Aer Lingus contract deal could cost 1,500 jobs

AER LINGUS yesterday said it is too early to say whether it will reassign its entire maintenance contract from the current operator SR Technics with the likely loss of up to 1,500 jobs.

Last week, SR Technics made a presentation to its staff outlining the challenges faced by the company in the wake of Aer Lingus’s decision to advertise the contract, which accounts for more than 40% of SR Technics’ business.

The workers are understood to have been told if that significant element of its Irish operation was lost, it was likely it would have to close, meaning redundancy for between 1,200 and 1,500 of the workers at the north Dublin plant.