Shannon Airport en route to becoming a global centre of excellence for aviation, say expert

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“Therefore there is a great heritage, history, legacy in this physical jurisdiction about building great businesses in aviation and in my mind business aviation has a long term core, strategic rationale for its existence and it will continue to grow. It would be really wonderful to see Ireland with its tax capabilities, withholding tax network, its expertise, the legal expertise, taxation and accounting expertise so on so forth to take the leadership role in the business jet world.

“There’s a huge rationale for its location in aviation – aviation finance, business jet, commercial jet or otherwise and that’s a really great opportunity for this part of the world.”

Also speaking at the convention, Shannon Airport Director Mary Considine said: “The platform for another new era at Shannon will enable us to build on our already proud legacy. Opportunities arising from this, I have no doubt, will interest many companies attending today and tomorrow as the process underway right now is all about creating the best possible operating environment at Shannon.”

Dr. Vincent Cunnane, CEO of Shannon Development and convention co-host said: “Shannon is home to a range of aviation related training programmes, many of them run by the College of Ireland who are establishing a centre of excellence for training services, including pilot training and aircraft engineering.  Shannon already has a large cluster of aviation companies involved in MRO (Maintenance Repair and Overhaul), leasing, private aircraft charter, and FBO (Fixed Based Operators) and we hope to expand this sector even more in the future.”
 

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