World’s Largest Aircraft Leasing Company AerCap announce new positions across various disciplines as first Airbus A350 touches down in Ireland

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation yesterday announced that AerCap, a global leader in aviation leasing with operations in Dublin and Shannon, has created over 100 new highly skilled jobs in Ireland.   These are high end roles created across various disciplines including Sales and Marketing, Aircraft Technical, Legal, Contracts Management, Finance and Treasury. The…

  A leading international aviation figure has said that the diversity of the Shannon Group model is what other airports globally will need to look at if they are to drive forward in the years ahead.   Speaking at the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) and International Association of Airport Executives (IAAE) conference in…

With schools closed for the summer, SkyCourt Shopping Centre in Shannon has taken the initiative of launching a free summer kids club aimed at occupying the minds of kids under 10 during the months of July and August.   The Kids Club will run from 1pm to 4pm every Thursday with shows running at 1pm,…

Stunning Viggen Saab added to the line-up for Saturday, July 18th Shannon Air Display Acts from across Europe to delight huge crowds with sky acrobatics and dare-devil feats Family fun day to also include wide array of free activities on the ground The line-up for the Shannon Air Display to mark the 70th anniversary of…

The new Modular Automation hires pictured at the Shannon facility (from left): Enda Roche,  Nicolas Murphy, Paul Queally, Eoin Mulcahy, Donal Hogan, David Tierney, Philip Fahey, Thomas Pyke,               Gary Hoban, Will Kennedy, Anthony Mannion, and Conor Tierney. Also starting this month but not included in the photo are Thomas Cleary and Gary Collopy.   As…

    At a recent workshop in Shannon, organised by Shannon Chamber  and delivered by Noel Caffrey of the 2C Company, members were introduced to the concept of ‘Six Thinking Hats’, developed by Maltese physician Edward de Bono, an author, inventor and consultant. Each of the thinking hats has a colour: white, red, black, yellow,…

The University of Limerick’s Continuing and Professional Education supported by the Aviation Finance Finuas Network have now opened applications for 2015/16 to the very successful postgraduate Diploma in Aviation Leasing & Finance. Launched last year, this is Ireland’s first Level 9 programme to support building expertise in Ireland’s vital aviation leasing and finance sector. The…