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.

Esterline Corporation is a specialized manufacturing company serving principally aerospace and defense markets. Approximately 80% of total revenues are generated from aerospace/defense markets. The remaining 20% is from the application of these technologies into industrial markets. Esterline management views the company’s businesses in three segments related to its set of core competencies: Avionics & Controls, Sensors & Systems, and Advanced Materials. Operations within the Avionics & Controls segment focus on technology interface systems for commercial and military aircraft and similar devices for land- and sea-based military vehicles, secure communications systems, specialized medical equipment, and other high-end industrial applications. The Sensors & Systems segment includes operations that produce high-precision temperature and pressure sensors, fluid and motion control components, and other related systems principally for aerospace and defense customers. Advanced Materials focuses on process related technologies including high-performance elastomer products used for a wide range of military and commercial aerospace purposes and combustible ordnance and electronic warfare countermeasure products. Our business focus is to help our customers achieve greater productivity, higher precision, and better overall performance. More simply put: Esterline helps its customers compete with maximum effectiveness.

The company exited its former lines of business, which consisted of title insurance, venture capital investments, and real estate. In 1999 Firstmark sold flagship subsidiary Southern Title Insurance and related operations to Old Guard Group. Seeking to buy or merge with unaffiliated businesses, it purchased Tecstar ElectroSystems (now Firstmark Aerospace), a maker of flight control parts and equipment used by military and commercial aircraft, and in 2006 Aircraft Belts, which makes and repairs safety belts, hardware, and systems for aircraft and medical applications.

Meggitt USA handles stateside business for UK defense contractor and parent company Meggitt PLC. Meggitt's segments include Aerospace, Defense, and Sensing systems. Products for these segments include flight displays and avionics instruments, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aerospace fire detection systems, vibration sensors, braking systems, ducting and sealing products, fans, pumps, and weapons control, targetry, and scoring systems. Meggitt also makes automotive climate control systems. The company sells to the aerospace, automotive, civil aviation, engineering, electronics, law enforcement, medical, and oil industries. North America accounts for more than half of Meggitt PLC's sales.

Prescott Aerospace, Inc. is a build-to-print job shop/machine shop specializing in close tolerance CNC machining. We have been in business for over 25 years, supporting the military aircraft, military ordinance, and commercial helicopter industries. Our mission is to meet or exceed our customer's expectations in terms of performance, value, and quality. Every member of our team is committed to creating this value for our customers. A third of our employees have been with the company for more than 10 years, with 7 years being the average time in service. We believe that our professionalism, integrity, experience, and commitment to staying on the cutting edge of technology allow us to continually accomplish our mission.Prescott Aerospace strives to maintain quality and delivery ratings higher than 99%. We do this by solving problems up front with a strong contract review process. We pride ourselves on our ability to meet our commitments and communicate with our customers. This has led to long-term partnerships with our customers and relationships built on trust. We also provide manufacturing engineering evaluation, inventory management, and long-term pricing structures for our larger customers.Our facilities consist of a 45,000 square foot climate controlled building designed to support lean manufacturing and provide our employees with a clean, comfortable, and safe working environment. Our manufacturing software is 100% integrated and allows us to monitor the status of every open sales order and job in real time. Our Quality system is AS9100 Third Party Registered and provides a foundation for building quality into our parts and processes. We are experienced in machining aluminum, alloy steel, stainless steel, and titanium. We are also experienced in managing our supply chain for materials and special processing.

PrimeFlight Aviation Services has a heritage of leadership, relationships in airports across the country, and a reputation for success. PrimeFlight provides major air carriers and airports with the facility and security services management necessary for the safe and reliable operation of their planes and the comfort and enjoyment of their passengers. The high quality of work provided and customer service focus found in all SMS Holdings companies are a formula for success.

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.

The company works for the US Department of Defense as a prime contractor and as a subcontractor. Its offerings fall into two main buckets: engineering, scientific, and technical services (systems and software engineering, modeling and simulation, training and weapons systems development, information technology design and services); and management and operations support services (building and grounds maintenance, logistics support, management consulting).

To be sentient is to be aware, and to be Sentient is to be aware of a market niche in private jet transportation. Unlike charter jet users, Sentient customers pay a membership fee in advance for guaranteed access to aircraft. But as opposed to fractional jet ownership, where customers buy a portion of a jet and then pay for flight expenses, Sentient member-customers pay for flight time only. Customers choose types of jets (light, midsize, heavy) rather than individual aircraft. The jets are flown by independent operators. Sentient is a unit of Sentient Jet Holdings, which in mid-2008 announced it was selling the company to an affiliate of Macquarie Group.

The weather report you watched on your satellite TV system -- and the weather data that the report was based on -- might both have come to you courtesy of Space Systems/Loral satellites. The company designs and manufactures weather and communications satellites, subsystems, and payloads. The primary subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications, Space Systems/Loral makes satellites for applications that include broadcast and cable programming, direct-to-home TV, broadband digital communications, environmental and meteorological monitoring, air traffic control, and defense communications.

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