| AAR Corp. | |
| Type: | Public |
| Industry: | Aviation |
| Founder: | Ira Allen Eichner |
| Hq Location City: | Wood Dale, Illinois |
| Hq Location Country: | United States |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Key People: | John Holmes (president & CEO) |
| Revenue: | (2023) |
| Profit: | (2023) |
| Assets: | (2023) |
| Equity: | (2023) |
| Num Employees: | 5,000 (2023) |
| Footnotes: | Financials . References: |
AAR Corp. is an American provider of aircraft maintenance services to commercial and government customers worldwide. The company is headquartered in Wood Dale, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. The company employs 5,000 people worldwide.
, the company operates major maintenance facilities in Indianapolis, Miami, Oklahoma City, Rockford, Illinois, Trois Rivieres, Quebec and Windsor, Ontario.
The company was founded by Ira Allen Eichner in 1951, to supply radios and other equipment to the commercial aviation industry.[1] I.A. Allen Industrial was incorporated in 1955, renamed Allen Aircraft Radio (AAR) in 1962, and became AAR CORP. in 1970. Also, in 1969, AAR began its aircraft maintenance business in Oklahoma City. In 1965, AAR expanded to Europe and opened a Singapore office in 1982.[2]
AAR organized its Aircraft Turbine Center, Inc. in 1979 after future CEO David P. Storch, Eichner's son-in-law, joined the company.
David P. Storch was CEO from 1996 to 2018. In 2018, John M. Holmes became CEO.[3]
In 2017, AAR was chosen as the prime contractor for a 15-year, $909 million landing gear award to provide total supply-chain management to support all U.S. Air Force and contractor requisitions received for all C-130, KC-135 & E-3 landing gear parts.[4]
In September 2019, the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command awarded AAR a $118M contract for procuring, modifying, and delivering two C-40 aircraft to the U.S. Marine Corps.[5]
During the Trump administration, AAR quadrupled its lobbying expenditures.[6] The company spent large sums at Trump-owned properties with the intent to get Trump to view the company more favorably. From the time Trump took office until October 2020, AAR obtained 10 new federal contracts worth a total of $1.35 billion.
In April 2021, AAR signed a multi-year agreement with United Airlines to provide heavy maintenance services in Rockford, Illinois. AAR plans to add up to 250 more aviation maintenance technician (AMT) jobs at the facility to meet increased demand from United.[7]
Annual financial highlights (U.S. Dollars in millions except per share data):
| Operating performance | |||||||||
| Net sales | 1,990.5 | 1,820.0 | 1,652.3 | 2,072.0 | 2,057.8 | 1,748.3 | 1,590.8 | 1,525.4 | |
| Operating income | 133.9 | 106.9 | 85.2 | 41.3 | 98.3 | 86.0 | 82.3 | 75.5 | |
| Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations | 2.55 | 2.19 | 1.31 | 0.71 | 2.40 | 2.11 | 1.51 | 1.30 | |
| Financial position | |||||||||
| Working capital | 746.4 | 600.2 | 1,055.6 | 595.5 | 609.4 | 553.4 | 540.3 | ||
| Total assets | 1,097.9 | 1,007.2 | 1,539.7 | 2,079.0 | 1,517.2 | 1,524.7 | 1,504.1 | 1,456.0 | |
| Total debt | 382.5 | 191.2 | 135.2 | 602.0 | 142.9 | 178.9 | 156.2 | 145.3 | |
| Stockholders' equity | 1,099.1 | 1,034.5 | 974.4 | 902.6 | 905.9 | 914.2 | 865.8 | 865.8 | |
| Sources | [8] | [9] | [10] | ||||||