INDUSTRY | AVIATION AND AEROSPACE INDUSTRY Major Aerospace Companies

Company Type of Business A.E. Petsche Company...... Electronic parts and equipment | Aviation and Advanced Integration Technology...... Aircraft parts and equipment

Dallas-Fort Worth is Airbase Services, Inc...... Aircraft flight instrument repair AVIATION AEROSPACE AND Aerospace Airbus Helicopters, Inc...... Helicopter parts and training No. 1 in Aerospace in American Airlines Group...... Air passenger carrier, scheduled Dallas-Fort Worth is among the nation’s Ameriflight ...... Air transportation, nonscheduled top regions for aviation and aerospace the U.S. AMR Eagle / Envoy Air...... Air passenger carrier, scheduled activity. The region is home to the Conway, World’s Most Competitive Cities Atlantic Aviation Corporation...... Aircraft maintenance and repair services headquarters of two major airlines: Aviall Inc ...... Aircraft engines and engine parts American Airlines (Fort Worth) and BAE Information & Electronic Systems Integration. . . . Flight instruments and guidance systems Southwest Airlines (Dallas). Southwest Bell Helicopter...... Aircraft parts and equipment operates a major maintenance base Bell Textron...... Aircraft at Dallas Love Field, creating a strong Boeing Global Services...... Aircraft servicing and repairing foundation of aviation employment. Bombardier Aerospace Corp ...... Aircraft servicing and repairing Envoy Air, a regional jet operator CAE Simuflite...... Aviation school and American Airlines partner, is CHC Helicopters...... Helicopter carriers, nonscheduled headquartered in Fort Worth, as well. Collins Aerospace...... Search and navigation equipment The regional aerospace industry Cooperative Industries Aerospace & Defense...... Harness assemblies for electronic use: wire or cable comprises more than 600 companies, Dallas Airmotive...... Aircraft and heavy equipment repair services EFW Inc...... Search and navigation equipment accounting more that 90,000 jobs in FAA - Southwest Region...... Air traffic control operations, government North Texas. Federal Express...... Air cargo carrier, scheduled Lockheed Martin and Bell Helicopter GDC Technics...... Aircraft parts and equipment are the largest area aerospace employers General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems...... Guided missile and space vehicle parts with more than 15,000 employees Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation ...... Aircraft between them. Furthermore, Airbus HM Dunnair Aerosystems...... Aircraft engines and engine parts Helicopters North American headquarters Honeywell International, Inc...... Aircraft engines and engine parts is in Grand Prairie. Huntleigh USA...... Airport terminal services L3 Integrated Systems...... Aircraft control systems, electronic Lockheed Martin Missles & Fire Control...... Search and navigation equipment Mayday Manufacturing Co...... Aircraft parts and equipment Menzies Aviation...... Airports, flying fields, and services Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems...... Aircraft parts and equipment Pratt & Whitney ...... Aviation propeller and blade repair Raytheon...... Defense systems and equipment Recaro Aircraft Seating Americas ...... Aircraft parts and equipment Aviation-Aerospace Employment Clusters Safran Helicopter Engines USA ...... Engine repair and replacement, non-automotive Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation...... Aircraft Southwest Airlines...... Air passenger carrier, scheduled Superior Air Charter...... Air passenger carrier, scheduled Texas Air Composites, Inc...... Maintenance & repair services Triumph Aerostructures, LLC ...... Aircraft

Industry Establishments Avg. Employment Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, 20 4,514 and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing 109 32,701 Air Transportation 143 40,197 Support Activities for Air Transportation 272 12,654 Number of Advanced Services Businesses NumberNumber of of Aviation Advanced - Aerospace Services Businesses Businesses Satellite Telecommunications 12 74 Number of Aviation - Flight Training 51 1,954 Aerospace Employees 1 10,300 1 605 15760 1 60 760 Total 607 92,094

Source: EMSI, QCEW Employees, Non-QCEW Employees, and Self-Employed

Legend: Aerospace Electrical Electronics Mechanical Aerospace Engineering Aircraft Mechanics and Aircraft Structure, Miscellaneous Machinists Occupation Engineers Engineers Engineers, Except Engineers and Operations Service Technicians Surfaces, Rigging, and Assemblers and 6,261 | $20.17 Jobs | Median hourly earnings 3,192 | $62.10 4,372 | $49.33 Computer 6,157 | $45.37 Technologists and 8,050 | $38.86 Systems Assemblers Fabricators 4,877 | $57.70 Technicians 2,646 | $28.98 29,658 | $14.12 633 | $30.92

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