Allister welcomes expansion at Enniskillen Airport
13 September 2006
Having visited and been involved in discussions with those seeking to promote St Angelo Airport, I greatly welcome the jobs being created by Sloane Helicopter Engineering. Both the fact and the quality of these jobs, and the environment for further development which they create, is good news for Fermanagh. Now, we must seek to build on this breakthrough. Both the Council and the directors of Enniskillen Airport are to be commended for their tenacity and vision in turning the airport around into a focus for development and growth in the county.
If an extension to the runway could be achieved, then, ventures similar to the helicopter development, but involving commercial aircraft repairs, would be possible. Likewise the planned marina development offers further expansion and potential to have a co-ordinated and positive tourism impact. With stragetic inter-regional significance Enniskillen Airport should be able to benefit from transnational EU funding. In this regard I have already lobbied both DETI and the SEUPB and trust they will rise to the challenge."
