Shannon Airport Thread [Mod Warning in First Post]

Brennans Row

Lufthansa aircraft in storage at Shannon.

JCX BXC

Is the airport expecting growth for 2017?

JCX BXC

Last flight from Beauvais on it's way to Beauvais, bye bye to another route.

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JCX BXC wrote: »

Is the airport expecting growth for 2017?

Carnacalla, I see that you have re-invented yourself!!!

Whatever about 2017, let us be concerned about finishing 2016 first.

JCX BXC

Brennans Row wrote: »

Carnacalla, I see that you have re-invented yourself!!!

Whatever about 2017, let us be concerned about finishing 2016 first.

I have.

Why so? Should we not discuss next year for the airport? After all it is rather close and this is the time of year for route announcements.

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The CSO statistics for August are out.

davo2001

Jut saw the AN 124 landing, anyone one when it is due to take off again?

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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|1,807|2,031|2,032|1,834|1,839|1,698|||
Change|-2.5%|+9.9%|+8.8%|+2.3%|+4.8%|-6.4%|-1.3%|+6.1%|+3.3%|+3.2%|||

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Medical emergency on board Aer Lingus flight to New York forces plane to return to Ireland (Independent)

"Shannon Airport confirmed that an Aer Lingus flight (EI 111) which departed Shannon Airport en route to New York JFK at 12.08hrs today (Thursday 10 November 2016)  returned to  Shannon with a medical emergency when a passenger became ill.

"The plane landed safely at 14.10 pm. The individual is currently being treated by HSE personnel and is expected subsequently to be taken by ambulance to University Hospital Limerick."

There were 172 guests on board and the flight departed again for New York at 15:07.

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Delight in Doonbeg with Presidential success for Donald Trump (Clare Herald)

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Shannon to buy two ARFF vehicles (IHS Airport 360)

Shannon Airport Authority is looking to buy two aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicles in an 18-month contract.

The Shannon Airport Fire Rescue Service fleet currently includes three Sides S3000 6x6 rapid intervention foam tenders; two Timoney 8x8 crash rescue tenders; a MAN 12 .232AF emergency tender built by Par-Fit; and a Kronenburg Mac 11 6x6 crash rescue tender, built by Angloco and on loan to Shannon.

This follows the two planning applications for upgrading their training facilities.

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Lufthansa launches new Shannon-Frankfurt route (RTE)

Lufthansa is set to launch a new route from Shannon Airport to Frankfurt next summer.

The German airline will operate the route between Shannon and Frankfurt Main airports weekly on Saturdays, from 29 April to 28 October 2017.

Cookiemunster

New Lufthansa SNN - FRA route to begin in 2017. Once weekly on Saturdays from Apr 29th to Oct 28th.

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/224037/lufthansa-announce-new-shannon-to-frankfurt-service.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Shannon757

That's great news. Any idea what fares will be like? A320 family I presume?

Cookiemunster

Shannon757 wrote: »

That's great news. Any idea what fares will be like? A320 family I presume?

A319 mentioned in the Leader article.

Shannon757

Cookiemunster wrote: »

A319 mentioned in the Leader article.

Ah right, couldn't get it to load.

JCX BXC

A319 on website too!

Great new route for Shannon with a great new airline, hope it does well and is increased for 2018!

Comhrá

Is FRA a good centre for onward connections to Asia & Australia? If it is, then it's a great alternative to travelling to Dublin and onwards with Emirates, or even via LHR for that matter.

JCX BXC

tippman1 wrote: »

Is FRA a good centre for onward connections to Asia & Australia? If it is, then it's a great alternative to travelling to Dublin and onwards with Emirates, or even via LHR for that matter.

Asia yes, Australia I'm afraid not, still a little far away.

The Saturday timing is fairly restrictive, but hopefully the service will be increased.

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Ryanair winter 17/18 schedule loaded but not bookable, all appears to be the saney as this year for now, with the exception of Manchester which isn't loaded.

lockman

Brennans Row wrote: »

Lufthansa launches new Shannon-Frankfurt route (RTE)

Lufthansa is set to launch a new route from Shannon Airport to Frankfurt next summer.

The German airline will operate the route between Shannon and Frankfurt Main airports weekly on Saturdays, from 29 April to 28 October 2017.

Good news. Had the pleasure of flying with them a few months ago. They are a great airline.

Together with the recent SAS announcement, good news for inbound tourism.

JCX BXC

Neil Pakey commenting on the post on Shannon Airport's facebook, stating how the airport came very close to securing the service last year, and how the new team has proved the doubters wrong.

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Monarch Airlines from Birmingham to Tenerife diverted yesterday morning to Shannon.

Medical?

elastico

Brennans Row wrote: »

Monarch Airlines from Birmingham to Tenerife diverted yesterday morning to Shannon.

Medical?

Strange place to divert to? Well off the route.

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The missing Stansted statistics have been uploaded today.

August sees a +11.5% increase in UK passengers and at least a +5.8% increase for September.

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Cargo jet makes emergency landing at Shannon (Clare Herald)

A flight has made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport tonight after the crew reported technical problems immediately after take-off.

Swiftair flight 2939, a regular cargo service from Shannon for Leipzig in Germany, departed at 8.45pm but almost immediately after departure the crew declared a May Day.

There were just three crew members on board and its understood they experienced a complete lost of cockpit instruments after take-off.

Airport fire and rescue crews were alerted and placed on standing close to the runway ahead of the flights return.

Two units of the local authority fire service from Shannon Town were also mobilised to the airport. 

The Boeing 737-400 jet landed safely about 10 minutes after departure.

Flight continued its journey at 10.45pm.

JCX BXC

Newark cut from 6pw to 5pw for the winter.

JCX BXC

Newark cancelled for the entire week.

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SMBC Capital Aviation spent €8.5m with Irish aerospace firms (Irish Times)

Irish aircraft lessor SMBC Capital Aviation spent about €8.5 million with local aerospace companies which it hired over the last year to prepare aircraft it was switching to new airlines.

Chief executive Peter Barrett said that during the six-month period, a number of its craft came off lease and it moved them to new clients, including Korean low-cost operators Jeju Air and T’Way Air.

It used Irish companies Dublin Aerospace and Eirtech in Dublin and Shannon to modify the crafts’ interiors and repaint and rebrand them before they were passed to their new airlines.

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Global Karate Championships Announced (Limerick Leader)

THE JAPAN Karate Association’s global championships will be held in Limerick next year, attracting over 5,000 people to UL and generating an economic boost of up to €2.5m in the process.

The University will host the championships from August 1 to 20 next year.

Corkman, Sensai Noel Casey and head instructor for JKA Ireland acted as the Irish Ambassador and led the bid to attract this global event to Ireland.

With his involvement, Ireland had successfully hosted the European JKA Championships earlier this year in Dublin. Based on this success, and with the supports provided at regional and national level through Fáilte Ireland, University Limerick, Shannon Airport and the Shannon Sports & Convention Bureau, it was possible to prepare a compelling bid for this event in 2017 to outclass Norway, Brazil and Dubai.