Story ID: 252AARHAI16
AAR Now Offers Customer Support
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: Known mainly as an operator, the company has launched a rotorcraft services division.
Word Count: 155
Global aerospace and defense contractor AAR Airlift (Booth 2604) has launched a rotorcraft services business division to provide aftermarket support for helicopter operators including parts sales, engineering and total lifecycle support programs.
  
Known for its ability to operate and maintain helicopters in less-than-optimal locations around the world, AAR Airlift’s rotorcraft services will leverage that in-house expertise, along with the company’s MRO capabilities, global supply chain network and modification skills, to offer similar services to outside customers, according to the Illinois-based company, which has owned and operated its own fleet of fixed-and rotary-wing aircraft for more than a decade. In locations as demanding as Afghanistan and Africa, AAR has performed missions with a fleet that includes the Sikorsky S-92 and S-61N, the Bell 214ST and 412, Airbus Helicopters 330J Puma and Finmeccanica AW189. AAR through its Airinmar subsidiary also manages component repair for CHC Helicopter’s fleet of more than 200 aircraft.