AAR Selected to Perform Heavy Maintenance for Hawaiian Airlines

(Wood Dale, Illinois, January 19, 2010) -- AAR (NYSE: AIR) announced today that it has signed a two-year agreement with Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul services for the airline's Boeing 717 aircraft.

AAR will perform 10-year checks on 12 of Hawaiian's Boeing 717s and paint certain aircraft before they are returned to service. The aircraft will be flown from Hawaiian's base in Honolulu to AAR Aircraft Services - Miami, AAR's full-service maintenance and modifications facility located at Miami International Airport, where the work will be performed. AAR has previously provided landing gear repair services and performed short-term maintenance work for Hawaiian Airlines.


"We're pleased to expand our relationship with Hawaiian and include them among our regular heavy maintenance customers," said Donald J. Wetekam, Group Vice President for AAR's MRO operating segment. "We look forward to leveraging our experience with the 717 airframe to provide highly efficient maintenance services that minimize downtime and maximize the availability of Hawaiian's aircraft."

Source : AAR Corporation (NYSE: AIR)