Galway Airport

Storm 10

Busy today with helicopters and charter jets, Rescue 115 just in to hospital as Medevac 112 departed, great to hear jet noise again

Aerohead

Saw a lovely Citation take off a while ago , as poster said it's nice to see activity again although there has been a good few business jets in over the past few months

Scone190

King Air inbound now M-SPOR , 2-FIFI arrived from Jersey and is on the ground PA46TP and the citation has left . Yesterday there was a lovely hawker 800XP as well

Aerohead

Scone190 wrote: »

King Air inbound now M-SPOR , 2-FIFI arrived from Jersey and is on the ground PA46TP and the citation has left . Yesterday there was a lovely hawker 800XP as well

I had no camera would have liked a shot of the Citation

EICVD

Hmm, wonder if there is anything on in that part of the world this week.....

FWVT

Just a thought from reading the Aer Arann thread. The need for an air route from Dublin to Galway is gone now due to the M6 but what about from Belfast and Cork?

Google Maps has the quickest route right now (Friday night) as 3hr 42min from Belfast to Galway (370 km) and 2hr 37min (198 km) from Cork to Galway. These are the quickest, not shortest routes. Surely there would be some basis for a daily flight from each city, especially Belfast?

BeardySi

FWVT wrote: »

Just a thought from reading the Aer Arann thread. The need for an air route from Dublin to Galway is gone now due to the M6 but what about from Belfast and Cork?

Google Maps has the quickest route right now (Friday night) as 3hr 42min from Belfast to Galway (370 km) and 2hr 37min (198 km) from Cork. These are the quickest, not shortest routes. Surely there would be some basis for a daily flight from each city, especially Belfast?

I seem to recall manx2 did have a flight from Belfast round about the time of the Cork crash.

I've never managed the run down from Belfast in less than 4 hours...

L1011

I would think Luton is possibly the only viable route at this stage. Theres not even buses to Belfast is there? Demand is likely to be low

pepe the prawn

What way is Galway airport towards general aviation now? I remember a time when landing fees were crazy in an attempt to keep light singles out of there..

737max

Why is Galway too short to accommodate ATR 72s and Q400s?
There appears to be plenty of space west of the runway and the road along the perimeter could be re-routed.
Since the airport is mostly owned by the council CPO for whatever land they need would be only a formality and since they decided to take control of the airport you would think they would have a motivation to improve the airport to funnel more business travelers and tourists in to Galway.
Whether the local authorities should do it or not is another matter but taking ownership of the airport and then letting it wither away confuses me.

Angry bird

I think both Councils are to publish soon what their plans are for the airport.

outsidein98

737max wrote: »

Why is Galway too short to accommodate ATR 72s and Q400s?
There appears to be plenty of space west of the runway and the road along the perimeter could be re-routed.
Since the airport is mostly owned by the council CPO for whatever land they need would be only a formality and since they decided to take control of the airport you would think they would have a motivation to improve the airport to funnel more business travelers and tourists in to Galway.
Whether the local authorities should do it or not is another matter but taking ownership of the airport and then letting it wither away confuses me.

It's too short because there's a house and business at one end of the runway and a massive dip at the other end. It's also too short because it was built in the wrong place rather than at Oranmore and because the intention was to protect Aer Arann from competition from the likes of Ryanair. Because Aer Arann was part of the local Galway business clique. That didn't work our for them in the end.

Letting it wither away is no surprise. They really haven't a clue what they're doing. Apparently a report just out is recommending it be used as a light industrial park and wait for it 'A film and cultural hub'. Yes movie studios! Stop laughing they're serious. The obvious answer of using it as a general aviation airport doesn't seem to be on their radar at all. Although it was suggested that the runway be kept so the 'Hollywood stars can be flown in'.

Yes this is the kind of la la land that Galway seems to live in.

Neworder79

outsidein98 wrote: »

Apparently a report just out is recommending it be used as a light industrial park and wait for it 'A film and cultural hub'. Yes movie studios! Stop laughing they're serious.

Culture hubs are all the rage for derelict buildings, didn't ya know! Another studio proposed in Shannon Hangar a while back and Castlebar barracks this week.

The studio idea is obviously coming from Game of Thrones success in Belfast docks. The Aer Arann owned hangar may be thought to have scale for large sets and rich history of sagas.

D Trent

Neworder79 wrote: »

Culture hubs are all the rage for derelict buildings, didn't ya know! Another proposed in Shannon Airport Hangars a while back and Castalebar barracks this week. Closed courthouses are also ideal apparently.

The studio idea is obviously coming from Game of Thrones success in Belfast docks. The Aer Arann owned hangar may be thought to have scale for large sets and rich history of sagas.

is it currently owned by Stobart Air or did Galway councils acquire it in airport purchase ?

outsidein98

No its owned by the airport. Last heard they were looking for €75k a year for a hangar. Dream on!

outsidein98

Oh BTW Stobart is still 70% owned by a certain Galway 'entrepreneur'. Luckily Stobart are running the management side.

Masala

outsidein98 wrote: »

Oh BTW Stobart is still 70% owned by a certain Galway 'entrepreneur'. Luckily Stobart are running the management side.

Don't think so.... That entrepreneur has only 2% left in Stobart. His influence in the company is non existent