Shannon Airport Thread [Mod Warning in First Post]

Shn99 wrote: »

Not sure, don't think there were any major frequency increases in april? Apart from the 1 SNN-FRA flight

It was probably, at least partially, explained by the fall of the Easter holidays in 2017. In 2017 the kids were off school to the 2 weeks that was wholly contained in April, whereas in 2016, it was the last 10 days of march along with only 3/4 days in April.

Maybe not 10,000 extra, but surely would have some impact on the numbers?

Are Shannon setting themselves some more unrealistic targets?

https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/298601/shannon-airport-predicting-20-growth-in-transatlantic-passenger-traffic-in-2018.html

Did I see an unusual A330 coming in this morning just before 09.00 ...... training? ....

The FR press launch indicates the recent new routes will not be operating over winter. Even at the press conference the map also showed 11 routes and not the new ones.

https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/ryanair-launches-biggest-ever-irish-winter-2018-schedule/?market=ie

Ethiopian Airlines flight ET500 Addis Ababa – Dublin - Washington has transited through Shannon Airport.
Ethiopian Airlines flight ET504 Addis Ababa – Dublin - Los Angeles has landed in Shannon Airport.
Aer Lingus flight EI100 New York (Newark) to Dublin has landed in Shannon Airport.
Aer Lingus flight EI104 New York (JFK) to Dublin has landed in Shannon Airport.
Aer Lingus flight EI130 Windsor Locks to Dublin has landed in Shannon Airport.
Aer Lingus flight EI136 Boston to Dublin has landed in Shannon Airport.
TNT Airways flight TAY029V Liege to Dublin has landed in Shannon Airport.

Ryanair Flight FR331 from Luton to Dublin diverted to Shannon
Ryanair Flight FR4283 from Bratislava to Dublin diverted to Shannon
Aer Lingus flight EI136 from Shannon (Boston) to Dublin has returned back to Shannon Airport.
Aer Lingus flight EI149 from Heathrow to Dublin diverted to Shannon
KLM flight KL933 from Amsterdam to Dublin diverted to Shannon
Aer Lingus flight EI124 from Chicago to Dublin diverted to Shannon
Lufthansa flight LH2516 from Munich to Dublin diverted to Shannon
Air Canada flight AC842 from Toronto to Dublin diverted to Shannon

Germania flight ST3597 from Tromso (Norway) to Dublin diverted to Shannon
Aer Lingus Flight EI3805 from Edinburgh to Cork diverted to Shannon
Ryanair Flight FR9902 from Malaga to Cork diverted to Shannon
Ryanair Flight FR9895 from Liverpool to Cork diverted to Shannon
Aer Lingus Flight EI723 from Heathrow to Cork diverted to Shannon

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JCX BXC wrote: »

And why are you posting that here?

Apologies, wrong thread.

The UK Airport Provisional Statistics for January are out.

The numbers for Birmingham are not yet released.

Largest drone flown in Ireland in Clare demo (Clare Herald)

The largest drone ever flown in Ireland has carried out its first European test flight in Co Clare.

The company that designed the CGT45 SLT unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) wants to establish Clare as a European test centre for its drones.

A-techSYN, which designs and builds unmanned aerial systems (UAS), launched its UAV business in the Shannon Free Zone near Shannon Airport in 2017. The company forms part of the Shannon Avionics Cluster.

Yesterdays demonstration was held at Spanish Point airfield in front of Clare Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection Mr Pat Breen; representatives from the Turkish Embassy in Dublin; Shannon Group as well as members of the Irish Coast Guard, Civil Defence and other interested groups.

They would want to stay well clear of Doonbeg

Brennans Row wrote: »

Jet2 flight LS755 from Manchester to Tererife diverted to Shannon Airport.

Medical?

Yup medical.

Delta Air Lines flight DL11 from Heathrow to Minneapolis diverted to Shannon Airport.

Medical?

finbarrk wrote: »

Where is FRA? Why cant you say the destination correctly? We all aren't aviation destination code name experts. Another aviation show off expert.

Frankfurt, lufthansa flight.

zweton wrote: »

Probably a long shot but does anyone know if there is any hiring going on in the airport at the moment? e.g APOs or the like?
Anything in the security side of things?

Icts will probably be hiring soon if not already

Aer Rianta International ends Shannon link (Independent)

Shannon Airport's long association with Aer Rianta International (ARI) has come to an end.

The €1bn-a-year duty-free operator was created out of Shannon Airport and was 'the jewel in the crown' at the airport for many years, but remained with the DAA as part of Shannon Airport securing its independence from the airport operator in 2013.

Post-Shannon securing its independence, ARI kept a small staff at the airport, but the final 11 Shannon based workers at ARI have now been either redeployed, taken early retirements or a voluntary severance package.

"The global travel retail sector is constantly changing, but we will always be proud of our roots in Shannon, where we opened our first duty-free store in 1947," said ARI spokesman Paul O'Kane yesterday.

"From those pioneering beginnings, ARI now employs more than 3,000 people in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific - including 300 in Ireland where it operates retail outlets at Dublin and Cork airports.

"ARI has a managed turnover of more than $1bn in its 16 retail locations worldwide."

Explaining the decision to shut down its Shannon operation, Mr O'Kane said "The business in Shannon had reduced significantly since 2013, after ARI exited its Russian and Ukrainian business.

"ARI staff in Shannon had provided buying and support functions for business in Russia and the Ukraine. Activity declined further after the Shannon Airport Authority decided not to award its airport retail contract to ARI shortly after SAA separated from DAA group." In 2016, ARI recorded pre-tax profits of €18.2m as revenues dipped by 14pc to €28.2m.