200 job losses likely after contract losses

AIRLINE maintenance company SR Technics is facing the prospect of up to 200 job losses after it confirmed yesterday it had secured just one of the four lucrative contracts it had with Aer Lingus.

Prior to the tender process at the end of last year, SR Technics had held the wheels and brakes, components, base maintenance and line maintenance contracts at Aer Lingus.

Before Christmas it was told it had lost the first two of those sections to competitors, but that did not affect its business too badly as the latter two contracts were the company’s mainstays.