Avro finds folks charter flights to their preferred destination. Visitors to the company's Web site can search for charter flights by destination, price, or special offers. The company also arranges car rentals, hotel accommodations, travel insurance, and airport parking. Avro, which caters to travel agents and others in the travel business, sells more than one million charter seats a year. Avro is part of the Monarch Travel Group, which includes Monarch Airlines.

BAE Systems takes care of business in North America for parent BAE SYSTEMS plc -- the largest foreign player in the US defense market. Operations include the design, manufacture, and maintenance of military aircraft, submarines, surface ships, avionics, radar, electronics, and weapons systems. BAE Systems also provides IT services. Taken alone, BAE Systems employs some 43,000 people in the US (with another 10,000 overseas), has operations in 38 states and five other countries, and is a top five supplier to the US Department of Defense (DoD). The company has a special security agreement with the Pentagon that ensures control of sensitive technology.

The company specializes in repairing and maintaining jet engines and components. The company specializes on a single family of engine model, Pratt & Whitney's JT8D. In fact, it maintains some $20 million worth of JT8D parts on hand in order to guarantee availability. In addition to performing heavy maintenance, Aerothrust leases and sells engines. Customers of AeroThrust include commercial airlines and military contractors. Investment firm Windstar Capital, an aerospace industry specialist, owns AeroThrust.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey bridges the sometimes-troubled waters between the two states and helps with many of the region's other transportation needs. The bi-state agency operates and maintains airports, tunnels, bridges, a commuter rail system, shipping terminals, and other facilities (such as the World Trade Center complex) within the Port District, an area surrounding the Statue of Liberty. A self-supporting public agency, the Port Authority receives no state or local tax money. It relies on tolls, fees, and rents. Airport operations account for the majority of the its revenue. The two governors each appoint six of the 12 members of the agency's board and review the board's decisions.

GKN Aerospace Chem-tronics fabricates components (such as doors, ducts, enclosures, exhaust nozzles, keels, and bulkheads) for commercial, military aircraft, and spacecraft. The company, a subsidiary of GKN, specializes in lightweight chemically-milled titanium and aluminum alloy parts for engines, airframe structures, and launch vehicles. GKN Aerospace Chem-tronics makes components for Aerojet, Allison, Boeing, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Pratt & Whitney, Rocketdyne, Rolls-Royce, and other aerospace companies. Additional products include complex welds, cases, modules, pressure vessels, and rings. The company was founded in 1953.

Labinal makes wiring systems and provides engineering services for the aerospace, defense, automotive, and transportation industries. The company, which has operations in France, Germany, Mexico, Morocco, the UK, and the US, operates through four divisions: EuropeWiring, North America Wiring, and Engineering & Technology, and Labinal Services. Labinal's home country accounts for nealy 40% of sales. The company serves primarily civil aircraft customers. Labinal is a subsidiary of Snecma, which was acquired by and absorbed into SAFRAN in 2005.

Honeywell International Inc. operates as a diversified technology and manufacturing company worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Aerospace, Automation and Control Solutions, Specialty Materials, and Transportation Systems. The Aerospace segment provides turbine propulsion engines, auxiliary power units, environmental control systems, electric power systems, engine systems and accessories, avionics systems, aircraft and obstruction lighting systems, inertial sensor systems, control products, space products and subsystems, management and technical services, and landing systems for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, business and general aviation, military, space, and airport operations. The Automation and Control Solutions segment offers environmental and combustion controls; sensing controls; security and life safety products and services; process automation products and solutions; and building solutions and services for homes, buildings, and industrial facilities.The Specialty Materials segment provides resins and chemicals, hydrofluoric acid, fluorocarbons, fluorine specialties, nuclear services, research and fine chemicals, performance chemicals, imaging chemicals, chemical processing sealants, fibers and composites, specialty films, specialty additives, electronic chemicals, catalysts, adsorbents, and specialties for various applications in the refining, petrochemical, automotive, healthcare, agricultural, packaging, refrigeration, appliance, housing, semiconductor, wax, and adhesives segments, as well as offers process technology and equipment for the petrochemical and refining industries. The Transportation Systems segment manufactures charge-air systems; thermal systems; aftermarket filters, spark plugs, electronic components, and car care products; and brake hard parts and other friction materials for passenger cars and commercial vehicles industry. Honeywell International was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Morris Township, New Jersey.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), formerly Israel Aircraft Industries, is flying high as one of Israel's largest companies. IAI makes components, parts, and systems for military and commercial operations worldwide. The state-owned company consists of BEDEK Aviation Group (commercial and military aircraft support), ELTA Systems (defense electronics), Military Aircraft Group (maintenance and manufacture), Commercial Aircraft Group (executive jets, engineering and hydraulics), and Systems Missile and Space Group. Its defense-related products are sold to about 70 countries, while commercial sales include such diverse customers as British Airways, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and United Parcel Service.

General Dynamics Land Systems was formed in 1982 when General Dynamics acquired Chrysler Corporation's defense operations. In March 2003, the assets of GM Defense were purchased by General Dynamics Corporation and combined with Land Systems. Since World War II, Land Systems and its predecessor companies Chrysler Defense and GM Defense have produced more than 63,000 tanks and combat vehicles. Today, Land Systems has approximately 7,500 employees worldwide in Australia, Canada, Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the United States. Engineering, research, and technological innovation continue to position Land Systems as a leader in the force modernization programs of the U.S.A. and international customers.

Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. provides air transportation services for passengers, cargo, and mail bags in Brazil and South America. The company operates domestic and international flights. As of April 3, 2009, it offered approximately 800 daily flights to 49 destinations connecting various cities in Brazil and 10 destinations in South America. Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. was founded in 2001 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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