Shannon Airport Thread [Mod Warning in First Post]

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Jamie2k9 wrote: »

March Traffic was up 10.9%, April was down 3.0%

Passenger? I can understand the April decrease, quite modest considering there was no Easter and NCE and PIS didn't return.

Jamie2k9

Carnacalla wrote: »

Passenger? I can understand the April decrease, quite modest considering there was no Easter and NCE and PIS didn't return.

Yes sorry, IAA state airport movements were 2.3% up

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|1,488|||||||||
Change|-2.5%|+9.9%|+8.8%|+2.3%|||||||||

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Government sets sights on UK banking jobs in event of Brexit (Irish Times)

Standard Chartered and Royal Bank of Scotland among those approached.

IDA Ireland, the foreign investment agency, has already pitched to UK and international lenders including Standard Chartered about relocating hundreds of traders and support staff, sources said.

The agency is pushing towns like Shannon as ideal destinations for administrative employees because they offer low costs and ample office space.

It seems that every cloud has indeed a silver lining.

Any up to date news on Shannon’s Westpark Campus plans to expand?

highlydebased

Catering is out to tender. Interesting pax numbers predictions in there and also good to see Zest cafe opening in the new lounge

New operators are being sought for the bar at Shannon Airport named after the inventor of Irish coffee and where US president Barack Obama had his first pint of Guinness.

The Shannon Airport Authority (SAA) has issued tender documentation seeking firms to operate the Sheridan Bar in the departure lounge at Shannon Airport.

The documentation also shows the bar generated sales of €2.14m last year.

The bar has a glorious past and has been frequented by celebrities down the years including Marlon Brando, Ranelagh-born Maureen O’Hara, Robert de Niro, Tom Hanks and Fred Astaire; along with US presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.

The bar is named after Joe Sheridan, a former chef at Shannon Airport who invented the world famous Irish coffee in 1943.

It has opening hours publicans can only dream of because of its special status in the departures area and is open 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

The tender documentation shows that last year sales at the bar increased by 2% going from €2.1m to €2.148m. The busiest month at the bar in 2015 was July where sales totalled €269,000.

The tender also discloses that the airport is forecasting 1.8m international terminal passengers this year — rising to 2.08m in 2020.

According to the acting chief executive of Shannon Group, Mary Considine, the new operator of the Sheridan Bar will come hot on the heels of the recently-announced Zest Café that will open shortly in the newly refurbished transit lounge area.

“We are going out to tender for catering services, both airside and landside, and believe it offers great scope for a new operator to grow the existing business and create new jobs.

"We are spreading the net as wide as possible and inviting caterers, restaurants or bar/gastro pub owners, who feel they can deliver a new and exciting set of options for our passengers, to put their hand up,” Ms Considine said.

The new operator will be required to complete a make-over of the bar “to drive extra sales and customer satisfaction from 2017 onwards”.

The SAA is seeking a firm to operate the bar from August of this year to the end of June 2021 and the closing date for tenders is June 10.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/famous-sheridan-bar-at-shannon-airport-is-put-out-to-tender-399337.html

highlydebased

Looks like news soon on Ryanair winter front, Fuerteventura now loaded up for the winter on a Sunday a.m departure, early STN flight retimed and operated in with a STN aircraft instead.

AGP, FAO and BVA now available til Nov 8, perhaps mid-term related or perhaps not

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ALC and PMI also extended.

3 sun rotations in the winter now!

Jamie2k9

AGP, FAO and BVA now available til Nov 8, perhaps mid-term related or perhaps not

Mind term, been doing it last couple of years.

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So BVA appears to be cut? That's a loss of another 2 flights PW from Shannon, although slight offset by the new 1pw FUE service this winter.

Airbus330

Now with BVA cut, will we ever see a service to Paris again? Surely a CDG service would work, with the right airline...

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Airbus330 wrote: »

Now with BVA cut, will we ever see a service to Paris again? Surely a CDG service would work, with the right airline...

EI once tried it, albeit with horrible timings. WX had it too until LHR returned.

Who else is the right airline?

Airbus330

Although unlikely, if WX returned on the route I'm sure it would do well..Timing is everything though.

Wonder would Stobart ever venture into the Paris market...especially with the rumors of them merging with Cityjet....

Cosmo Kramer

I doubt it would do well. It wasn't particularly successful when Heathrow wasn't an option, so no reason to think it would be any different now. It appears the route simply isn't viable.

Airbus330

Actually it was very successful when LHR wasn't an option. They brought in the larger Avro RJ and based the a/c in SNN.

Jamie2k9

Airbus330 wrote: »

Actually it was very successful when LHR wasn't an option. They brought in the larger Avro RJ and based the a/c in SNN.

But it drinks fuel like no tomorrow, prehaps with new jets there would be a chance but I would still say unlikely.

FR schedule to BVA is the problem.

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Jamie2k9 wrote: »

FR schedule to BVA is the problem.

It really is, the SAT/TUE schedule is quite absurd.

Why not move a route like Wroclaw to SAT/TUE, that route is less weekend break dependant than Paris.

highlydebased

The crazy thing about BVA is it was once twice daily! Different era I know. It's popular for self connecting pax too.

CDG was a success when Air France Regional operated it with the E135

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Delta's JFK route operates until the 29th of October this year, extended a full month (30 days). Ended 30th September last year.

hobie14

Any news on an Air France triple 7 in from Miami? and then on to France this morning .....

davo2001

hobie14 wrote: »

Any news on an Air France triple 7 in from Miami? and then on to France this morning .....

Medical as far as i'm aware.

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€8m Shannon Free Zone West offices to be built this autumn (Irish Times)

Shannon Group’s drive to provide new facilities capable of attracting major investment and jobs to the region will gain significant momentum in the autumn when construction gets under way on the first new office block in a wider development programme at the 600-acre site.

The group’s property wing, Shannon Commercial Properties, has lodged a planning application for the construction of a €8 million four-storey, 55,000sq ft landmark office block at the airport entrance to Shannon Free Zone West.

See previous post.

Jamie2k9

Brennans Row wrote: »

€8m Shannon Free Zone West offices to be built this autumn (Irish Times)

Shannon Group’s drive to provide new facilities capable of attracting major investment and jobs to the region will gain significant momentum in the autumn when construction gets under way on the first new office block in a wider development programme at the 600-acre site.

The group’s property wing, Shannon Commercial Properties, has lodged a planning application for the construction of a €8 million four-storey, 55,000sq ft landmark office block at the airport entrance to Shannon Free Zone West.

See previous post.

Hw does this play into the near 50% empty buildings mentioned recently?

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Jamie2k9 wrote: »

Hw does this play into the near 50% empty buildings mentioned recently?

The Shannon Free Zone has lost a lot of manufacturing companies since 2000.

Unfortunately most of the vacant building stock of the cloned-like factory units, that were built in rows in the 1960’s, do not meet the needs of new manufacturing firms wishing to set up in Ireland.

Through a regeneration process, they will be replaced by purpose built buildings as required.

There has also been a significant shift away to the service sector too, like financial, aviation leasing, research, software. Best example is the modern Westpark Business Campus.

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hobie14 wrote: »

Any news on an Air France triple 7 in from Miami? and then on to France this morning .....

Jet makes unscheduled landing at Shannon (Clare Herald)

Air France flight AF-099 left Miami at 8.25pm Tuesday (1.25am Wednesday – Irish time) bound for Paris when it diverted.

The Boeing 777-300(ER) jet was over two hours west of Shannon when airport authorities were contacted and informed the flight would be diverting.

The crew confirmed they had a sick passenger on board and that they wished to divert and seek medical attention.

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What was the purpose of a Jet2 aircraft landing at Shannon today?

Training, maintenance, diversion?

Deagol

There was a Jet2 aircraft in Shannon when I landed there last evening (16:40 from LHR). Was on stand 34 (Gate 7) so I presume major tech outage and that one is a replacement craft?

highlydebased

The one today is for maintenance and the one in yesterday was a charter for rugby, bringing Glasgow team in

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Malaga extended until the 29th of October with Aer Lingus, 2 weeks extra, 6 extra return flights. Continues at 3pw

Meanwhile FAO will drop from 4pw to 2pw from the 13th of Sep and ends on the 12th of October

Good to see AGP doing well.

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Jet diverts to Shannon with mechanical problem (Clare Herald)

A passenger jet was forced to turn around over the Atlantic and divert to Shannon Airport early today after the crew declared an emergency.

American Airlines flight AA-141 had departed London’s Heathrow Airport at 7.40pm bound for JFK airport in New York.

The flight was over three hours into its journey when the crew opted to turn around. The crew reported they had received an indicator light in the cockpit.

Authorities at Shannon implemented the airport’s emergency plan which also involved alerting the local authority fire service, HSE National Ambulance Service and An Garda.

Three units of the fire brigade from Shannon town were sent to the airport while two units from Ennis were mobilised to a designated holding point adjacent to the M18 motorway at Dromoland.

Several ambulances from Ennis and Limerick were also dispatched to the airport.

The flight landed safely at 12.26am and was met by emergency crews.

AndyBoBandy

There seem to be a lot of security breaches at Shannon!!, I know it's more of a security risk than any other airport in the State, but surely questions have to be asked about these almost regular breaches!

Red Cross painted on Shannon runway