Heavy Maintenance
Wide view inside the AAR facility in Duluth, MN where they contract to do heavy maintenance on Air Canada's narrow-body Airbus aircraft.
Originally built in 1995 for Northwest Airlines at a cost of $47.6 million, the facility closed in 2005 after a mechanic's strike and the airline declared bankruptcy leaving the city and state holding the bag on bond debt that funded its construction.
In 2007, the Duluth Economic Development Authority struck a deal to clear the debt and in 2012, finally landed AAR as a lease tenant who was looking to expand under their Letter of Agreement as maintenance partner with Air Canada.
From the left is an A-319 (C-FYJH), A-321 (C-GJVX), A-319 (C-FYKR) and A-320 (C-FFWN).
Heavy Maintenance
Wide view inside the AAR facility in Duluth, MN where they contract to do heavy maintenance on Air Canada's narrow-body Airbus aircraft.
Originally built in 1995 for Northwest Airlines at a cost of $47.6 million, the facility closed in 2005 after a mechanic's strike and the airline declared bankruptcy leaving the city and state holding the bag on bond debt that funded its construction.
In 2007, the Duluth Economic Development Authority struck a deal to clear the debt and in 2012, finally landed AAR as a lease tenant who was looking to expand under their Letter of Agreement as maintenance partner with Air Canada.
From the left is an A-319 (C-FYJH), A-321 (C-GJVX), A-319 (C-FYKR) and A-320 (C-FFWN).