Aviation Week Named Official Media Partner for Singapore Air Show

Aviation Week Named Official Media Partner for Singapore Air Show

February 14, 2006

New Ownership of Singapore's Changi International Air Show Invests in New Airport Location, Facilities and Partnerships to Accommodate Region's Booming Aviation, Aerospace and Defense Market

    NEW YORK, Feb. 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill
Aerospace & Defense has reached agreement with the new
ownership of the Singapore Air Show, to be its Official
Media Partner commencing with the February 26-2 March, 2008
event at Singapore's Changi International Airport.

    McGraw-Hill A&D and its Aviation Week information
and media products will support the Singapore show, now
known as Changi International Airshow (CAS)  with print,
electronic and event access to its audience of 1.2-million
aviation, aerospace and defense professionals in 180
countries.  

    The agreement includes cooperative advertising, event
advisory, exclusive distribution points, and marketing
programs.  Aviation Week & Space Technology and
Aviation Week ShowNews, a daily magazine produced on-site
in Singapore, will be the lead publications for CIAS.  In
addition, the group's Business & Commercial Aviation,
Overhaul & Maintenance, Defense Technology
International, AviationNow.com, and Aviation Week
Conferences & Exhibitions will be involved in the
global communications program for the air show.

    "Our relationships with the Singapore business
community, the show organizers and the Asian aerospace
industry spans several decades, and we welcome this
opportunity to step up to a new level of involvement and
support as the region paces development in aerospace and
defense," said McGraw-Hill Aerospace & Defense
Executive Vice President/Publisher Kenneth E. Gazzola
"Moreover, our media and information services lend a
powerful foundation as the event transitions to new
ownership and venue."

    The new ownership of CAS is investing millions to
elevate the importance of the event.  This includes moving
the event to a new runway with access to the static line,
new exhibit chalet and exhibition facilities, installing a
modern communications and IT infrastructure, and reaching
an agreement with a new media partner that can bring a
global, multimedia presence to the show. 

    "Aviation Week provides the Changi International
Airshow with global leadership in all key world regions and
industry sectors, including commercial air transport,
military, space, business aviation and MRO," said
Jimmy Lau, Managing Director, of CAS.  "In addition,
our growing event and markets provide Aviation Week a new
level of visibility throughout Asia."

    About McGraw-Hill Aerospace & Defense 

    McGraw-Hill Aerospace & Defense, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, is the largest multimedia
information and services provider to the global aviation
and aerospace industry, and includes publications such as
Aviation Week & Space Technology, Defense Technology
International, Aviation Daily, Overhaul & Maintenance,
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, ShowNews, Business
& Commercial Aviation, The Weekly of Business Aviation,
and the World Aerospace Database and its print companion,
World Aviation Directory.  The group's web portal,
http://www.aviationnow.com , offers the industry's most
reliable news, information, intelligence and features, and
its Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) at
http://www.aviationweek.com/awin is the industry's most
integrated business tool for managers, business developers,
buyers and technical professionals across the entire
aviation and aerospace field. McGraw-Hill A&D also
produces 12 executive events in the MRO and Programs and
Defense sectors.

    About The McGraw-Hill Companies

    Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a leading
global information services provider meeting worldwide needs
in the financial services, education and business
information markets through leading brands such as Standard
& Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education, BusinessWeek and J.D.
Power and Associates.  The Corporation has more than 290
offices in 38 countries. Sales in 2005 were $6.0 billion.
Additional information is available at
http://www.mcgraw-hill.com .

    About Changi International Airshow

    Changi International Airshow (CAS) will be held in
Singapore on a biennial basis, beginning 26 February 2008.

    The event is organized by Changi International Airshow
& Events Pte Ltd., a joint venture between the Civil
Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the Defence
Science & Technology Agency (DSTA), a subsidiary of
Singapore's Ministry of Defence.

    Managing Changi International Airshow & Events Pte
Ltd are Chairman, Lim Chin Beng, an aviation veteran, and
Jimmy Lau, former Managing Director of Asian Aerospace Pte
Ltd.

    For more information, please contact:

     Rob Kulat
     Kulat Communications
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail] 

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