with bae systems . b e aerospace inc. type public company traded as nasdaq beav founded 1987 as bach engineering 1 headquarters wellington florida usa area served global key people amin khoury founder and chairman products commercial & business jet cabin interior products revenue us 2.5 b fy 2011 2 operating income us 428m fy 2011 2 net income us 228m fy 2011 2 total assets us 3.84 b fy 2011 3 total equity us 1.875 b fy 2011 3 number of employees 10 057 4 divisions commercial aircraft business jets website http beaerospace.com b e aerospace inc. is an s & p 400 and nasdaq listed manufacturer of aircraft passenger cabin interior products for the commercial and business jet aircraft markets . b e aerospace has leading worldwide market shares in all of its major product lines and serves virtually all of the world s airlines aircraft manufacturers and leasing companies through its direct global sales and customer support organizations . citation needed based in wellington florida 5 the company was capitalized as a 4.2 billion corporation as of january 2016 . 6 contents 1 history 2 products 3 oxygen systems 4 references 5 external links history edit founded by amin khoury in 1987 b e aerospace has evolved from a 3 million company to 2.6 billion in revenue 7 making it the world s leading manufacturer of aircraft interior products and solutions for the commercial business jet and military markets . b e s history has been one of multiple acquisitions coupled with strong internal growth . 8 in december 2014 b e announced that it had completed the spin off of its aerospace fasteners and consumables business creating klx inc. nasdaq klxi . 9 on june 1 2005 air canada awarded a 50 million u.s. contract to florida based b e aerospace inc. to upgrade seating in 143 aircraft . 10 in 2012 b e s alci division became the sole source for all future lavatories on new build boeing 737 aircraft . introducing their patented spacewall lavatory airlines can take advantage of space provided to add up to 6 passenger seats per aircraft . delta air lines was the launch customer with the first aircraft delivery on 9 27 2013 . products edit the company is a major provider of airline seats to many airlines worldwide . some significant customers include united airlines delta air lines emirates airlines qatar airways air france klm lufthansa qantas japan airlines and southwest airlines . customers using the company s most popular product diamond business class seat include aeroflot aeromexico air canada air china american airlines china airlines delta air lines klm qatar airways thai airways united airlines and virgin australia . some of b e aerospace s rivals in the airline seating industry include acro aircraft seating in the uk zodiac seats u.s. in gainesville texas zodiac seats france stelia sogerma seats in france geven in italy recaro in germany and aviointeriors in italy . in the business jet seating segment b e aerospace s main competitors are united technologies corporation s decrane aircraft seating in peshtigo wisconsin iacobucci in italy and pac seating systems in palm city florida . b e aerospace also manufactures beverage makers oxygen systems lavatories and interior lighting for commercial aircraft and business jets . 11 b e aerospace s interior structures division based in leighton buzzard uk manufactures and supplies galley monuments for the airbus a350 . oxygen systems edit the faa announced on 11 august 2008 that it would investigate why almost half the masks either did not deploy or failed to provide oxygen during a pan pan event on american airlines flight 31 12 the faa had recently issued airworthiness directives regarding problems with defective inline flow indicators obstructing the be aerospace oxygen masks on several boeing commercial aircraft models . b e had identified a repair in february 2006 . boeing then issued a special attention service bulletin to inspect and if necessary repair the masks in april 2007 . the directives only require action by april 2013 unless already done . 13 references edit company history primary source a b c be aerospace beav annual sec income statement filing via wikinvest . a b be aerospace beav annual sec balance sheet filing via wikinvest . sec form 10 k year ending dec. 31 2014 . corporate website . b e aerospace inc. retrieved 9 january 2016 . locations . be aerospace . retrieved on july 13 2010 . b e aerospace inc. . google finance . retrieved 9 january 2016 . sec form 10 k year ending dec. 31 2014 . retrieved 9 january 2016 . http www.beaerospace.com profile company history.htm b e aerospace inc. completes spin off of klx inc. . corporate website . b e aerospace . retrieved 9 january 2016 . airline upgrading seats . hough jack . b e aerospace cleared for takeoff . barrons . dow jones . retrieved 20 january 2016 . dan weikel faa reviewing reports of malfunctioning oxygen masks on american flight los angeles times 12 august 2008 2008 passenger oxygen mask 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