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THERE will be a new man at the head of operations at the Irish Avia- tion Authority in Shannon from Oc- Kelloae Ee
Former general manager of the IAA’s traffic management, Donie Mooney has been appointed as di- rector of operations for the Irish Aviation Authority.
Eamonn Brennan, Chief Executive Officer of the Irish Aviation Author- ity, announced yesterday that Mr Mooney would succeed Pat Ryan who 1s retiring from the position.
Mr Mooney has been general man- ager of the [AA’s air traffic manage- ment operation at Shannon since 2002.
Previously, he served as general manager of the North Atlantic Com- munications Division, as head of training, aS operations manager of Shannon Area Control Centre, and also as a team leader and instructor in the Authority’s Commercial and Training Directorate.
He spent 15 years as an air traffic controller and held tower and all ra- dar ratings during that time.
Donie also has significant experi- ence in international relations and activities having represented, at a high level, Ireland and the Irish Aviation Authority at several Eu- rocontrol, European Commission
and ICAO fora. Currently he is a member of the ICAO European Air Navigation Planning Group, ICAO NAT Systems Planning Group and the ICAO North Atlantic Air Traffic Management Group.
Donie’s appointment as director of operations will take effect from Oc- tober 1, 2009.