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Shannon - Commercial Movements (IAA)
https://www.iaa.ie/who-we-are/flight-statistics/monthly-review
The 2021 figures from March onwards are compared with the corresponding month in 2019.
New Gran Canaria flight from Shannon (Clare Herald)
Shannon Airport has welcomed the announcement by Ryanair of a new service to Gran Canaria (Las Palmas).
It’s the third new route announced by Ryanair from the Mid-West airport and will bring to 17 the number of routes operated by the carrier from Shannon.
The new service starts on 7th August and will operate once a week until the end of October.
The DHL (Condor) flight from Leipzig to Cork was diverted to Shannon this morning.
Anyone know why?
Circled a few times before dirverting, so Cork was probably fogbound again.
Shannon Free Zone
Canal Office Block
Draft for a 60,000 sq ft of modernised office space available for pre-let in the Shannon Free Zone business park.
Up to 100 new jobs to be created in Shannon with new manufacturing facility (Irish Times)
Up to 100 new jobs are to be created in Co Clare on the back of a new multi-million euro investment by OLED Material Manufacturing and PPG.
The two companies are jointly establishing a new manufacturing site in Shannon for the production of materials used in solid-state lighting applications.
The new facility is to be located at what was the former Avara pharmaceuticals plant in the Shannon Industrial Estate with renovations and regulatory approvals expected to be competed in the next 12 months. Operations are expected to commence in 2022.
Freight
There were four Anotovs 124 in Shannon the last few days.
AN-124-100 UR-82029
AN-124-100 RA-82078
AN-124-100 UR-82008
AN-124-100 UR-82007
Common Diversion Airport
Transatlantic jet diverts to Shannon (Clare Herald)
A transatlantic jet has made an unscheduled landing at Shannon Airport this afternoon after the crew declared an emergency off the north coast of Ireland.
United Airlines flight UA-47 was travelling from Frankfurt, Germany to Houston, Texas in the US at the time.
The Boeing 787-900 jet was about 180 kms northwest of Donegal at around 2.50pm when the crew declared a medical emergency and requested clearance to divert to Shannon. There were 246 passengers and crew on board.
How do you know in advance when the Antonovs are coming in?
The only way is to either work in the airport with a company who handles them or know someone who does.
Either that or there is a Facebook group for spotters in Shannon which would have knowledgable people will sometimes give a heads up if there is one on the way.
Actually I only highlight them when they were here.
The Shannon Spotting Thread in the Aviation Forum would often announce their arrival.
*Update*
This flight was canceled yesterday and another aircraft n69063 arrived this morning to collect passengers which then flew to Chicago.
The original aircraft n19951 is now on its way to Houston.
The Houston flight was grounded at Shannon because the crew could not continue the journey without exceeding their allowed duty hours.
The passengers and crew were accommodated in local hotels overnight.
Ryanair announce they're basing a second aircraft for the winter and launching 4 new routes and reinstating 2. Birmingham (2pw), Budapest (2pw), Edinburgh (2pw), Luton (4pw), Turin (1pw) and Fuerteventura (1pw).
Not sure if this is the right thread or not so apologies in advance if it is.
I'm collecting someone from the airport this evening but can't see what the current rules/restrictions are...eg. are people allowed into the arrivals area?
Would be grateful to hear people's recent experiences.
I've tried ringing the airport and DM'd the Twitter account but no reply/answer yet
No problem picking up in the terminal at arrivals. You may enter the terminal to wait. You have to wear a mask. No other restrictions
Excellent news for the airport will be announced shortly. New Ryanair schedule will have 50+ flights per week for the winter including another new route that should please some of the business travelling Aer Lingus defenders.
Aer Lingus resuming Heathrow at 1x daily next month as Cork Airport closes :https://www.clareecho.ie/temporary-daily-shannon-to-heathrow-service-to-commence-next-month/
Should last until the end of the year at least, if demand picks up I can't see why they'd bottle it.
Keep an eye out for fr385.
If you're suggesting what I think you are, wouldn't we have heard about them acquiring slots already?
Give it time, a few days at the most.
Completely useless for business travelers!
They are only doing that for 10 weeks,then its back on the dole for the employees again
Unlikely they will use former Shannon staff, more likely they will use Cork based staff on expenses.
It says it right there in the article it will be be Dublin staff operating the flight.