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.

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.

Minnesota weather can be gloomy, so MN Airlines aims to be a ray of sunshine. The carrier, which does business as Sun Country Airlines, provides flights to about 30 popular tourist destinations in North America and the Caribbean from its hub in Minneapolis/St. Paul. US cities served by the carrier include Las Vegas; Los Angeles; New York; Orlando, Florida; Phoenix and San Francisco. Sun Country also offers flights to selected destinations in Mexico and the Dominican Republic. The carrier operates a fleet of about a dozen Boeing 737-800s. Diversified consumer products company Petters Group Worldwide owns Sun Country, which is operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The company competes for the top global spot in distributing commercial and aftermarket aviation parts, and supply operations. Its Aviall Services unit distributes new aviation parts, components, and supplies from a roster of 225 OEMs, catering to commercial airlines, military and government aircraft operators, and general aviation markets. Aviall Services also offers upkeep and repair for batteries to brakes, assembly for hoses, and paint-mixing. Aviall's Inventory Locator Service drives online inventory, and information and logistics services for aerospace, marine, and defense markets. Major customers include Rolls-Royce, GE, Flight Options, and Pratt & Whitney.

Commander Premier Aircraft Corporation was formed by over 50 owners of Commander aircraft in the spring of 2005. CPAC was formed to submit a bid to buy the assets of defunct Commander Aircraft Corporation from CAC’s bankruptcy trustee and produce new Commander aircraft and support the worldwide Commander aircraft fleet. CPAC’s bid was successful and, CPAC closed the acquisition at the end of June 2005. The acquisition did not include a lease of CAC’s former facility in Oklahoma City and no appropriate space could be found within commuting distance of the Oklahoma City work force. After an intense search, the Company chose Cape Girardeau Regional Airport for its new home. All production equipment and inventory was moved to our new facility in late 2005 and is now fully set up for operations. The board of directors of Commander Premier Aircraft Corporation consists of Gregory L. Walker, President and CEO. Mr. Robert Tippens, serve as Vice-President/ Chief Financial Officer and organizer of the Commander Owners Group and a primary organizer of the Company. CPAC’s operations in Cape Girardeau are under the oversight of Mr. Carl R. Gull, Vice President – Operations. Mr. John Canavan is CPAC’s Inventory and Purchasing Manager. Mr. Michael Bryant is CPAC’s PMA QA Manager.

Hawker Beechcraft manufactures passenger planes and offers service and support for aircraft. The company's product line takes in business jets (including Hawker 400XP, Hawker 850XP, Hawker 4000, Beechjet Premier IA), turboprops (King Air 350/B200GT/C90GTi), and piston-powered aircraft (Baron G58, Bonanza G36). The company handles maintenance orders through more than 100 authorized and factory-owned service centers. Raytheon sold its Raytheon Aircraft subsidiary in 2007 in order to focus on its military contracting business. The buyers, Goldman Sachs Group and Onex Corporation, changed the name of the company to Hawker Beechcraft. The purchase price for the acquisition was about $3.3 billion.

EL AL Israel Airlines, the nation's leading carrier, flies between its suburban Tel Aviv hub and more than 40 destinations in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and South Africa. (It serves some markets through code-sharing agreements, which allow carriers to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks; code-sharing partners include American Airlines.) EL AL operates a fleet of about 35 Boeing aircraft, including four freighters. The company is known as a world leader in airline safety and security measures, such as antimissile systems on aircraft. Israel-based tour operator Knafaim Holdings owns a controlling stake in EL AL. The carrier, originally state-owned, began operations in 1948.

United Space Alliance (USA) is a space-race heavyweight (each of the Space Shuttles -- Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour -- weighs 173,000 pounds). A joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing, USA was established in 1996 to consolidate NASA's various Space Shuttle contracts under a single entity. As prime contractor, the company is involved in mission operations, astronaut and flight controller training, flight software development, Shuttle payload integration, and vehicle processing, launch, and recovery operations. USA also provides training and operations planning for the International Space Station. Its main operations are at the Johnson Space Center (Texas) and Kennedy Space Center (Florida).

ABC is the only organization in the world delivering from the scheduled manufacture of airships. It is a privately held corporation with a strong financial base. ABC has about 45 employees at its Hillsboro, OR headquarters where the airships are designed and constructed in a 2300 m2 (25,000 ft2) facility housing administrative offices and shop space. An additional 280 m2 (3000 ft2) for production is leased in a large airship hangar in Tillamook, OR. The final assembly and flight test is accomplished at an appropriate site near the customer's location. A marketing office for airship applications in government missions and civil aid is located in Severna Park, MD, near Washington, DC. The Lightship Group (TLG), a wholly owned subsidiary of ABC, operates and sell Lightships for advertising and tourism around the world. TLG has more than 200 employees, and is operating 17 airships. Those in the USA are operated as an Air Carrier under FAR Part 135. TLG is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with offices in Telford, UK, Singapore and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Northrop Grumman Corporation provides products, services, and solutions in information and services, aerospace, electronics, and shipbuilding in the United States. Its Information & Services business integrates command, control, communications, computers and intelligence, missile and air defense, airborne reconnaissance, intelligence management and processing, and decision support systems; provides information technology systems engineering and systems integration for the Department of Defense, national intelligence, federal, civilian, state and local agencies, and commercial customers; and offers infrastructure management and maintenance, training and preparedness, and logistics and life cycle management services. The company’s Aerospace business develops missionized integrated systems and subsystems for battlespace awareness, command and control systems, integrated combat systems, and airborne ground surveillance; and develops and integrates spacecraft systems and subsystems, electronic and communications payloads, intercontinental ballistic missile systems, and high energy laser systems and subsystems in the areas of space, defense, and electronics technology.Its Electronics business produces, integrates, and supports various electronic and maritime systems for various applications, such as airborne surveillance, aircraft fire control, precision targeting, electronic warfare, automatic test equipment, inertial navigation, integrated avionics, space sensing, intelligence processing, air traffic control, air and missile defense, communications, mail processing, biochemical detection, ship bridge control, and shipboard components. The company’s Shipbuilding business designs, builds, and refuels nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, surface combatants, and nuclear-powered submarines. It also provides after-market services; and produces double-hulled crude oil tankers. The company was founded in 1939 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

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