you down easy with its rocket-deployed emergency recovery parachute system, which has been credited with saving over 200 lives. BRS is unique in its fabrication of whole-aircraft canopies designed to bring recreational, general and light sport aircraft, including the Cessna 172/182 and Cirrus SR20/SR22, safely to the ground. BRS is partnered with CIMSA Ingenieria de Sistemas (Spain) to expand its share in civil and military markets worldwide. Wholly owned subsidiary Advanced Tactical Fabrication (ATF) produces personal safety equipment, such as high-visibility apparel, components, trims, and emergency lighting systems under the Head Lites brand.

Marquis Jet, through an alliance with fractional jet ownership company NetJets, offers short-term use of private jets for both businesses and individuals. The compays buys shares in NetJets planes, then sells access to customers in blocks of flight time. For a single payment, customers receive a Marquis Jet Card entitling them to 25 hours in the air. Marquis Jet offers a choice of about 10 aircraft models from the NetJets fleet; services are available in the US and in Europe. CEO Kenny Dichter and vice chairman Jesse Itzler founded Marquis Jet in 2001.

Eurockot Launch Services GmbH provides commercial launch services with the Rockot launch system to operators of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Formed in 1995, the company is located in Bremen, Germany and is owned by EADS Astrium which holds 51 percent and by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, Moscow, Russia which holds 49 percent. Eurockot serves an international market and operates from state-of-the-art dedicated launch facilities in Plesetsk Cosmodrome, northern Russia.Rockot is a fully operational system; all the major launch services capabilities offered by Eurockot have now been demonstrated in previous Eurockot missions. This includes all the aspects of the incoming transportation logistics of the spacecraft importation, launch campaigns with sophisticated spacecraft, different types of payload adapters and dispensers with separation systems from Russia and the west, different types of trajectories such as polar and sun-synchronous orbits, multiple re-start capability of the upper stage for plane changes and orbit raising, injection of spacecraft into different orbits in one mission and more.

Eurofly was created nineteen years ago. Since 1989 it has come a long way, making many changes in its management and its fleet, which is on average less than 4 years old, continually searching for ways to better satisfy its customers', passengers', tour operators' and travel agencies' needs. Eurofly wish to offer the best welcome possible, striving on every occasion to offer services that are increasingly personalized, intelligently flexible and in line with Eurofly passengers needs.

The companies of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems with subsidiaries in Germany and in foreign countries have a long shipbuilding tradition that in some cases reaches back for centuries. It has distinguished itself with its innovative developments and high technological standards., More than 8,000 employees of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems in Germany, Greece and Sweden as well as in the distribution subsidiaries in the whole world are facing the differing challenges with great commitment. They are all qualified for their respective tasks. This is ensured through various measures for schooling and continued advanced training. Because the clients of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems are entitled to ideal products and services - and "just in time" and "just in budget" at that. Which is why at ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems every project is processed with know-how, experience and full commitment until its successful completion to the satisfaction of the client. Striking a reasonable balance between economy and ecology is a challenge all industrial activities are facing today.

ELDEC is El Great for its parent Crane Aerospace & Electronics . The company makes electronic and electromechanical products for defense and aerospace applications. Its products are used in commercial and military aircraft's flight control, landing, power, and other systems. ELDEC's makes position indication and control systems, battery chargers, power supplies, battery charging systems, and fuel flow systems. It has production facilities in Seattle and in Daventry, England (as subsidiary ELDEC Electronics), and Bron, France. Founded in 1957, ELDEC is part of both the aerospace business segment and the electronics group of Crane Co.

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