Shannon Airport Thread [Mod Warning in First Post]

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/228248/ryanair-confirms-reduction-in-services-from-shannon-airport.html

So basically a repeat of the Sunday business post article?

Also, I find it pecuilar that the airport mentions both Kuwait and Norwegian as new airlines for the airport, Kuwait airlines are just transit and Norwegian haven't even announced anything!

http://www.clare.fm/news/shannon-airport-managment-confident-increased-growth-2017

JCX BXC wrote: »

So basically a repeat of the Sunday business post article?

Also, I find it pecuilar that the airport mentions both Kuwait and Norwegian as new airlines for the airport, Kuwait airlines are just transit and Norwegian haven't even announced anything!

Makes me wonder if the DY comments in Cork last week and no B762 on BOS showing caused 2+2=5....

highlydebased

SHANNON AIRPORT MANAGMENT CONFIDENT OF INCREASED GROWTH IN 2017
20 December, 2016 - 08:18 General
Management at Shannon Airport says they're confident of increased performance in 2017.
It comes as Ryanair is to reduce a number of services for the coming year.
Ryanair has this week reiterated that services to Paris Beauvais and Memmingen will cease next summer, while capacity on it's London Stansted and Manchester services has been reduced post-Brexit.
It also come after a report in the Sunday Business Post cited industry figures for its claims that the Airport would face a "substantial drop" in traffic next summer.
However, despite these concerns, a Shannon spokesperson has now moved to allay concerns.
The airport says it's continuing to work with all airline partners to maximise potential for Shannon and that it remains a work in progress.
Four new airlines have been announced for the Mid-West Airport in recent months including Kuwait, SAS, Lufthansa and Norwegian - the first time in over ten years that number of announcements have been made over a twelve month period.
The Airport has seen it's forth successive year of growth and says it's looking forward to building on this in the new year.

October -3.1%
November +3.0%

First 11 months 1,636,579 which is + 27,502 passengers or around 1.7% growth if my maths are correct.

Six diversions to Shannon today

Lufthansa flight LH978 from Frankfurt to Dublin
Ryanair flight FR9429 from Milan to Dublin
Ryanair flight FR1453 from Brussels to Dublin
Aer Lingus flight EI3721 from Manchester to Cork
Ryanair flight FR113 from Gatwick to Dublin
Ryanair flight FR23 from Paris to Dublin

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

October -3.1%
November +3.0%

First 11 months 1,636,579 which is + 27,502 passengers or around 1.7% growth if my maths are correct.

A drop of -4,760 passengers for October and
a gain of +3,198 passengers in November.

I suppose the cancelation of many flights in October by Aer Lingus in order to cover other Dublin routes had some bearings on the fall in passengers.

The UK Airport Provisional Statistics for October.

A drop of -2.1% or -1,420 passengers.

Tragedy as girl (10) dies on flight diverted to Shannon (Independent)

The child was travelling on board Air Canada flight AC-868 from Toronto in Canada to London Heathrow at the time.

The Boeing 787-800 jet was west of Mayo when the crew advised air traffic controllers that they needed to divert and land as soon as possible. The crew opted to route to Shannon requesting that emergency medical services be standing by for their arrival.

The child was rushed to University Hospital Limerick but was pronounced dead a short time later.

The saddest outcome possible.

Lady Chatterton

I've a child of the same age. God help the child's parents and family, it's desperately sad news

Flight in Christmas Day diversion to Shannon (Clare Herald)

EL AL flight ELY-15 was travelling from Tel Aviv in Israel to Boston in the US at the time.

The Boeing 767-300 jet had flown over Ireland and was about 230 kilometres west of Donegal when the flight made a U-turn.

The crew declared medical emergency reporting they had a woman in her 30’s on board suffering a suspected miscarriage.

Toilet problems forces jet to land at Shannon (Clare Herald)

Open Skies flight BOS-4 was travelling from New York to Paris when the crew made the decision to divert and land at the mid-west airport.

The crew told air traffic controllers at Shannon that they wished to divert so that passengers could use the toilet facilities there.

There were 170 passengers on board.

TheDriver

How could the airport open on Christmas morning? Are staff always on call for a divert?

TheDriver wrote: »

How could the airport open on Christmas morning? Are staff always on call for a divert?

There was 3 scheduled flights on Christmas day!

Ethiopian 777-300 - Refulled, all passengers stayed on board.

Turkish Airlines A330 Cargo, - Refulled

Kuwait 777-300 - All passengers cleared security.

No passengers originated at Shannon for these flights.

highlydebased

TheDriver wrote: »

How could the airport open on Christmas morning? Are staff always on call for a divert?

The airport doesn't close on Christmas day.

TheDriver

Ahhhh, I thought all ROI airports shut up shop on Christmas day

http://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/action-needed-to-protect-railway-bridges-from-erosion-report-warns-35325930.html

Haven't heard much about a rail link in a while.

JCX BXC wrote: »

http://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/action-needed-to-protect-railway-bridges-from-erosion-report-warns-35325930.html

Haven't heard much about a rail link in a while.

Will never happen, don't know why we keep going round in circles.

Jet diverts to Shannon (Clare Herald)

A transatlantic jet diverted to Shannon Airport early this morning after a passenger was reported to have fallen seriously ill.

British Airways flight BA-206 was travelling from Miami to London when the crew declared a medical emergency at around 5.00am.

The pilot requested a cardiac ambulance to be standing by for their arrival. The Boeing 747-400 Jumbo landed at 5.55am.

The aircraft was met National Ambulance Service paramedics and a doctor. The patient has been taken to University Hospital Limerick for treatment.

This mornings diversion was the fourth that authorities at Shannon have dealt with over the holiday period.

Thousands of New Year holidaymakers stranded as fog swamps UK airports cancelling hundreds of flights from Heathrow alone (Sun)

Three Shannon-London flights have been cancelled (2 Aer Lingus and 1 Ryanair).

Not the first day of it either! It's been ongoing for ages.

Oh no, why is there a new mobile website, my post failed because the website switched.

tv221

G-TUIJ 31 Dec London (LGW) Bridgetown (BGI) TOM24 - 9:20 AM 10:03 AM 6:00 PM
Diverted to SNN.

Just landed. No news or reason as yet

The amounts of diversions that Shannon has received over the past week is amazing.

Hopefully it's nothing major with this flight.

Ennisman

Medical diversion. Elderly female passenger reported ill.

tv221 wrote: »

G-TUIJ 31 Dec London (LGW) Bridgetown (BGI) TOM24 - 9:20 AM 10:03 AM 6:00 PM
Diverted to SNN.

Just landed. No news or reason as yet

Jet diverted to Shannon Airport as passenger falls ill on board (Mirror)

A holiday jet has diverted to Shannon Airport with an ill passenger, the fourth medical emergency at the airport in just a week.

TUI flight TOM-24 was just 30 minutes into its flight from London Gatwick Airport to Bridgetown on the Caribbean island of Barbados when the crew declared an emergency.

The Boeing 787-900 Boeing Dreamliner jet was about 250 kilometres south of Cork when the crew declared a MayDay and requested clearance to divert to Shannon.

The pilot reported they had an elderly lady on board who was ‘unresponsive’.

The jet also spent some time dumping aviation fuel to ensure it touched down within safe landing weight limits.

This mornings diversion was the fifth that authorities at Shannon dealt with over the holiday period including four medical emergencies.

Why Irish airports aren't too worried about losing US pre-clearance bragging rights (Fora)

Dublin and Shannon are set to lose their status as the only European airports offering the service.

Interesting article, explores the pre-clearance €40 charge on price sensitive customers of budget airlines like Norwegian.

Thought it was €10?

Also worth noting that Norwegian are the only airline like that, and do not carry anywhere near the amount of traffic that other carriers carry.