GUARANTORS OF SECURITIES (Condensed Balance Sheet) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Jun. 30, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Jun. 30, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ 39,160
|
$ 14,370
|
[1] |
$ 17,002
|
$ 40,867
|
Receivables: |
|
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,036 |
36,830
|
48,639
|
[1] |
|
|
Tax receivables |
6,011
|
6,085
|
[1] |
|
|
Other |
3,641
|
3,305
|
[1] |
|
|
Inventories, net |
27,764
|
27,994
|
[1] |
|
|
Prepaid expenses |
2,563
|
1,963
|
[1] |
|
|
Other current assets |
191
|
191
|
[1] |
|
|
Total current assets |
116,160
|
102,547
|
[1] |
|
|
Property and equipment |
1,172,242
|
1,175,909
|
[1] |
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
(336,722)
|
(316,693)
|
[1] |
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
835,520
|
859,216
|
[1] |
|
|
Equity investments and advances |
29,299
|
28,898
|
[1] |
|
|
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
1,148
|
1,158
|
[1] |
|
|
Deferred taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Other assets |
12,719
|
12,532
|
[1] |
|
|
Total assets |
994,846
|
1,004,351
|
[1] |
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
15,473
|
12,000
|
[1] |
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
9,565
|
9,012
|
[1] |
|
|
Accrued interest |
612
|
562
|
[1] |
|
|
Accrued other taxes |
2,515
|
2,520
|
[1] |
|
|
Accrued contingencies |
1,280
|
2,410
|
[1] |
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
1,569
|
3,278
|
[1] |
|
|
Other current liabilities |
2,184
|
2,300
|
[1] |
|
|
Total current liabilities |
33,198
|
32,082
|
[1] |
|
|
Long-term debt |
252,940
|
263,698
|
[1] |
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
227,933
|
229,848
|
[1] |
|
|
Intercompany payables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Other liabilities |
4,418
|
2,616
|
[1] |
|
|
Total liabilities |
518,489
|
528,244
|
[1] |
|
|
Redeemable noncontrolling interest |
4,573
|
4,804
|
[1] |
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,879,283 and 20,495,694 outstanding in 2016 and 2015, respectively, exclusive of treasury shares |
211
|
207
|
[1] |
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
435,714
|
433,175
|
[1] |
|
|
Retained earnings |
38,622
|
40,502
|
[1] |
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost, 171,614 and 154,549 shares in 2016 and 2015, respectively |
(2,855)
|
(2,673)
|
[1] |
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
92
|
92
|
[1] |
|
|
Total equity |
471,784
|
471,303
|
[1] |
|
|
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders’ equity |
994,846
|
1,004,351
|
[1] |
|
|
Parent |
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
36,030
|
7,565
|
|
3,854
|
16,481
|
Receivables: |
|
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,036 |
39
|
39
|
|
|
|
Tax receivables |
6,000
|
6,013
|
|
|
|
Other |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses |
565
|
458
|
|
|
|
Other current assets |
190
|
190
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
42,824
|
14,265
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Equity investments and advances |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries |
178,291
|
172,335
|
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Deferred taxes |
5,876
|
3,823
|
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
474,859
|
515,255
|
|
|
|
Other assets |
1,828
|
2,166
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
703,678
|
707,844
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
410
|
386
|
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
612
|
549
|
|
|
|
Accrued other taxes |
30
|
30
|
|
|
|
Accrued contingencies |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
468
|
534
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
1,520
|
1,499
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt |
230,466
|
235,134
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Other liabilities |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
231,986
|
236,633
|
|
|
|
Redeemable noncontrolling interest |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,879,283 and 20,495,694 outstanding in 2016 and 2015, respectively, exclusive of treasury shares |
211
|
207
|
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
435,714
|
433,175
|
|
|
|
Retained earnings |
38,622
|
40,502
|
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost, 171,614 and 154,549 shares in 2016 and 2015, respectively |
(2,855)
|
(2,673)
|
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Total equity |
471,692
|
471,211
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders’ equity |
703,678
|
707,844
|
|
|
|
Guarantors |
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
1,768
|
3,334
|
|
10,577
|
22,188
|
Receivables: |
|
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,036 |
28,906
|
40,345
|
|
|
|
Tax receivables |
11
|
72
|
|
|
|
Other |
2,825
|
3,089
|
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
26,838
|
25,557
|
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses |
1,858
|
1,411
|
|
|
|
Other current assets |
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
62,207
|
73,809
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment |
1,155,702
|
1,159,441
|
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
(335,631)
|
(316,090)
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
820,071
|
843,351
|
|
|
|
Equity investments and advances |
29,299
|
28,898
|
|
|
|
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Deferred taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Other assets |
6,169
|
6,999
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
917,746
|
953,057
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
13,793
|
9,635
|
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
6,906
|
6,875
|
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
0
|
13
|
|
|
|
Accrued other taxes |
1,275
|
789
|
|
|
|
Accrued contingencies |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
1,524
|
1,663
|
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
1,685
|
1,311
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
25,183
|
20,286
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt |
22,474
|
23,305
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
233,132
|
232,994
|
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
444,054
|
501,512
|
|
|
|
Other liabilities |
1,301
|
1,887
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
726,144
|
779,984
|
|
|
|
Redeemable noncontrolling interest |
4
|
4
|
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,879,283 and 20,495,694 outstanding in 2016 and 2015, respectively, exclusive of treasury shares |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
100,306
|
95,543
|
|
|
|
Retained earnings |
91,200
|
77,434
|
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost, 171,614 and 154,549 shares in 2016 and 2015, respectively |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
92
|
92
|
|
|
|
Total equity |
191,598
|
173,069
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders’ equity |
917,746
|
953,057
|
|
|
|
Non-guarantors |
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
1,362
|
3,471
|
|
2,571
|
2,198
|
Receivables: |
|
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,036 |
7,885
|
8,255
|
|
|
|
Tax receivables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Other |
816
|
216
|
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
926
|
2,437
|
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses |
140
|
94
|
|
|
|
Other current assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
11,129
|
14,473
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment |
16,540
|
16,468
|
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
(1,091)
|
(603)
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
15,449
|
15,865
|
|
|
|
Equity investments and advances |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
1,148
|
1,158
|
|
|
|
Deferred taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Other assets |
4,722
|
3,367
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
32,448
|
34,863
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
1,270
|
1,979
|
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
2,659
|
2,137
|
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Accrued other taxes |
1,210
|
1,701
|
|
|
|
Accrued contingencies |
1,280
|
2,410
|
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
45
|
1,615
|
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
31
|
455
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
6,495
|
10,297
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt |
0
|
5,259
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
677
|
677
|
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
30,805
|
13,743
|
|
|
|
Other liabilities |
3,117
|
729
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
41,094
|
30,705
|
|
|
|
Redeemable noncontrolling interest |
4,569
|
4,800
|
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,879,283 and 20,495,694 outstanding in 2016 and 2015, respectively, exclusive of treasury shares |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
4,562
|
9,325
|
|
|
|
Retained earnings |
(17,777)
|
(9,967)
|
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost, 171,614 and 154,549 shares in 2016 and 2015, respectively |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Total equity |
(13,215)
|
(642)
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders’ equity |
32,448
|
34,863
|
|
|
|
Eliminations |
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
0
|
0
|
|
$ 0
|
$ 0
|
Receivables: |
|
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,036 |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Tax receivables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Other |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Other current assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Equity investments and advances |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries |
(178,291)
|
(172,335)
|
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Deferred taxes |
(5,876)
|
(3,823)
|
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
(474,859)
|
(515,255)
|
|
|
|
Other assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
(659,026)
|
(691,413)
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Accrued other taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Accrued contingencies |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
(5,876)
|
(3,823)
|
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
(474,859)
|
(515,255)
|
|
|
|
Other liabilities |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
(480,735)
|
(519,078)
|
|
|
|
Redeemable noncontrolling interest |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,879,283 and 20,495,694 outstanding in 2016 and 2015, respectively, exclusive of treasury shares |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
(104,868)
|
(104,868)
|
|
|
|
Retained earnings |
(73,423)
|
(67,467)
|
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost, 171,614 and 154,549 shares in 2016 and 2015, respectively |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
Total equity |
(178,291)
|
(172,335)
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders’ equity |
$ (659,026)
|
$ (691,413)
|
|
|
|
|
|