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Shannon Airport Police Fire Service to march in Boston Parade (Clare Herald)

The Shannon Airport Police Fire Service is this month set to make a nostalgic return for St. Patrick’s Day Parades in the US for the first time since September 1999.

Some 17 years after it last marched in the US for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, an 18 strong team of Police Fire Service from the airport will march in the second largest parade in the US, the Boston Parade on Sunday, March 20th.

It will provide a huge promotional opportunity for Shannon with a potential audience of millions.

Great idea, the red flag with Shannon’s logo looks good, though the front leading banner seems to be small in size?

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Emergency exercise underway at Shannon Airport (Clare Herald)

Trial of remote air traffic control underway (Clare Herald)

Shannon rescue helicopter assisting in Cork search (Clare Herald)

Credit to Pat Flynn for a continuous flow of Shannon aviation news.

cnoc

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Trial of remote air traffic control underway (Clare Herald)

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Will this have any effect on jobs in ATC?

JCX BXC

Stobart's service to EDI resumes in a week. Same day as JFK resumes for the summer.

Interestingly you can connect to both JFK and BOS from EDI through SNN, and it's almost always the cheapest option. Will it be popular?

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cnoc wrote: »

Will this have any effect on jobs in ATC?

That goes without saying.

dennyk

Brennans Row wrote: »

That goes without saying.

There might still be about as many front-line jobs, I'd guess, but now they'll be in Dublin. For the moment, anyway; a few years down the line I'd guess there might be a lot of pilots in Irish skies being instructed to "do the needful" by the remote ATC... :pac:

JCX BXC

https://www.flyshannon.ie/

Shannon Airport appear to have a new airport to book flights from SNN! Good idea!

Shannon757

Will there be an air show this year?

Jhcx

Carnacalla wrote: »

https://www.flyshannon.ie/

Shannon Airport appear to have a new airport to book flights from SNN! Good idea!

That was so confusing to read lol. :pac::pac:

Nice website though. hope it will help boost numbers once people can see the prices.

Little segment from them

About Fly Shannon
Shannon Airport has joined forces with Cassidy Travel Group, the veteran, fully licensed and bonded Irish travel agent, to offer flyshannon.ie, a unique platform for booking great-value flights and holidays from Shannon.

Here you’ll find the best deals on a huge variety of flights, hotels and city break and holiday packages, all flying from Shannon.

So whether you’re travelling for business or pleasure, flying solo or with a group, looking for peace or action, flyshannon.ie can pull together exactly what you want. And at Shannon Airport you’ll find shorter queues and less congestion, so your trip can get off to a stress-free start!

highlydebased

9.9% growth in movements in February

https://www.iaa.ie/who-we-are/flight-statistics/monthly-review

Comhrá

BA 284, SFO-LHR diverting to SNN. @ 09.40

No further information at this time.

Comhrá

Appears to be in a holding circuit for 024....

Shannon757

tippman1 wrote: »

Appears to be in a holding circuit for 024....

Lookls to be going in after the UA.

Shannon757

BA A380 on the way to Shannon now.

JCX BXC

Both a 747 and A380 diversion in one day!
Would have loved to have seen them!

Anyone have any pictures?

Ennisman

I tried to post pics but I don't have the permissions yet. Pics on clareherald.com and Shannon Airport Plane Spotters Facebook page.

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Flights diverted to Shannon continue their journeys (Clare Herald)

Two flights diverted because of thick fog in the London area while operations at Heathrow were reduced to one runway following an earlier emergency.

BA flight 284 from San Francisco was north of Mayo when the crew was instructed to reroute and land at Shannon. The Boeing 747-400 landed shortly before 10.00am.

Flight 208 from Miami to Heathrow had already crossed the Welsh coast when it turned around. The Airbus A380 jet, the largest passenger jet in the world, landed in Shannon at 10.23am.

Passengers did not disembark but remained on board their flights until the aircraft were refuelled and the crews were cleared to continue to London.

Comhrá

Carnacalla wrote: »

Both a 747 and A380 diversion in one day!
Would have loved to have seen them!

Anyone have any pictures?

Here's a few from Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10207984263837389&set=pcb.970976946322597&type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=246462985695949&set=pcb.970910449662580&type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10207983237011719&set=pcb.970888359664789&type=3&theater

tacklemore

Hi. Any update on the plane that's going to Sligo on the barge? Thanks

Shannon757

tacklemore wrote: »

Hi. Any update on the plane that's going to Sligo on the barge? Thanks

Still there I think. Have a poor picture of a Transaero 767 I took today. Will try put it up later.

Shannon757

Shannon757 wrote: »

Still there I think. Have a poor picture of a Transaero 767 I took today. Will try put it up later.

Here you go, I think it's the right one.
Transaero 767 by Irish Damien, on Flickr

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Airline agrees not to use cut-price contracts on US flights (Irish Times)

Both Norwegian Air International and the aviation regulator have confirmed the airline has guaranteed not to hire crew on cut-price contracts to man transatlantic flights from the Republic and Europe.

The airline, an Irish-registered subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, wants to run services from Cork and Shannon to Boston as part of a plan to offer flights from Europe, the US and Far East from €300.

However, the US Department of Transportation has delayed granting the airline a licence, for two years, as unions and politicians there fear that it will hire Asian crews, so it can pay them far less than American and European staff.

The shipping industry has gone down this route and it seems no one can compete with the pittance wages paid to Asian seafarers.

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Billboard in Berlin - Flights into the heart of the Wild Atlantic Way.

https://twitter.com/adventureburren/status/707226579647250436

JCX BXC

Opodo seems to want a nice margin from the flights, "from €59 one-way" when Ryanair sell the flights sometimes as low as €20 or €30.

tacklemore

Shannon757 wrote: »

Still there I think. Have a poor picture of a Transaero 767 I took today. Will try put it up later.

Thanks. Would love to see it going and see how they get it out. He has a mad idea to get it in at Enniscrone!

Shannon757

tacklemore wrote: »

Thanks. Would love to see it going and see how they get it out. He has a mad idea to get it in at Enniscrone!

Hover barge. There is a thread on the Aviation and Aircraft forum.

Ennisman

For those keeping track of diversions at Shannon, KLM flight 255 diverted on Saturday evening with a medical emergency.

Boeing 777-206(ER) PH-BQO. Landed at 19.46pm and departed at 21.00.

Comhrá

Sun Country B737-8FH N821SY landed at Shannon this evening.
Does anyone know if it was another medical, or a tech issue or other?

JCX BXC

Could be scheduled, there not exactly unseen at SNN.
Think they do the US troops sometimes.

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The CSO statistics for December are out.

The North American market grew by 2% in 2015.

Philadelphia rebounded well but Newark continues to slide.