Spirit Airlines aims to lift the spirits of people seeking sunshine: The low-fare carrier makes connections between major US cities and popular vacation spots in Florida, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Overall, Spirit Airlines serves more than 40 destinations. It operates a fleet of about 30 Airbus 319s, 320s, and 321s. In addition to offering scheduled passenger service, the company works with partners in the travel industry to sell vacation packages through its Web site. Investment firm Indigo Partners, an aviation industry specialist, owns a majority interest in Spirit Airlines, which was founded in 1980 as Charter One.

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.

Goodrich Corporation engages in the supply of aerospace components, systems, and services worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Actuation and Landing Systems, Nacelles and Interior Systems, and Electronic Systems. The Actuation and Landing Systems segment provides systems, components, and related services pertaining to aircraft taxi, take-off, flight control, landing and stopping, and engine components, including fuel delivery systems and rotating assemblies. The Nacelles and Interior Systems segment produces nacelles, as well as provides maintenance, and repair and overhaul services associated with aircraft engines, including thrust reversers, cowlings, nozzles and their components, and aircraft interior products, such as slides, seats, cargo, and lighting systems. The Electronic Systems segment manufactures an array of systems and components that provide flight performance measurements, flight management information, engine controls, fuel controls, sensor systems, electrical power systems, safety data, and reconnaissance and surveillance systems. Goodrich Corporation serves commercial, regional, business, and general aviation airplane original equipment; commercial, regional, business, and general aviation airplane aftermarket; and defense and space markets. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) came into existence on 1st October 1964. The Company was formed by the merger of Hindustan Aircraft Limited with Aeronautics India Limited and Aircraft Manufacturing Depot, Kanpur. The Company traces its roots to the pioneering efforts of an industrialist with extraordinary vision, the late Seth Walchand Hirachand, who set up Hindustan Aircraft Limited at Bangalore in association with the erstwhile princely State of Mysore in December 1940. The Government of India became a shareholder in March 1941 and took over the Management in 1942. Today, HAL has 19 Production Units and 9 Research and Design Centres in 7 locations in India. The Company has an impressive product track record - 12 types of aircraft manufactured with in-house R & D and 14 types produced under license. HAL has manufactured over 3550 aircraft , 3600 engines and overhauled over 8150 aircraft and 27300 engines. HAL has been successful in numerous R & D programs developed for both Defence and Civil Aviation sectors. HAL has made substantial progress in its current projects 1) Dhruv, which is Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) 2)Tejas - Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) 3) Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT) 4)Various military and civil upgrades.

Arrow Air was founded in 1950 by the visionary aviation pioneer, George Batchelor and is among the oldest air carriers in the U.S. continuing to operate under the same, originally registered name. A key component in the South Florida community for more than 57 years, Arrow is the largest U.S. registered air cargo carrier based at Miami International Airport, providing comprehensive cargo logistics services.Arrow Air, operating under the trade name ARROW CARGO provides scheduled air cargo logistics services to and from, and between the United States, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Arrow is proud to employ nearly 450 people at its Miami headquarters and 250 in direct, company operated stations throughout the Americas region.Arrow Cargo’s comprehensive market coverage provides overnight, airport to airport service to more than 20 destinations in the Americas. Providing direct flights to more than 20 destinations, Arrow operates over 60 flights each week to and from Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Arrow Cargo’s services are provided to more than 3,500 customers worldwide, serving international and domestic freight forwarders, integrated carriers, passenger and cargo airlines, the U.S. Department of Defense and the United States Postal Service. Arrow’s rich history and tenure in the global air freight markets also provides our clients with a unique level of experience and operating authority for charter requirements and interline capabilities. Arrow Cargo is building a strong logistics organization designed to not only satisfy today’s sophisticated logistics demands but to facilitate our clients’ growth and vision for the future. Arrow Cargo’s airside facilities at Miami International Airport boasts 67,000 square feet of refrigerated warehouse capacity for our perishable shipping clients and over 155,000 square feet of dry cargo capacity.

China Airlines got its start shuttling supplies to insurgents on the Thai-Burmese border, making parachute drops over Laos, and conducting spy flights over Vietnam. Now the company's fleet of more than 65 aircraft, which includes Boeing and Airbus jets, flies passengers and freight to about 65 cities in Asia, Europe, and North America from its hub in Taipei, Taiwan. Some destinations are served via code-sharing agreements with partners such as Delta Air Lines. (Code-sharing allows carriers to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks.) China Airlines was founded by retired military pilots in 1959 with a fleet of two seaplanes.

Mercury Air Group, Inc. was founded in 1956 by three members of the legendary First American Volunteer Group (AVG) Flying Tigers—Thomas C. Haywood, Robert P. “Duke” Hedman and Robert J. “Catfish” Raine. In all the history of aerial combat, there has never been such a total air victory as that of the Flying Tigers during World War II. It is this tradition of teamwork and strong results that drives Mercury Air Group’s management team today that together has more than a century of experience in the aviation industry.Based in Los Angeles, Mercury Air Group is a global leader in the aviation services industry and is one of the largest privately owned aviation services company in the world with business operations on five continents in more than 60 locations. Mercury Air Group provides aviation petroleum products, air cargo services and transportation as well as support services for international and U.S. commercial airlines, general aviation and U.S. government aircraft through: MercFuel, Inc., Maytag Aircraft Corporation, Mercury Air Cargo, Inc. and Mercury Aviation.

Stansted Airport sees about 23 million passengers pass through its gates and over its grounds, making it the third-busiest airport near London, behind Heathrow and Gatwick. Some 30 airlines, such as low-fare carriers Ryanair, easyJet, and Air Berlin, touch down on Stansted 's runway and take off for more than 160 destinations, including Dublin, Rome, and Frankfurt. Stansted plans to open a second runway and terminal by 2017. In 2009 the airport added AirAsia X to its stable of airlines, which non-stop flights from London to Kuala Lumpur. Stansted is owned by UK airport operator BAA, which also oversees Heathrow and Gatwick. Stansted opened for traffic in 1991.

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.

For the right price, Ameristar Jet Charter will fly nearly anything nearly anywhere. The charter operator has a fleet of more than 30 aircraft -- mainly Learjet and Falcon models -- that it uses to transport both passengers and freight to destinations in North and South America. The carrier handles cargo of a wide variety of sizes and weights. Ameristar Jet Charter dispatches its fleet from the airport in Addison, Texas, north of Dallas.

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