Ulick McEvaddy (born 1952) is an Irish aviation entrepreneur and former Irish army officer from

Swinford Swinford () is a town in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is surrounded by a number of smaller villages, including Midfield, County Mayo, Midfield and Meelick, County Mayo, Meelick. It is just off the N5 road (Ireland), N5 road, 1 ...

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. In 1984, along with his brother Desmond McEvaddy, he established Omega Air Inc; a Washington-based US Corporation that specialises in the sale and lease of aircraft. Omega Air has become one of the biggest supplier and traders of

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in the world. Today Omega Air has developed into a group of six aviation companies whose services include spare part sales and leasing, engine overhaul and repair, aircraft sales and leasing, air-to-air re-fuelling and re-engineering of Boeing 707 series aircraft. He owns of land west of

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, and wishes to build a competing terminal on that land. The

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(DAA) have stated that they would not allow a competing terminal access to the Runway at Dublin Airport. Other parties calling out for a competing Terminal include Michael O'Leary, the CEO of

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. O'Leary has been known to be in strong opposition to the DAA ( previously known as

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), on various issues. McEvaddy is one of the main contributors to the controversial anti-

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campaign group

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in Ireland. McEvaddy described the consortium of investors who envisaged buying out Sean Quinn's stake in the stricken Anglo Irish Bank as "heroes" of an "economic war".

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Living people Businesspeople from County Mayo Irish aviation businesspeople People from Swinford, County Mayo Date of birth missing (living people) People educated at Garbally College 1952 births {{ireland-business-bio-stub