Eirtech Aviation Wins WestJet Contract

Ireland’s Eirtech Aviation has won a major contract with WestJet for the installation and maintenance of advanced warning cabin pressurization systems for Canada’s second largest airline. The work will be carried out on WestJet’s Boeing 737 fleet.

 

Eirtech Aviation was chosen for presenting a solution that was both time-saving and also cost-effective, enabling the fastest turn-around possible on installation and minimizing down-time for the fleet. It is an alternative method of compliance (AMOC) solution to Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) Airworthiness Directives (AD2012-19-11 and AD2013-02-05) which mandate a further level of warning and awareness for the crew by improving visual and aural annunciation in the cockpit, which will enable pilots to accurately and safely differentiate between take off configuration indicators and cabin altitude pressurization warnings.

 

Eirtech Aviation’s design solution has already received all mandatory supplemental type certificate (STC) and AMOC approvals from the FAA, EASA, and the Canadian Transport Authority.

 

Speaking about the contract win, Eirtech Aviation CEO Niall Cunningham notes, “Our approved solution allows us to bypass routing through junction 46, avoiding additional unnecessary testing of unrelated systems. Any modifications can be made, on site, by the Eirtech Aviation solution, and we are best placed to provide a global solution to mandated changes that must be implemented by May 2016."