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Companies listed
Aeroflot ..........................................................8
AgustaWestland ...........................................10
Airbus ..........................8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 20, 22
Air Lease ......................................................12
Air Tractor .....................................................11
American Airlines ...........................................8
Antonov ...................................................8, 14
Astrium ........................................................22
ATR ..............................................................15
Australian Helicopters ..................................19
Aviadvigatel .................................................18
Avincis Group ..............................................19
BAE Systems ...............................................22
Ball Aerospace .............................................23
Boeing .........................................8, 12, 15, 21
Bombardier ...........................................18, 19
Bond Helicopters .........................................19
Cassidian ....................................................22
Cathay Pacific ..............................................25
Cessna ........................................................19
CFM International ..................................18, 28
Comac .........................................................28
Dassault ......................................................11
DLR .............................................................21
EADS ...........................................................22
Elbit Systems .................................................8
Engine Alliance ............................................23
Eurocopter .......................................11, 20, 22
Europe Airpost .............................................15
Finmeccanica ........................................10, 22
GE Aviation ..................................................23
Gulfstream .......................................11, 19, 20
Hindustan Aeronautics ...........................16, 18
Ilyushin ....................................................8, 18
Inaer ............................................................19
Insitu ...........................................................16
Interjet .........................................................14
Irkut .............................................................18
Israel Aerospace Industries ....................17, 20
Jat Airways ...................................................15
Jat Tehnika ...................................................15
Jet2 .............................................................15
Kongsberg ...................................................23
Lockheed Martin ......................................9, 17
Messier-Bugatti-Dowty .................................14
Milestone Aviation ..........................................19
NH Industries..................................................16
Norsk Helikopterservice ..................................19
Northrop Grumman ..................................16, 18
Petropavlovk-Kamchatsky Aviation Enterprise .14
Pilatus ...................................................16, 18
Pratt & Whitney ............................................23
Qatar Airways ...............................................19
Raytheon .....................................................18
RBC Bearings ...............................................23
Recaro .........................................................23
Rizon Jet ......................................................19
Rolls-Royce ..................................................12
Saab ...........................................................23
Safran .........................................................22
Signature Flight Support ..............................20
Snecma .......................................................28
South Airlines ................................................8
Spirit AeroSystems .......................................13
Sukhoi .........................................................13
Thales ..........................................................22
Thrush Aircraft ..............................................11
Transaero .................................................8, 15
Sikorsky .......................................................19
Sukhoi .........................................................14
Superjet International ..................................14
United Aircraft ..............................................18
US Airways .....................................................8
UTair ..............................................................8
Zenith Jet .....................................................11
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4 | Flight International | 19-25 February 2013
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to Queretaro, for the
opening of a Eurocopter factory
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