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Shannon Airport Thread [Mod Warning in First Post]

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    #5732
    Shn99
    Registered Users Posts: 1,353 ✭✭✭Shn99


    hondabanner wrote: »
    Anyway of getting the stn?? Nearly certain one was circling

    FR103 came in just before the Stobart at 10:15. Wasn’t circling. This debate or whatever you want to call it isn’t going anywhere, could be here all night humming and hawing but facts are facts and you can’t argue with them.


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    #5733
    hondabanner
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭hondabanner


    Checked the system there Edinburgh was late going out due to airport operations that day


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    #5734
    Limpy
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    tv221 wrote: »
    I love all these people complaining about what is essentially with all Omni flights passengers landing to use toilets, stretch their legs, buy a pint or a coke. Ah their soldiers you say. True. And yes there probably is rifles in the hold.

    But as they represent the American state. I'm sure none of those moaning would visit such a place to visit friends or holiday. And all that money Sinn Fein collect from people over there whom have no issue with what America does around the world and has been since Korea in the 50's.

    None of you will be taking any of 139 euro flights over this Autumn in a show of solidarity to the innocent killed around the world. Completely different thing you'll say. Emm whatever helps your hypocritical conscience sleep at night.

    Some of you even travel to mid east countries with horrific human rights issues without any thought.

    Shannon is just a place were people transit.

    Sinn Fein gettin money from America was wrong. So that does not make it ok to support American adventurism abroad. Conor dying in Omagh should be no more important than Abdul dying in kabul from American bombs.

    What your argument is that Shannon is de facto a US military refueling base . If they refuel elsewhere the base will close. No wonder the airport is struggling.


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    #5735
    Balf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 667 ✭✭✭Balf


    LXFlyer wrote: »
    An aircraft of any airline could have an incident that required the emergency procedures to kick in and the runway being closed.

    It is certainly not unique to the military flights.
    I'm sure it's not unique. But is there any issue over whether the incident needed special handling because it was a military flight, posing additional risks?

    I just don't know if many civilian airports would have a substantial volume of military flights. But, presumably, there is some level of risk attached from troops and their personal weapons passing through - even the risk of the airport being targeted by terrorists.

    I do appreciate people will be sensitive if they feel their jobs are directly impacted. At the same time, that's not a sustainable outlook. If someone says "I get a job out of it, and feck everyone else", its actually a rather precarious position to take. Because the usual response to "feck everyone else" is "feck you, too".

    The jobs line is frequently taken as a conversation stopper. Yet, it may stop a conversation that needs to be had.


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    #5736
    Shn99
    Registered Users Posts: 1,353 ✭✭✭Shn99


    Balf wrote: »
    I just don't know if many civilian airports would have a substantial volume of military flights. But, presumably, there is some level of risk attached from troops and their personal weapons passing through - even the risk of the airport being targeted by terrorists.

    Nuremburg, Belfast Int, Prestwick, Hahn and Chania are a few in Europe off the top of my head


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    #5737
    JamesBond2010
    Registered Users Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭JamesBond2010


    Balf wrote: »
    I'm sure it's not unique. But is there any issue over whether the incident needed special handling because it was a military flight, posing additional risks?

    I just don't know if many civilian airports would have a substantial volume of military flights. But, presumably, there is some level of risk attached from troops and their personal weapons passing through - even the risk of the airport being targeted by terrorists.

    I do appreciate people will be sensitive if they feel their jobs are directly impacted. At the same time, that's not a sustainable outlook. If someone says "I get a job out of it, and feck everyone else", its actually a rather precarious position to take. Because the usual response to "feck everyone else" is "feck you, too".

    The jobs line is frequently taken as a conversation stopper. Yet, it may stop a conversation that needs to be had.


    You have to have flights 1st for terrorists to strike the place & the summer season will be over one of the days so that means all the american flights will be gradually ceasing till the start of nxt year. so that means the place will be very quiet. The goverment only cares about Dublin so that leaves the Shannon on its own. it has to make money some way.


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    #5738
    Brennans Row
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    The CSO statistics for April are out.

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    #5739
    Tiernster7
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    Why is Aer Lingus Boston down so much?

    Has frequency of route reduced?


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    #5740
    JCX BXC
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    Tiernster7 wrote: »
    Why is Aer Lingus Boston down so much?

    Has frequency of route reduced?

    Only ran half of April this year, was year round last year.


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    #5741
    JamesBond2010
    Registered Users Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭JamesBond2010


    Tiernster7 wrote: »
    Why is Aer Lingus Boston down so much?

    Has frequency of route reduced?


    They only care about dublin.So anytime there is a prob with the plane in Dublin.They use the shannon plane & cancel the flight & or bus them up to dublin.


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    #5742
    JCX BXC
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    JamesBond2010 wrote: »
    They only care about dublin.So anytime there is a prob with the plane in Dublin.They use the shannon plane & cancel the flight & or bus them up to dublin.

    No, that's not what happened.

    Less of the hype, it's embarrassing.


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    #5743
    RocketRaccoon
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    JCX BXC wrote: »
    No, that's not what happened.

    Less of the hype, it's embarrassing.

    It is usually what happens though in fairness.


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    #5744
    JCX BXC
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    RocketRaccoon wrote: »
    It is usually what happens though in fairness.

    It does happen on occasion, however it's absolutely nothing to do with the numbers and simply using it as a stick to beat Aer Lingus every single time anything comes up is pedantic.

    This thread is becoming as gloomy and depressing as the cork thread was a few years ago.


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    #5745
    JamesBond2010
    Registered Users Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭JamesBond2010


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    No, that's not what happened.

    Less of the hype, it's embarrassing.


    Thats the truth about not caring about shannon. Something like that anyway when the plane Breaks but they are supposed to be getting a few new planes now.


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    #5746
    mdmix
    Registered Users Posts: 608 ✭✭✭mdmix


    Is Boston year round again? It says so on the Shannon winter schedule, but there are a few inaccuracies there in the past. Bristol also showing as year round.


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    #5747
    RocketRaccoon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,403 ✭✭✭RocketRaccoon


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    It does happen on occasion, however it's absolutely nothing to do with the numbers and simply using it as a stick to beat Aer Lingus every single time anything comes up is pedantic.

    This thread is becoming as gloomy and depressing as the cork thread was a few years ago.

    It happens a lot and it's very annoying for passengers. Id love to know why Dublin passengers aren't bused to Shannon to the working aircraft.


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    #5748
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,691 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    It's sad to see Shannon struggling year after year.

    Is there a case to just give it to O'Leary and let him use it as a hub for his long haul plans?


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    #5749
    marno21
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    mdmix wrote: »
    Is Boston year round again? It says so on the Shannon winter schedule, but there are a few inaccuracies there in the past. Bristol also showing as year round.
    Boston is running year round this year, JFK back to seasonal.


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    #5750
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,141 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    It's sad to see Shannon struggling year after year.

    Is there a case to just give it to O'Leary and let him use it as a hub for his long haul plans?

    No.

    Also, longhaul planes?


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    #5751
    JamesBond2010
    Registered Users Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭JamesBond2010


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    It's sad to see Shannon struggling year after year.

    Is there a case to just give it to O'Leary and let him use it as a hub for his long haul plans?


    Never work out Look @ norwegian & how their long haul worked out. They were losing money long before the 787max issues that was just the final nail in coffinfor them.


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    #5752
    mdmix
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    Ryanair don’t have any long haul plans, and if they did, it would be via Dublin where an established route network exists for connecting flights to Europe.


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    #5753
    Phileas Frog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 946 ✭✭✭Phileas Frog


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    No.

    Also, longhaul planes?

    Max whenever they arrive
    mdmix wrote: »
    Ryanair don’t have any long haul plans, and if they did, it would be via Dublin where an established route network exists for connecting flights to Europe.

    Ryanair don't do connections


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    #5754
    LXFlyer
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    Phileas Frog wrote: »
    Max whenever they arrive



    Ryanair don't do connections

    They were in discussions with EI at one point to feed into/out of their transatlantic services in Dublin, which is what the other poster is referring to.


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    #5755
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,141 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Phileas Frog wrote: »
    Ryanair don't do connections

    Yes they do.


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    #5756
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,691 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    No.

    Also, longhaul planes?

    Plans not planes (at least not yet).


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    #5757
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,141 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    Plans not planes (at least not yet).

    Ah, I read that wrong.

    I'm not sure there's any actual or realistic longhaul plans for Ryanair at the moment, and the recent 'departure' of Norwegian from this market doesn't inspire confidence.


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    #5758
    Brennans Row
    Registered Users Posts: 1,976 ✭✭✭Brennans Row


    The UK Airport Provisional Statistics for June are out.

    Bristol is also now available for May because the first publication omitted them.

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    #5759
    Poxyshamrock
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    Brennans Row wrote: »
    The UK Airport Provisional Statistics for June are out.

    Bristol is also now available for May because the first publication omitted them.

    488570.png

    The change in flight time for the BHX-SNN flight seems to have slightly impacted the numbers. As someone who used to fly that route regularly, it no longer works for me with the earlier slot as getting to BHX is more difficult. The evening slot was given to Cork with Shannon taking Cork’s earlier flight slot. :rolleyes:


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    #5760
    tv221
    Registered Users Posts: 127 ✭✭tv221


    I see Delta DL32 Atlanta to Heathrow A330 diverted to Shannon this morning @ 09:30. On it's way to London now


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    #5761
    hobie14
    Registered Users Posts: 269 ✭✭hobie14


    I saw here take off....... wondered what was up ....


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