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AVOLON, the international aircraft leasing company founded and led by Ennis man Domhnal Slattery; and Vertical Aerospace have announced a US $2 billion order for up to 500 electric vertical take off and landing aircraft. Mr Slattery has said the deal will introduce the ultra short haul aircraft category to commercial aviation, which will revolutionise air travel with zero emissions aircraft. It will involve the roll out of the VA-X4 aircraft, which they say will be capable of travelling over 200mph, with a range of over 100 miles and capacity for four passengers and a pilot. The fact that it will take off vertically means it will be able to operate in and out of cities and other confined locations. They claim it is 100 times quieter than a helicopter, and safer also. In a statement, Avolon said, “The agreement will combine Avolon’s scale and deep industry relationships with Vertical’s leading technological position in the eVTOL space and will see …

THE world’s top band U2, is among those to come on board to fund a cargo plane of personal protection equipment (PPE) being brought from China to Ireland by Ennis man Dómhnal Slattery. Avolon, the aircraft leasing company owned by Mr Slattery, landed flight MSN 396 with a full consignment PPE at Dublin Airport last week. The A330 aircraft contained 40 ventilators, 1.1m exam gloves, 250,000 surgical masks, 60,000 medical goggles and 20,000 medical face shields. “We are confident the medical supplies as sourced by the HSE, PCH and Avolon are of the highest quality available and contain the CE marking,” said Mr Slattery. The well-known businessman gave a commitment to do even more in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. It has emerged that Bono, the Edge, Adam and Larry are among the individuals involved with Avolon on this project. U2 have committed €10m to the project and they have purchased the PPE that Avolon will fly from China …