New York-based Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAWW) has announced it has renewed and extended its corporate headquarters lease in Purchase, New York with plans to include creating 100 additional jobs and enhance headquarters offices to accommodate its growing employee base and strategic business growth, the company said.
Atlas has maintained its headquarters in New York since 2000.
Atlas currently employs 568 professionals in New York. Atlas expects to retain those positions and create 100 additional jobs in New York over the next five years. Globally, the company employs more than 3,500 aviation professionals.
In addition to its New York headquarters, the company maintains operations centers near the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, in Anchorage, Alaska, and Hong Kong; a training center in Miami, Florida; and key logistics centers around the world, including John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, to support its global network.
Atlas Air Worldwide is a global provider of outsourced aircraft and aviation operating services. It is the parent company of Atlas Air, Inc., Southern Air Holdings, Inc. and Titan Aviation Holdings, Inc., and is the majority shareholder of Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc.