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Dublin Aerospace: Conor McCarthy CEO Dublin Aerospace has been nominated as one of the eight finalists chosen for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. An aviation engineer by profession, Mr. McCarthy’s nomination reflects his vision was to reinvent the aircraft maintenance industry in Ireland where a large pool of experienced and skilled aviation engineers was readily available due in part to the closure of SR Technics. He honed his skills in a number of major aviation companies, holding many senior positions including chief executive of Aer Lingus commuter and chief operating officer of Ryanair. He is a shareholder and director with both Air Asia and vivaAerobus of Mexico. Dublin Aerospace is approaching the end of its second year of operations and has moved from a start up operation to employing 225 people during its peak winter operations this year. Apart from Dublin Aerospace, he lists his biggest business achievement as helping to establish AirAsia back in 2001 building it into Asia’s largest and most successful low-fares airline, with 100 aircraft and 28 million passengers a year. Separately work due to be completed at the end for the process ventilation fit out of the chemical treatment plant in Hangar 1, Dublin Airport is underway. Tritech Engineering Ltd a Tallaght based company has been appointed as the mechanical contractor with PJ Hegarty & Sons Ltd to carry out the work which was designed by PM Group. Looking at the aircraft handled by the facility, the three ex Lotus Air Airbus A320s, N403AC, N413AC and N416AC which arrived there on 13th May were still present on 19th June. D-AHHA, an A319 of Hamburg Airways departed on 26th May as the HAY163F. Boeing 737-348 (QC), F-GIXI of Europe Airpost which also arrived on 13th May was noted operating for Europe Airpost as the FPO411J on 21st May. The ex Royal Falcon A319-112, N595MS (ex JY-JRE) which arrived for maintenance on 9th May was twice re-registered; to EI-ELO (on 14th June) and to TC-ATD (18th June) but remained in Royal Falcon colours. It departed on delivery to Atlas Jet as the KKK905 on 18th June as TC-ATD.

Eirtech Aviation: Eirtech continued to receive aircraft from easyJet and Air Berlin along with some more unusual visitors. As in previous reports there is some cross over with aircraft being attended to by Dublin Aerospace. Starting with the former Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS, EI-DCE, she finally departed at 13:00 on 24th May on delivery to Sun Express Germany in Frankfurt where she became D-ASXS. Before looking at the easyJets, we wish to note the departure of Boeing 737-3K2, LN-KKI of Norwegian Air Shuttle referred to in our last report. She was ferried from storage at Southend to Dublin as NAX56F on 10th May and returned there on 16th May Dublin as the NAX8857 after receiving an anonymous all white paint job. Another long term resident was Boeing 737-73V, G-EZKE of easyJet. She was destined for Jordan Aviation as JY-JAT but was placed in storage in Dublin in an all white scheme. She finally departed at 15:20 on 13th June on delivery to JetLite in Delhi as the JLL9001. Prior to her departure three easyJet Airbus A319-111s arrived. G-EZEM ex HB-JZH arrived in Brussels Airlines colours late on the night of 2nd June from Abu Dhabi as the EZY8011 and parked nose in to Hangar 4. She was followed by G-EZEI ex HB-JZG also in the full colours of Brussels Airlines. She was ferried Abu Dhabi to Dublin on 10th June as the EZY8012. Finally and on the same day G-EZEK was also ferried from Abu Dhabi to Dublin in easyJet colours as EZY8010 for repaint in Russian carrier Sky Express colours. Looking next at the Air Berlin aircraft, Boeing 737-76Q, D-ABAA, was ferried from Munich on 21st May as the BER159X for painting into the full scheme of Russian operator Yakutia. She departed as the BER779X on 26th May but did not arrive in Moscow/Vnukovo until the 16th June due to some enroute ‘adventures’. She subsequently became VQ-BLT. Airbus A320-214, D-ABDA was ferried from Prague on 9th June on an all white paint job prior return to lessor and departed as such on 18th June as the BER162K.She was replace the same day by D-ALTE an ex LTU machine which arrived as the BER666P for painting. Donbassaero had two Airbus A320-212 in Dublin, N241LF (which became UR-DAH) and N181LF (which became UR-DAI). They arrived from Istanbul for painting in Aerosvit colours. N181LF arrived just before midnight on 23rd May. She performed a test flight as N181LF on 9th June. N241LF arrived at 00:20 on 24th May. She was rolled out in Aerosvit Airlines c/s after painting and performed a test flight on 10th June. Finally, Boeing 737-8Q8 (WL), 7O-ADM of Yemenia was ferried from Sana'a to Dublin arriving at 0003 on 3rd June and parked between Hangars 5 and 6. She is leased from ILFC and is to become 9Y-JMC of Air Jamaica and will be operated by Caribbean Airlines.