When you fly to the Twin Cities, you'll most likely fly into a facility operated by the Metropolitan Airports Commission. The agency operates Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), along with six smaller, reliever airports in the Twin Cities area. The smaller airports handle general aviation traffic and support military aircraft operations, thus reducing potential congestion at MSP. The Metropolitan Airports Commission is considering other non-aeronautical uses for areas of the reliever airports such as business or commercial land development. The agency was created in 1943 by the Minnesota Legislature.

National flagship airline Air India transports passengers throughout India and around the world. Affiliate Air India Express operates as a low-fare carrier, mainly between India and destinations in the Middle East, and Air India Cargo provides freight transportation. Air India took its current form in 2007, when the government of India combined the company with another state-controlled carrier, Indian Airlines, which focused on domestic routes. The combined entity, owned by holding company National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL), uses the Air India brand. Overall, Air India and its affiliates have a fleet of about 150 aircraft.

Weston EU limited makes machined components for aerospace, automotive, and power generation customers, and provides program management and supply chain services. Aerospace products include compressor blades, airframe components, seating structure components, and wing components and assemblies. Power generation components include turbine vanes and blades, while automotive components include diesel injection components. On the services side, Weston provides project management, supply chain, and assembly services.

EDAC Technologies Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides design, manufacture, and service meeting the precision requirements of customers for jet engine components, tooling, fixtures, molds, and machine spindles. The company offers the Precision Aerospace product line, which includes low pressure turbine cases, hubs, rings, disks, and other tolerance components for various aircraft engine and ground turbine manufacturers. It also provides precision assembly services comprising the assembly of jet engine sync rings, aircraft welding and riveting, post-assembly machining, and sutton barrel finishing, as well as engages in precision machining for the maintenance and repair of selected components in the aircraft engine industry. In addition, it offers the Apex Machine Tool product line that consists of fixtures, precision gauges, close tolerance plastic injection molds, and precision component molds for composite parts and specialized machinery. Further, the company provides the Gros-Ite Spindles product line that includes various precision rolling element bearing spindles comprising hydrostatic and other precision rotary devices. It offers this product line for machine tool manufacturers, special machine tool builders and integrators, industrial end-users, and powertrain machinery manufacturers and end-users. EDAC Technologies Corporation has operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in 1946 and is based in Farmington, Connecticut.

Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) is the flag carrier of Ethiopia. During the past sixty plus years, Ethiopian has become one of the continent’s leading carriers, unrivalled in Africa for efficiency and operational success, turning profits for almost all the years of its existence. Operating at the forefront of technology, it has also become one of Ethiopia’s major industries and a veritable institution in Africa. It commands a lion’s share of the pan African network including the only daily east-west flight across the continent. Ethiopian serves 53 international destinations with 157 weekly international departures from Addis Ababa and a total of 410 weekly international departures worldwide. Further more, it is working diligently to make the Ethiopian Aviation Academy the leading aviation academy in Africa. Ethiopian is one of the airlines, in the world, operating the newest and youngest fleets.

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.

Volvo Aero Services' customers are aviation, not automotive, and they are extremely focused on safety. The company, a subsidiary of Volvo Aero Corporation (itself a subsidiary of Sweden's AB Volvo), provides aftermarket services for US aviation customers from locations in Seattle and Boca Raton, Florida. Services include the sale of engines, engine parts, airframe components, and gas turbine parts; the leasing and exchange of parts and engines; and inventory management programs. Volvo Aero Services is the exclusive distributor of surplus spare parts for Boeing.

Volvo Aero Corporation company makes military fighter aircraft engines, military and commercial jet engine components, and space propulsion system components. Volvo Aero produces complete engines for Sweden's Gripen and Viggen fighters as well as military and commercial engine parts such as fan cases, shafts, compressor rotors, and turbine cases. Lastly, for applications that demand maximum thrust, the company makes rocket turbines and motor components such as combustion chambers and valves. Volvo Aero also offers engine maintenance, leasing, and parts distribution services.

Airlines hire Air Serv to provide the ground-based services that help passengers and cargo take to the skies. The company's offerings include cargo handling, ground transportation, passenger services (such as baggage handling and ticket verification), and ramp services. Air Serv operates at about 20 airports throughout the US; the company also does business in the UK. Customers have included Delta Air Lines, FedEx, and UAL's United Airlines. Air Serv was established in 2002 by chairman Frank Argenbright, who previously had founded Argenbright Security.

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