Shannon aviation firm secures Qatar Airlines deal

An Irish aviation services company has secured a major contract to paint an award-winning airline’s fleet of aircraft.

Shannon-based Eirtech Aviation will undertake the work across a number of Qatar Airline’s operational bases, including in Shannon, Dublin, Ostrava and its recently established Rome facility.

The seven-year contract involves the exterior repainting of 74 of Qatar Airline’s wide and narrow body aircraft, including 49 Boeing 777s, together with a number of A330s and A320s.