Aviation entrepreneur slams Shannon proposal

An influential aviation entrepreneur said yesterday the outcome for Shannon Airport under current Government proposals “will be uninteresting, moribund and people losing jobs”.

Dómhnal Slattery, chief executive of aircraft leasing firm, Avolon, was speaking at an Irish Business Aviation Convention at Dromoland Castle, which was organised by Shannon Airport and Shannon Development.

Mr Slattery also hit out at the Government’s move to establish a task force and two steering groups to chart Shannon Airport’s future.