WOOD DALE, Illinois - AAR Corp has agreed to acquire two of Premier Aviation's aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities. One facility is located at Trois-Rivieres Airport in Quebec, and one is at Windsor International Airport in Ontario.
Premier established the MRO facility in Trois-Rivieres in 2002, and expanded it to 150,000 square feet in 2011. The facility can accommodate up to seven narrowbody aircraft. Premier began operating in Windsor in 2012 in a new 143,000-square-foot hangar with full back shop capability and capacity for six narrowbodies. The facilities have made significant investments in tooling over the past few years, and currently employ over 300 aviation mechanics and personnel that are to retain their positions based on expected workload.
The Canadian MROs will join AAR's existing network that includes airframe maintenance facilities in Indianapolis, Indiana; Miami, Florida; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Duluth, Minnesota; and Rockford, Illinois, as well as component repair facilities in New York and Amsterdam and landing gear services in Miami.