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.

LIAT would like for you to take a Dash through tropical paradise. With a fleet of about 20 Bombardier Dash 8 turboprop aircraft, the carrier transports passengers to more than 20 destinations in the Caribbean. The company expanded by buying key operating assets of former rival Caribbean Star, including additional Dash 8s. Before the acquisition was completed in 2007, LIAT and Caribbean Star had formed a commercial alliance that integrated many of their operations. Among LIAT's major shareholders are the governments of several Caribbean nations, including Antigua, Barbados, the Grenadines, and St. Vincent. LIAT took to the skies in 1956.

Sun Country Industries is an aerospace contract manufacturing company specializing in close tolerance machining and precision assembly of jet engine and airframe components, assemblies and kits. Sun Country Industries has been satisfying customers since 1950 in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA.Sun Country Industries is ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100 quality system certified by the Performance Review Institute for Aerospace and Aircraft Engine Parts, Basic Metals and Fabricated Metal Products. Our diverse capabilities include 5-axis milling, turning to 72" diameter, wire and sinker EDM, with numerous CNC machining centers in service. SCI utilizes Six-Sigma and lean manufacturing techniques to drive down costs and improve productivity, and has consistently offered our customers cost savings and on-time deliveries along with impeccable aerospace quality.

Aegean Airlines provides regional passenger services to 46 destinations across Germany, Italy, and southeastern Europe (excluding Spain and Ireland), and it recently started flying across the Mediterranean to Cairo. It has a fleet of 25 aircraft -- nine Airbus A320 and A321 planes, 10 Boeings, and six AVRO RJ-100 jets. Aegean is Greece's second-largest airline, behine Olympic Airlines. Having already earlier joined forces with Cronus Airlines and Air Greece, Aegean Airlines is now in a code-sharing agreement with Lufthansa and Air One, an Italian airline. Founded in 1994, Aegean Airlines traces its beginnings to a company founded in 1987 by Antonis and Nikolaos Simigdalas called Aegean Aviation.

Whether its passengers call it Belgium's largest airline in French, German, or Dutch, Brussels Airlines flies to about 70 cities, mainly in Europe and Africa. The carrier operates a fleet of about 50 aircraft, including BAE regional jets and larger Airbus and Boeing models. The carrier also hauls cargo and provides charter services. SN Airholding, a consortium of Belgian companies, owns the airline, which it intends to sell to German carrier Lufthansa. Brussels Airlines was invited in late 2008 to join the Star Alliance, a global marketing and code-sharing group led by Lufthansa and UAL's United Airlines. (Code-sharing enables airlines to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks.)

Wesco Aircraft Hardware Corp. distributes a wide range of aerospace components, including bearings, fasteners, fittings, hardware, and installation tooling from an exhaustive list of suppliers. The company can bring components together as kits to speed its customers' production operations. Wesco Aircraft also offers inventory management services. In addition to its headquarters in California, Wesco Aircraft Hardware has operations in France and the UK. The company was founded in 1953. In 2008 it acquired Airtechnics, a California-based aerospace hardware distributor.

Regional airline Flybe flies passengers throughout the UK and to about a dozen countries in Europe. It serves around 55 destinations overall, including about 25 in the UK, from bases in Belfast, Birmingham, the Channel Islands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Manchester, and Southampton. Flybe expanded in 2007 by acquiring key operations of British Airways' BA Connect regional business. Overall, Flybe operates a fleet of more than 70 aircraft, including Embraer 195 regional jets and Bombardier Q400 turboprops. The carrier began operations in 1979. The Flybe brand, adopted in 2002 and pronounced as two syllables, is derived from one of the company's former operating identities, British European, or BE.

The company keeps commercial and military aircraft aloft with its high-performance fuel-flow devices. It builds main engine fuel pumps and systems, airframe fuel pumps, and various ground fuel distribution products. Through its Carter Ground Fueling division, Argo-Tech also makes ground refueling equipment. Customers have included the US Army and Air Force, engine and airframe makers such as Airbus, Boeing, GE Aircraft Engines, and Lockheed Martin, and aerospace distributor Upsilon International. In 2007, investment concerns Greenbriar Equity Group and Vestar Capital Partners sold AT Holdings Corp., the parent of Argo-Tech, to Eaton.

Freight Runners Express provides cargo aircraft charters from our base in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Our fleet of 14 airplanes hauls everything from small packages to palletized freight, including hazardous materials, all over the United States, Canada and Mexico. Carrier Appreciation Award presented for our dedication to on-time performance, communication, and customer service. Pilots now have an opportunity to obtain actual flight experience with our First Officer Intern Program.Air Charter Express, our passenger division, operates air taxi charter flights throughout the United States with pressurized jet-prop aircraft. Passengers ride in comfort to their important meetings.Aircraft Maintenance Facility offers professional aircraft servicing to the public at our maintenance hangar in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

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.

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