The Aviation Industry Awards 2025, held on 28 November at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Santry, Dublin, recognised excellence across categories in Ireland’s aviation sector. Limerick Flying Club secured the top prize as Aviation Company of the Year, praised for safety focus, talent development, and community impact.
- Academic Education: Law Society of Ireland. Nominated: AAV Aviation Services Training
- Aviation Company of the Year: Limerick Flying Club
- Aviation Innovation: Manna Air Delivery. Nominated: Collins Aerospace in Kilkeel (Kilkeel’s Autonomous Mobile Robotics Project), Dnata (Leveraging Technology in Airline Catering), Spirit Aerosystems (Belfast) (One Piece Resin Infused Wing Demonstrator)
- Aviation Leasing Achievement: LXA Leasing. Nominated: ABL Aviation
- Aviation Rising Star: Gary Naughton (IASA). Nominated: Anthony Collins (Eirtech Aviation Services), Matthew Murray (Eirtech Aviation Services), Rachel Murray (Genesis)
- Aviation Training: Collins Aerospace (Kilkeel’s Step In Programme). Nominated: Belfast City Airport (The High Flyers Apprenticeship Programme), CHC Ireland (Search and Rescue and Way2Work)
- Emerging Aviation Technology: Frequency (Efficient Aviation Collaboration Platform). Nominated: Airline MRO Parts (AMP) (SMART Suite), Avtrain (OMG Software Application), Future Mobility Campus Ireland (ÉALÚ-AER Project: Digital Sky Demonstrator), Tao Climate (AI Space Hemp Carbon Removal and MRV Platform)
- General & Sport Aviation: Limerick Flying Club Coonagh CLG. Nominated: Galway Flying Club
- Green Impact: daa. Nominated: Aer Lingus, Airbus International Services, AvAir, Marqette Food Hall, Tao Climate
- Innovation in Safety and Risk Management: Irish Aviation Authority (EU Ground Handling Regulation). Nominated: CHC Ireland (Fatigue Risk Management System), Dublin Airport (Safety Stack), Trident Safety Group
- Operational Aviation: The Shannon Airport Group. Nominated: Aterim, CHC Ireland, International Aerospace Coatings (IAC), Moog MRO Services
- People & Workplace Culture: Aer Lingus. Nominated: CHC Ireland, Hannon Travel, LXA Leasing, Marqette, The Shannon Airport Group
- Use of Technology: Manna Air Delivery. Nominated: daa (Dublin Airport: Aerodrome Safeguarding), Dnata (Leveraging Technology in Airline Catering), Future Mobility Campus Ireland (ÉALÚ-AER Project: Digital Sky Demonstrator)
- Women in Aviation: Marina Efthymiou (Dublin City University). Nominated: Helene Fumey (Airbus International Services), Julie Garland (Avtrain)
