In 1986, NetJets pioneered the concept of fractional jet ownership, giving individuals and businesses all the benefits of whole aircraft ownership and more at a fraction of the cost. Today, NetJets is the worldwide leader with the most Owners, the most experience, and the largest fleet. As a NetJets Owner, you’ll gain the freedom and control to make the most of your time – and your life – whether you travel for business or leisure. You’ll have a jet ready to take you whenever and wherever you want to go with as little as four hours notice. You’ll have a company committed to making your ownership experience truly superior. And most important, you’ll have a company where safety is and always will be non-negotiable.

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.

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.

Lufthansa CityLine, the short trips add up. The regional airline, a subsidiary of international carrier Deutsche Lufthansa, offers scheduled passenger transportation to about 60 destinations around Europe. Lufthansa CityLine uses a fleet of some 75 Canadair and Avro regional jets that range in capacity from 50 to more than 90 passengers. The carrier, one of Lufthansa's five main regional subsidiaries, offers charter services in partnership with sister company Eurowings.

The Chicago Airport System - comprised of two major airports, Chicago O’Hare and Midway International - is the centerpiece of the nation’s aviation network. The airports are owned and operated by the City of Chicago. The Department of Aviation is responsible for the management, planning, design, operation and maintenance of O’Hare and Midway. The Chicago Airport System is fully self-supporting and receives no local taxpayers dollars. In 2006, 56 passenger carriers operating out of 178 gates carried more than 76.5 million passengers at O'Hare.Both Midway and O'Hare have won numerous awards over the years. In 2008, our airports won two national awards: O'Hare received the 1st Place Award from the Airports Council International - North America (ACI-NA), for Excellence in Marketing and Communications. During that same year, Midway International Airport won 2nd Place - Best Retail Concept for Excellence in Concessions from the same organization. In January, 2007, it was announced that O'Hare International Airport won the Global Traveler Award for Best Airport in North America. O'Hare was awarded this honor by readers that participated in a survey that ran in the magazine from February 2006 to August 2006. O’Hare International Airport was voted in November 2004 "Best Airport in North America" in Business Traveler Magazine’s Annual Reader Survey for the seventh consecutive year. Midway International Airport was awarded the 2004 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Public Innovator Award for Physical Design. The Department of Aviation is committed to continually improving and enhancing Chicago’s airports.

CPI Aerostructures, Inc. engages in the contract production of structural aircraft parts for the United States Air Force and other branches of the U.S. armed forces as a prime contractor or subcontractor for other defense prime contractors. The company, as a prime contractor, offers skin panels, leading edges, flight control surfaces, engine components, wing tips, cowl doors, nacelle assemblies, and inlet assemblies for military aircraft. As a subcontractor, it offers various pods, modular and structural assemblies for military aircraft; and various kits and assemblies for the S-92 civilian helicopter, as well as operates as a subcontractor to prime contractors in the production of commercial aircraft parts. The company was formerly known as Consortium of Precision Industries, Inc. and changed its name to CPI Aerostructures, Inc. in July 1992. CPI Aerostructures was founded in 1980 and is based in Edgewood, New York.

Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc. (GBA) is engaged in the business of designing and developing new high performance gyroplanes and gyrodynes using advanced technology and modern aerospace design methods. GBA was founded in 1986 by David Groen and his brother, the late Jay Groen. David, Chairman, President & CEO, is supported by highly experienced aviation executives in key roles. GBA's Corporate Headquarters are located in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, with its current manufacturing facility on the same site. GBA also operates a flight test and R&D facility in Buckeye, Arizona, near Phoenix. Since its inception twenty years ago, GBA has been involved in an extensive research program in the design, engineering, development, testing and marketing of gyroplane and gyrodyne aircraft. As a result GBA has successfully developed innovative technology that has brought autorotative flight into the modern age. In November, 2005, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected a GBA-led team to design a proof of concept high speed, long range, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft designed for use in Combat Search and Rescue roles. This modern rotorcraft, named the “Heliplane” by DARPA, could be the next generation rotor wing aircraft, meeting economy and performance goals not considered achievable by any other type of VTOL aircraft.

Thales is a world-leading provider of onboard and ground systems for the civil aerospace market. The company’s Aerospace activities employ 13,000 people, who are helping to define tomorrow's air transport solutions: cleaner, quieter and more efficient aircraft designed to fly safely in ever-more crowded skies.Thales provides systems and functions for all types of aircraft – commercial airliners, regional, business aircraft, and helicopters – and is a first-tier partner of the world’s leading manufacturers, including Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, Gulfstream and Sukhoi, on all of their major programmes.Thales provides world-class expertise in onboard electronics, drawing on recognised engineering know-how, a proven ability to innovate and an in-depth knowledge of customer needs, and local operations around the globe.Building on a strong industrial base in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, Thales has established aerospace centres of excellence on all five continents and is committed to providing secure and seamless solutions to its vast array of customers around the globe.

Regional carrier Horizon Air Industries brings together the earth and sky in more than 45 cities in the western US, Canada, and Mexico. A subsidiary of Alaska Air Group since 1986, Horizon does much of its flying from airports in Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon; Seattle; and Spokane, Washington. The carrier operates a fleet of more than 60 aircraft, including more than 40 turboprops and about 20 regional jets. Horizon provides connecting service under its own brand for sister company Alaska Airlines, and the carriers share several code-sharing partners, including American Airlines, Continental, and KLM. (Such partnerships allow airlines to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks.)

Panasonic Avionics is the world leader in in-flight entertainment and communications, with most systems installed, most airlines served, and the industries deepest knowledge base, developed with over 25 years of consistent product innovation and committed customer service.Panasonic Avionics Corporation is headquartered in Lake Forest, California, with offices in Bothell, Washington; regional centers in Dallas, Singapore, London, Toulouse, Tokyo, Sydney and Dubai; system production facilities in Osaka; and field service, maintenance and sales facilities worldwide.Panasonic Avionics Corporation is a subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation of North America, best known by the Panasonic brand name. Panasonic Corporation of North America, based in Secaucus, New Jersey, is the principal North American subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC) and the hub of Panasonic's U.S. marketing, sales and service operations.

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