AMR Corp. will sell its global services unit as part of a plan to concentrate on its American Airlines and American Eagle commuter-carrier units, the company announced Tuesday.
Ft. Worth-based AMR said it has hired investment bankers to help it find buyers and complete a sale by early next year.
The unit to be sold comprises AMR Services, which provides cargo, passenger and ramp-handling services, as well as equipment maintenance, fueling and management services; AMR Combs, which provides executive aviation services, and TeleService Resources, which provides call-center management services, including telemarketing and reservation services for air carriers, hotels and other clients.
The operations have annual revenue of $451 million and 13,600 employees worldwide.
AMR said no changes are planned in its remaining main businesses, which include the airlines, the Sabre electronic-reservation system and its two remaining management-services units, AMR Investment Services and AMR Airline Management Services.
