Shannon Airport Thread [Mod Warning in First Post]

Ennisman

All 104 accommodated on EI138 (A330-200 w/267 seats) on Saturday night and all 128 on same flight (A330-300 w/307 seats)on Sunday. Didn't hear how many on Monday night. So, not Boston to Shannon service Saturday, Sunday or Monday.

Clearly low load on 138 all three days.

Titan 767 did 135 on Sunday and Titan 757 did 135 on Monday. Air Contractors B757 (EI-LBT) did the 135 on Tuesday.

The plane that went tech in Boston (EI-LBS) is back in service having completed EI-134 on Tuesday night and EI-135 today.

Back to normal now.

Ennisman

Apologies for repeated posts. Can't delete them. I updated the post but it kept repeating. Thanks.

Clareman

Ennisman wrote: »

Apologies for repeated posts. Can't delete them. I updated the post but it kept repeating. Thanks.

There ya go, Clare always looks after Ennis anyway

Ennisman

Many thanks.

highlydebased

11% growth in March suggested, no doubt down to easter
http://www.clare.fm/news/strong-boost-passenger-numbers-expected-shannon-over-easter-weekend

Design of 72,000sq ft hangar out to tender also
https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/publicpurchase_frameset.asp?PID=97730&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE&PS=1&PP=ctm/Supplier/publictenders

JCX BXC

highlydebased wrote: »

11% growth in March suggested, no doubt down to easter
http://www.clare.fm/news/strong-boost-passenger-numbers-expected-shannon-over-easter-weekend

Some summer routes began again quite early, probably also helped by the return of EDI.

Jamie2k9

Jan (5.8%), Feb (10.5%)

highlydebased

Lovely aerial pic

https://www.instagram.com/p/BDbwuVTRwoy/

Brennans Row

British Airways flight BA56 from Johannesburg to London Heathrow diverted to Shannon this morning. Bad weather?

This is the second A380 that diverted to Shannon this month.

Ennisman

G-XLED diverted this morning. The fourth BA A380 to visit Shannon (two on diversions)

G-XLEA - 30/07/13 on familiarisation visit.
G-XLEC - 19/06/14 diverted as crew were out of hours after diverting to Toronto earlier with tech issue
G-XLEB - 11/03/16 on weather diversion from LHR

Hopefully it won't be long before we see G-XLEE :-)

hobie14

Brennans Row wrote: »

British Airways flight BA56 from Johannesburg to London Heathrow diverted to Shannon this morning. Bad weather?

This is the second A380 that diverted to Shannon this month.

Saw her coming in about 6 miles out at 7.30 this morning ..... nice surprise for Easter Monday! .....

Brennans Row

hobie14 wrote: »

Saw her coming in about 6 miles out at 7.30 this morning ..... nice surprise for Easter Monday! .....

Superjumbo diverts to Shannon over UK storm (Clare Herald)

The most surprising aspect is the fact that the aircraft circled a number of times over south-east London and then opted to fly to Shannon for its diversion.

JCX BXC

Brennans Row wrote: »

Superjumbo diverts to Shannon over UK storm (Clare Herald)

The most surprising aspect is the fact that the aircraft circled a number of times over south-east London and then opted to fly to Shannon for its diversion.

Standard holding pattern for traffic coming from that direction.

JCX BXC

Any reason for the large drop in ORD in 2015? It went from 30,575 pax in 2014 to 26,936 in 2015.

Jhcx

Higher prices by United. Plus delta are really starting to move in on United upping customer service. That's what was seen behind the counter whether that's the actual reason or not I don't know.

Anyone know if work has started on immigration and baggage Hall?

Brennans Row

Two diversions to Shannon today.

Ryanair flight FR665 from Birmingham to Dublin
Ryanair flight FR1026 from Budapest to Dublin

Jamie2k9

Looking like United dropping a few flights to EWR in November, wasn't it daily last November?

UA EWR-SNN NOV 0.9>0.8

JCX BXC

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

Looking like United dropping a few flights to EWR in November, wasn't it daily last November?

UA EWR-SNN NOV 0.9>0.8

You're correct. Appears its 6 weekly now from NOV-MAR, as opposed to just DEC-MAR this year.

Brennans Row

Microchip concept wins day at Young Innovators event in Shannon (Limerick Leader)

St Patrick's Comprehensive, Shannon triumphs at second innovation contest

Students from across Ireland let their imaginations run wild at Shannon Airport this week as part of the second Young Innovators competition.

Everything from microchips inserted at birth to predict medical illnesses to self-drive cars with workstations were posited as possible aspects of life in this country in half a century’s time.

The brainchild of Corbally man John Hartnett of the Irish Technology Leadership Group, the event was designed to help in the development of key skills needed to meet the requirements of a competitive economy.

Some 700 students touched down at the airport this week for the contest.

They were set the task of imaging the world 50 years from now and coming up with new business ideas for then across six categories - how we live, work, play, shop, learn and travel.

The top honours were claimed by St Patrick’s Comprehensive School in Shannon, whose team will now head to the Silicon Valley to learn from some of the best technology minds on the planet.

The Young Innovators event – backed by LIT – saw the students mentored by representatives from some of the world’s leading companies including Dell, Intel, Analog, Johnson and Johnson, Cook Medical, Zagg and Logitech ahead of submitting their project.

Brennans Row

CarTrawler announces partnership with Shannon Airport (Clare Herald)

CarTrawler, the world’s biggest online travel technology platform, has announced a landmark partnership with Shannon Airport.

The partnership will provide passengers with direct online access to a range of ground transportation solutions from Shannon including car rental, taxi, shuttle, and private transfer, and is the first of its kind for any Irish airport.

Brennans Row

Shannon - Commercial Movements (IAA)

|Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sept|Oct|Nov|Dec|Total
2015|1,253|1,026|1,277|1,454|1,725|2,169|2,058|1,728|1,780|1,645|1,283|1,312|18,710

2016|1,222|1,128|1,390||||||||||

Change|-2.5%|+9.9%|+8.8%||||||||||

Brennans Row

Four Aer Lingus Regional and two Ryanair flights have diverted to Shannon due to bad weather conditions.

EI3701 Birmingham - Cork (ATR 72-600)
EI3843 Bristol - Cork (ATR 72-600)
EI3805 Edinburgh - Cork (ATR 72-600)
EI3741 Southampton - Cork (ATR 72-600)
FR8781 Gdansk - Cork (Boeing 737-8AS)
FR9948 Faro - Cork (Boeing 737-8AS)

JCX BXC

As a result of the aircraft being diverted to SNN, this evenings BHX-SNN is cancelled. However SNN-BHX will operate.

Shannon757

Carnacalla wrote: »

As a result of the aircraft being diverted to SNN, this evenings BHX-SNN is cancelled. However SNN-BHX will operate.

Why?

JCX BXC

Shannon757 wrote: »

Carnacalla wrote: »

As a result of the aircraft being diverted to SNN, this evenings BHX-SNN is cancelled. However SNN-BHX will operate.

Why?

As a result of the aircraft operating ORK-BHX being diverted to SNN, there was no aircraft in BHX to operate the service.


2 more diversions to add to the list.

FR908 STN-ORK (B738)
EI724 LHR-ORK (A320)

Growler!!!

Shannon757 wrote: »

Why?

The late "W" pattern is operated by one cork based aircraft.

ORK - BHX
BHX - SNN
SNN - BHX
BHX - ORK

the aircraft operating this duty from BRS had earlier diverted from overhead ORK.

Brennans Row

Flight diverts to Shannon to change crews (Clare Herald)

Passengers on a flight from Cuba to Germany were forced to endure two unscheduled landings including one at Shannon Airport.

Flight 7433 touched down in Shannon at 9.13am and was met by a replacement crew that had been flown in from Düsseldorf to complete the flight.

JCX BXC

Brennans Row wrote: »

Flight diverts to Shannon to change crews (Clare Herald)

Passengers on a flight from Cuba to Germany were forced to endure two unscheduled landings including one at Shannon Airport.

Flight 7433 touched down in Shannon at 9.13am and was met by a replacement crew that had been flown in from Düsseldorf to complete the flight.

Link invalid for me

Clareman

Carnacalla wrote: »

Link invalid for me

Looks like a problem with the Clareherald rather than Brennans Row's link

Brennans Row

Giant Nordic Aviation to buy Shannon aircraft firm Aldus (Independent)

Shannon-based aircraft leasing firm Aldus Aviation is being acquired by Denmark's Nordic Aviation Capital in a move that is likely to mean a payday for the Irish firm's management team.

It has notified the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission that it intends to acquire Aldus, which has a fleet of about 30 small jets that are manufactured by Brazilian maker Embraer.

Aldus Aviation focuses on the ownership and leasing of the Embraer E-jet family of aircraft that seat between 70 and 120 people.