Eirtrade Aviation Limited, the global technical assets services and trading company, recently took delivery of an Airbus A380 aircraft at its facility at Ireland West Airport. This is the largest passenger aircraft to ever land at the airport.
The Airbus A380, the largest passenger aircraft currently flying worldwide, with a capacity for 868 passengers, will be parked and stored at Eirtrade’s facility at Ireland West Airport. Eirtrade, as part of its ongoing business at the airport, has completed similar projects on the Boeing 737, 757 series aircraft, and Airbus A320 families, a move which has proven its capabilities in the area of complex disassembly for an international customer base. It is expected that this will lead to further similar projects in the near term for the facility at Ireland West Airport.
This is also a significant development for Ireland West Airport as it recently completed the rehabilitation and overlay of the main runway and has received zoning approval for a Strategic Development Zone for the land bank in and around the airport.
The airport board is continuing discussions with Government and its stakeholders in regard to the construction of a large hangar facility that would support the further development of aircraft disassembly, repair, and maintenance at the airport which in turn would lead to the creation of an aviation hub and significant job creation in the northwest of Ireland.
