Carnacalla wrote: » 747 inbound SNN. 19,000ft and decending. Stobart about to turn for approach, wind 240 degrees 40kts G 49kts.
hoody wrote: » Any idea of when flights diverted to Shannon are expected to takeoff first return to Dublin?
JCX BXC wrote: » Diverting to Shannon
breanach78 wrote: » Kuwait 777 should be Here in about 40mins
Burts Bee wrote: » Cork Newcastle flight delayed by 3.5 hours! Knock on effect I guess.
jd wrote: » Brother and his wife on it
Buffman wrote: » 4 Ryanairs in the air now from SNN to DUB as FR14, FR223, FR51 and FR13. It must have an older transponder, looked like it landed in the middle of the estuary on FR24.
JCX BXC wrote: » Video of EI3721 landing in Shannon. Also caught videos of the Lufthansa A321 and others landing.
JCX BXC wrote: » That reminds me, on Christmas day Kuwait will be operating their brand new 777-300 through Shannon.
Noxegon wrote: » Eh? Are we at long last having flights through an Irish airport on December 25th?
breanach78 wrote: » Have you one of the 777?
Also caught videos of the Lufthansa A321 and others landing.
JCX BXC wrote: » I had left by the time the 777 landed, but I do have one of the 777 a few weeks back on my channel. And here it is, quite a rocky landing.
BZ wrote: » There have been flights through Shannon for years as it never closes for Christmas Day.
Locker10a wrote: » I don't understand why anyone would want to travel on Xmas day! Can't we have ONE day in a year that people pause their hectic lives and just chill out, be it alone, with family at home etc. I don't understand people wanting to travel etc on Xmas day! Who'd want to travel somewhere on Xmas day, can't think of anything worse, but that's just me
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Locker10a wrote: » Not celebrating Xmas, and indeed going away for it is absolutly great, no problems with it at all! Wonderful! But the vast majority of people in Ireland DO want to celebrate it and indeed the majority of Europeans . Therefore I see no problems in the lack of/greatly reduced flying schedule, closure of shopping centres, restaurants etc. If you want to get away somewhere nice for this holiday then there are all the days before and after!
I think people need to recognise that different people have different views about Christmas Day. It is primarily a day for children, and for anyone with children it is a really enjoyable day. And, to be fair the majority of people fall into this category. However, for another group of people, namely many older people, single people, anyone without children or young relatives it is a very long day, when everywhere is shut and can be exceptionally boring and lonely. To suggest otherwise is just digging your head in the sand. Taking that into account I can entirely understand people who say that they would be prepared to travel on that day - yes it's not for everyone, but there are people who it would suit. That being said, I certainly do not feel that anyone in the industry should be compelled to work on Christmas day, but I suspect you would find sufficient volunteers who fall into the second category of people above to provide a reasonable level of service. I suspect that at some point in the medium term (say 10 years away perhaps) the operational pattern at Dublin airport at Christmas may finally change, but as I say one would hope it would be done purely on a voluntary basis.
