Shannon Airport Thread [Mod Warning in First Post]

Kerry ?

Long term 4 car park be grand as Well😉🤣🤣. Jp will be prob flying them in the heli to adare anyway.

At the moment there is parking for 20-25 privates max. There will be multiples of that arriving for the ryder cup.

Charters yes absolutely but a lot of the players own their own jets. They can't reposition anywhere else in Ireland for 4-5 days.

Considering a couple of years ago when Monarch and Air Berlin went under there was at peak 53 commercial sized aircraft parked up there will be no issue taking 100+ corporate aircraft.

For events like this everything will be racked and stacked across the many taxiways. Signature have two lektro tugs for moving corporate and am sure will bring in mor equipment when the event is on along with universal and Westair. Parking won't be the issue the issue will be where will crews stay when on the ground in SNN, taxis, rental cars etc.

No mention of Shannon unfortunately, there were plenty of rumours around the airport that it would be back but doesn't look likely now.

Jaysus I wouldn't put it as alarmist as that.

There hasn't been much announced lately in fairness, but they're not dropping services either. Sustaining services is more important than picking up new routes to lose them again a year later.

The end justifies the means I guess. Is she pleaing for public purse/ political support that she believes could create additional traffic.

Where did you see this? Nothing loaded on their site for next summer yet

Do you know how long it stays in that state? I've booked flights for fuerteventura for July, August 25 but in the app, looks like the days have changed so will need to rebook. Do you know if the give you the rebook option as soon as the flights become available or try and sell a few seats first.

Tks

Great if those route increases come through wonder what the timings will be like. Hopefully can get 1 or 2 new routes as well

Exactly, they have 3 based frames and the schedule is packed, adding more routes means utilising another aircraft, but it also means packing its schedule too which if they can do they will no doubt, but they’ll need more than one other short route, they’ll need two or maybe 3 to justify basing a 4th aircraft. They could use an aircraft based somewhere else of course. But the same issue exists that they’ll need space in a schedule and if they have the room in ACE for example, then they’ll send that aircraft to wherever they can make the most money, which more often than not, isn’t SNN. They could use a W pattern with EI use, but I suspect if that was something that worked for a bucket and spade route, they’d be doing it already.

I’m not actually trying to deride SNN at all, I love the airport and a quick look at my log shows I used it 12 times last year, I’d love it to grow but it’s not just a case of we can fill a plane from A to B 4 days a week etc!

I’m very familiar about what routes ORK & SNN have by the way, and hope for even more in the coming years.