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 Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) company is one of six companies that comprise the Lockheed Martin Electronic Systems business area.MFC develops, manufactures, and supports advanced combat, missile, rocket and space systems for military customers that include the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, NASA, and dozens of foreign nations. MFC also offers products and services for the global civil nuclear power industry. MFC has six principle product categories that correspond to the vital capabilities it provides our Warfighters and civilian customers in their defining moments. MFC pursues business in more than 50 countries with more than 40 product lines.

Flying passengers to vacation spots throughout Europe, the Mediterranean, and North Africa, Transavia provides charter service (on behalf of tour operators) to about 75 destinations and low-cost scheduled service to more than 25 destinations. The carrier operates a fleet of about 30 Boeing 737s, primarily from Amsterdam but also from other airports in the Netherlands and from Paris. Along with providing transportation services, customers can arrange hotel accommodations and ground transportation (provided by partners) through Transavia's Web site. Transavia is a unit of Dutch national airline KLM, which in turn is part of Air France-KLM, Europe's largest airline company.

RUAG is an international aerospace and defence technology group with production sites in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary and Sweden. RUAG's outstanding engineering skills in all areas of activity lay the foundations for its dynamic role in development and production.RUAG is the Swiss Air Forces' industry partner and supplier and integrator of systems and components for civil and military aerospace applications as well as for the machine industry. The company is specialized in aerostructures, in servicing and outfitting airplanes and helicopters, in metalworking and in developing and manufacturing satellite and launch vehicle technologies.RUAG is the Swiss Armed Forces' industry partner, and is also a global supplier of weapon, command & control and simulation systems for armed forces and government agencies. As a small calibre ammunition manufacturer, RUAG is a leading international supplier to the defence, government agencies, hunting and sport markets.

Loades' main business had once been providing such vehicle-body manufacturing services as styling, designing, assembling, and testing. Doing business as Abbey Panels, it had been associated with Jaguar as its styling partner since the 1940s. However the company shut down its styling and design subsidiary, pattern shop, and foundry in 2002. Its remaining business is Loades Dynamics, which provides precision machining for the automotive and aerospace industries. The company also owns eight industrial units, which are available for renting. Loades is owned and operated by the family of its late founder, Ted Loades.

In July 1997 Corporate Wings began development of the industry’s first nationwide previously owned aircraft fractional ownership program under the name Flight Options, Inc. In October 1998, Flight Options was formally launched at the 51st Annual NBAA Convention in Las Vegas, NV. While fractional ownership of aircraft was a proven concept with new aircraft, primarily supported by the aircraft manufacturers, Flight Options became the first company to offer a complete line of jets at a 35% savings over comparable aircraft offered new by other programs. Flight Options quickly became the fastest growing fractional program in June 1999 by adding 100 customers in just nine months. In December 2001, Flight Options combined operations with Raytheon Travel Air, effectively doubling the size of the company and moving the company into the sale of both new and pre-owned aircraft.In December 2005, Flight Options became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon and introduced the Go-Forward Business Plan that rationalized the fleet, which is now one of the youngest fleets, as well as the most effective and efficient fleet in North America. Flight Options was acquired in November 2007 by H.I.G. Capital, LLC, a leading global private equity firm with more than $4 billion of equity capital under management. In March 2009 Directional Capital -- an investment firm led by Flight Options Chairman Kenn Ricci, and Resilience Capital Partners -- a leading private equity firm, and key members of the Flight Options management team made an additional investment in Flight Options. H.I.G. Capital also remains an investor.

Jet Aviation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was founded in Switzerland in 1967 and is one of the leading business aviation services companies in the world. Close to 5,700 employees cater to client needs from over 25 airport facilities throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North and South America. The company provides maintenance, completions and refurbishment, engineering, fixed base operations, along with aircraft management, charter services, aircraft sales and personnel services. Jet Aviation's European and U.S. aircraft management and charter divisions jointly operate a fleet of more than 200 aircraft.

Finmeccanica is the main Italian industrial group operating globally in the aerospace, defence and security sectors, and is one of the world's leading groups in the fields of helicopters and defence electronics. It is also the European leader for satellite and space services as well as having considerable know-how and production capacity in the energy and transport fields. Headquartered in Italy and with a vast industrial base in the UK as well as important production facilities in the rest of Europe and in the USA, Finmeccanica has a workforce of more than 73,000 people, and a revenues volume of euro mil. 15,037. Technology and innovation are the keystones of Finmeccanica's success and competitive edge. For this reason, the Group invests 1,809 billion euros a year in R&D activities (representing 14% of revenues), making Finmeccanica the leading Italian investor in hi-tech sectors. As far as the core business is concerned, investments amount to 20% of turnover - a percentage that is higher than some of its main competitors.A large part of R&D investment is channelled into dual technology projects, leading to significant advantages in civil applications of considerable strategic importance. To maintain its leadership in hi-tech sectors, Finmeccanica focuses on the value of its human resources, and the laboratories of its subsidiaries are staffed by around 3,000 highly specialized researchers.

Patria comes to the defense of the military, supplying products such as armored vehicles, mortar systems, helicopters, and aircraft. It also provides maintenance for its products and offers services, such as pilot training for the Finnish Air Force. The group holds top positions in the military/aerospace markets in Finland and the Baltic region, but it has partnerships in more than 50 countries. The group has four primary business units: Aerostructures (composite structures for aircraft and spacecraft), Aviation (lifecycle support services for aircraft and helicopters), Land & Armament (armored vehicles, mortar systems), and Systems (advanced systems and integration for armed forces and security agencies).

Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) is the flag carrier of Ethiopia. During the past sixty plus years, Ethiopian has become one of the continent’s leading carriers, unrivalled in Africa for efficiency and operational success, turning profits for almost all the years of its existence. Operating at the forefront of technology, it has also become one of Ethiopia’s major industries and a veritable institution in Africa. It commands a lion’s share of the pan African network including the only daily east-west flight across the continent. Ethiopian serves 53 international destinations with 157 weekly international departures from Addis Ababa and a total of 410 weekly international departures worldwide. Further more, it is working diligently to make the Ethiopian Aviation Academy the leading aviation academy in Africa. Ethiopian is one of the airlines, in the world, operating the newest and youngest fleets.

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