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Charter company setting up Shannon base

Photo: GainJet Aviation S.A.
Photo: GainJet Aviation S.A.

Shannon Group plc, which includes Shannon Airport, has received a significant boost with confirmation that a leading worldwide private aircraft charter operator is establishing a base in Co Clare.

Athens-based GainJet Aviation has begun the process of establishing its new Irish operation within Shannon Group’s International Aviation Services Centre (IASC).

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The IASC is the business unit within Shannon Group plc, established in 2014, tasked with building on the already well-established aviation cluster at Shannon Airport.

GainJet Ireland will base three aircraft at the mid-west airport including a medevac/air ambulance and expects to begin operations early next year.

GainJet CEO, Captain Ramsey Shaban said: “GainJet has been looking at expanding our operations in support of our current structure as we continue to grow. We examined several EU options, but we felt Ireland has a lot going for it and hence major companies have moved their bases there.”

“We chose Shannon because, similar to Athens, it is a European base that is strategically located and connects continents. Moreover, Shannon has become a major aviation hub for leasing companies and for Atlantic crossing traffic,” he said.

“The team at IASC in Shannon Airport have been very supportive of our efforts and have been easy to work with as we inch closer to finalising the set-up of our new subsidiary base at Shannon.

We are planning to base 3 aircraft in Shannon as part of GainJet Ireland within the next six months, including two business jets and a medevac aircraft. While we continue to look at expansion into Africa and the Middle-East, our primary base of operation is still very much in Europe. We are very excited with GainJet Ireland,” Capt. Shaban added.

Photo: IASC
IASC Managing Director Patrick Edmond – Photo: IASC

IASC Managing Director Mr. Patrick Edmond said: “We are delighted to welcome GainJet to Shannon. The company is joining over 50 aviation-related businesses already operating in the Shannon Free Zone.”

“Shannon is putting a particular focus on the area of business and corporate aviation, and a commitment such as this by a leading player such as GainJet is a vote of confidence in the aviation ecosystem developed here over decades and reaffirms Shannon’s attractiveness for aerospace and aviation related activity.

A key part of our role in IASC is to support and encourage the development of the aviation cluster here in Shannon. We congratulate GainJet and we look forward to working with them closely in the coming months to support the further successful expansion of their business in Shannon,” Mr. Edmond added.

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