John Collison amongst group of investors buying Weston Airport

Group set to modernise and upgrade facilities at Weston

John Collison is an avid aviator and licenced pilot.

Stripe co-founder John Collison has emerged as a member of a group of investors who have purchased a majority stake in Weston Airport located on the border between Kildare and Dublin.

The owner of the airport, Galway builder Brian Connelly has agreed to sell the stake to the group headed by Limerick financier Derick Walshe that also includes John Brennan, Catherine Greene and Gerald Dundon.