14/08/2026
✈️🇮🇪 A PREMIUM NEW FLAGPOLE INSTALLATION FOR THE MAGELLAN AVIATION GROUP IN THE HEART OF SHANNON’S AVIATION HUB 🇮🇪✈️
Another major aviation-sector project completed by Poles Apart, this time for Magellan Aviation Group at Shannon Free Zone, Co. Clare.
The project began with the decommissioning and removal of three existing rusted metal flagpoles which had reached the end of their serviceable lives.
♻️ Responsible removal and disposal is an important part of our service.
The old metal flagpoles were safely dismantled and removed from site, with the redundant materials handled and disposed of through an appropriate, legal and environmentally responsible process.
In their place, we supplied, delivered and professionally installed:
🇮🇪 1 × 7-metre Premium Hinged-Based Fibreglass Flagpole
🇪🇺 2 × 6-metre Premium Hinged-Based Fibreglass Flagpoles
The result is a smart, modern and professional three-pole installation, providing a fitting new frontage for an international company operating at the heart of Ireland’s aviation industry.
✈️ MAGELLAN AVIATION GROUP — DEEP ROOTS IN SHANNON
Magellan Aviation Group has a long association with Shannon and the international aviation industry.
Its Shannon operation traces its origins to the early 1990s, when it was established as a subsidiary of the legendary aircraft leasing company GPA. Following ownership changes in the early 2000s, the operation became part of Magellan Aviation Group.
Today, Magellan operates as part of a global aviation trading and logistics network, with operations spanning Shannon, Charlotte in North Carolina and Singapore.
The Shannon facility has an important role within this international network, providing warehousing, logistics, distribution and aviation asset expertise to customers across Europe, North America and further afield.
A particularly interesting part of Magellan’s business involves aircraft and engines approaching the end of their operational lives.
Rather than allowing valuable aviation assets simply to become waste, usable components can be recovered, repaired, certified and returned to service.
That makes businesses such as Magellan increasingly important to aviation’s developing circular economy — extending the useful life of valuable aircraft components while helping to reduce unnecessary waste. ♻️✈️
🌱 MAGELLAN — LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
The future direction of Magellan’s Shannon operation is also particularly interesting.
The company has achieved a Silver EcoVadis sustainability rating, strengthening its environmental and sustainability credentials within the international aviation industry.
Its Shannon operation employs approximately 65 people, encompassing warehousing, global distribution, finance and aviation asset trading expertise.
Looking ahead, Magellan has indicated that it intends to continue improving its environmental performance, undergo annual EcoVadis reassessments and work towards achieving a Gold EcoVadis rating.
With international air travel continuing to grow, airlines and maintenance organisations need dependable access to replacement components.
The ability to recover, overhaul, certify and return existing aircraft components to service therefore has the potential to become even more important — both economically and environmentally.
And Shannon is exceptionally well positioned to be part of that future.
🌎 SHANNON — A SMALL PLACE THAT CHANGED GLOBAL AVIATION
Shannon has been an international aviation pioneer for more than 80 years.
✈️ In 1945, Shannon became Ireland’s first transatlantic airport.
🛍️ In 1947, Shannon introduced the world’s first airport Duty Free Shop — an idea that would subsequently be copied at airports around the globe.
🏭 In 1959, the Shannon Free Zone was established beside the airport.
It became one of the great Irish economic success stories and is widely recognised as the world’s first modern free-trade zone, providing a model that would later be replicated internationally.
🇺🇸 Shannon also became a pioneer in US Preclearance, allowing passengers travelling to the United States to complete US immigration and customs formalities before leaving Ireland.
Today, Shannon Airport continues to play a hugely important role in connecting the West and Mid-West of Ireland with the rest of the world.
More than 2.3 million passengers travelled through Shannon in 2025, its strongest performance in 16 years and approximately 9% higher than the previous year.
And that growth story continues.
For 2026, Shannon’s network is expanding to around 40 routes, providing connections with destinations across the United States, United Kingdom and continental Europe.
Its long runway, 24-hour operations, strategic Atlantic location and extraordinary concentration of aviation businesses around the airport have helped make Shannon one of Europe’s most distinctive aviation centres.
🏘️ SHANNON TOWN — A TOWN BUILT AROUND AN IDEA
Shannon Town itself has a fascinating history because, unlike most Irish towns, it didn’t gradually develop over hundreds of years around a castle, monastery, harbour or traditional market square.
Shannon was planned and built for the future.
The development of Shannon Airport and the Free Zone created thousands of jobs, and during the early 1960s a new town began developing alongside them to provide homes and services for the rapidly growing workforce.
It became Ireland’s first planned new town in more than 200 years.
Shannon Airport, Shannon Free Zone and Shannon Town are therefore all part of the same remarkable story — an ambitious Irish experiment combining aviation, international trade, employment and regional development.
What began on the banks of the Shannon ultimately helped attract businesses and investment from around the world to County Clare.
More than six decades later, that aviation tradition continues with international companies such as Magellan Aviation Group operating from Shannon and supplying the global aerospace industry.
And Poles Apart is very proud to have now left our own small mark on that remarkable aviation landscape. 🇮🇪✈️
From removing ageing metal flagpoles to installing modern premium fibreglass systems, we provide the complete flagpole service:
✅ Flagpole decommissioning
✅ Safe removal & environmentally responsible disposal
✅ Premium fibreglass flagpoles
✅ Hinged-base systems
✅ New installations
✅ Refurbishment & repairs
✅ Maintenance
✅ Nationwide service throughout Ireland 🇮🇪
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