Singapore -- Aviation Week launched AviationNow.com, a new Internet portal dedicated to serving the news, information and e-business demands of the global aviation and aerospace community. The new website leverages Aviation Week's long-standing leadership as the world's largest multimedia information and service provider to the aviation and aerospace market to establish a vital new business-to-business resource.

The new site will benefit business users by providing dynamic access to exclusive content including real-time news, features and data resources, plus unique interactive services and e-business utilities. And it will benefit sponsoring companies and advertisers by effectively connecting their businesses to millions of people throughout worldwide aerospace industry.

"We are launching Aviation Week's AviationNow.com to create a comprehensive, internet hub for aviation and aerospace professionals worldwide," said Vasant Prabhu, President, McGraw-Hill Information and Media Services.
"AviationNow.com will offer a broad menu of news, high-value enabling information, community building resources and a platform to facilitate business-to-business transactions," he said.

"We expect AviationNow.com, along with similar McGraw-Hill initiatives in construction and energy, to set the standard for deep, B-to-B industry verticals on the Web."

Approximately six million people work in the one-trillion dollar global aviation/aerospace industry today. The worldwide audience for AviationNow.com also includes millions more young aviators, private pilots and aviation enthusiasts.

"AviationNow.com will change the global aviation and aerospace community and the way we communicate," said Kenneth E. Gazzola, Aviation Week Executive Vice President/ Publisher. "With more than 30 Aviation Week journalists, plus a dedicated production, technology and marketing staff, only AviationNow.com can deliver the full power of the internet to the global aviation and aerospace industry."

Access to AviationNow.com is free, with additional information products and services available to registered users and subscribers. Key AviationNow.com user information and service areas include:

• News: From the day's top stories to sector/category-specific reports, users are the first to receive real-time news, reported by real experts-the editors of AviationNow.com.

• Publications: Users can access the entire Aviation Week portfolio, including Aviation Week & Space Technology, Business & Commercial Aviation, Overhaul & Maintenance, Airports Today magazines and the Aviation Week newsletters, plus subscription areas for full content and archive access.

• Exchange: This is the e-business hub for AviationNow.com, a dynamic and in-depth resource for anyone making buying or selling decisions in the global aerospace marketplace. The centerpiece of the site is the World Aviation Directory (WAD) Buyer's Guide with more than 15,000 suppliers serving 6,000 categories.

• Community: AviationNow.com users can interact using a variety of utilities and services including bulletin boards, libraries and activity centers such as the Next Century of Flight site, a forum for exploring the future of aviation and aerospace.

• Reference: This area features comprehensive research resources for important technical, regulatory and historical data, including links to official government, association and academic sites.

• Careers: Where the jobs are. This area features comprehensive classified listings, plus career and continuing education resources.

• Events: In an industry driven by events, the AviationNow.com event site delivers the most up-to-date listings of aviation and aerospace conferences, exhibitions and trade shows in the business.

• Shop: AviationNow.com users can search and purchase a broad range of products, including magazine subscriptions, books, videos, gifts, professional products " even active gear from the Aviation Week catalog.

AviationNow.com also features links to its industry associates including Founder;s Council Partner Rockwell Collins, as well as IBM, MySAP.com, Singapore Technologies Aerospace, Aviation Zone.net and Pratt & Whitney Canada.

With nearly 50 products and services and a core audience of some one million professionals and enthusiasts, Aviation Week, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, is the world's largest multimedia information and service provider to the aviation and aerospace market. The cornerstone of the Aviation Week portfolio is Aviation Week & Space Technology, the world's leading aviation and aerospace industry magazine, covering the commercial, military and space markets for more than 440,000 readers in 130 countries. AviationNow.com expands the company's extensive web presence by delivering the most comprehensive real-time news, professional information and e-business Internet portal in the global aviation/aerospace industry.