11.   Citigroup has its own aircraft leasing business through its global equipment finance unit.

12.   Corr has an investment-management firm and an antique aircraft restoration business in Houston.

13.   Europeans have reason to worry about that disadvantage in the big-ticket aircraft business, analysts said.

14.   Four years ago, BAe started downsizing to cope with huge losses in its regional aircraft leasing business.

15.   In his address to shareholders, Stonecipher said McDonnell Douglas is positioned well for the future, despite its struggling commercial aircraft business and a declining defense market.

16.   In mid-August, the company bought a stake in a China-based aircraft maintenance business.

17.   In the past two years at Lucas, Simpson engineered a turnaround that resulted in the company selling or closing businesses outside its core auto and aircraft parts business.

18.   Industry analysts said the proposed acquisition of McDonnell Douglas was likely also to make it that much harder for other foreign aerospace companies to enter the aircraft manufacturing business.

19.   It also was a setback for McDonnell Douglas Corp., whose commercial aircraft business is struggling.

20.   It is developing an unmanned combat aircraft that could lead to a huge order and its commercial aircraft business is expected to bounce back within the next few years.