Aircraft maintenance company SR Technics has been told that it is still in the running to retain the Aer Lingus base or airframe maintenance contract.
However, in a memo to staff issued this afternoon, the company stressed that while this is good news for the company, they have not yet won the business.
Last October, Aer Lingus announced it was putting out to tender its ten-year aircraft maintenance contract with SR Technics, which expires in October.
The tender was divided into four separate contracts.
SRT has already been informed that it has lost the two smaller contracts for wheels and brakes, as well as component maintenance.
However, in this afternoon's memo to staff, the company confirms that it has emerged from the tendering process for the third contract - base or airframe maintenance - as a finalist.
The memo says that SRT understands there may be one or two other parties also involved in this final stage.
It continues that SRT is in the process of signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Aer Lingus, and expects this to be complete today.
Management says the company is also aware that Aer Lingus will not make a final decision on who will get the contract until February.
