Shannon Airport Thread [Mod Warning in First Post]

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Shannon still handling most aircraft diversions (Clare Herald)

Shannon remains the state’s busiest airport for unscheduled landings and emergencies while the number of aircraft diverting with ill passengers or crew continues to increase.

The mid-west airport handled a total of 239 unscheduled landings in 2016 although the majority (174) were aircraft that diverted for reasons including weather at other airports; flight crews being out of hours or because a flight’s destination airport was closed.

There were also 7 ‘declared aircraft emergencies’ as well as two ‘Pan’ diversions which are less serious but required the crew to divert and land.

23 aircraft diverted with technical issues while there were 3 incidents where airport crash crews were placed on ‘local standby’ but did not need to turn out for the call.

One flight diverted because of a hoax bomb threat while two landed at Shannon with aggressive or unruly passengers.

Other reasons for aircraft diversions last year included fire or landing gear indications, navigation or communications equipment failure, hydraulic leak and one aircraft with malfunctioning toilets.

Figures from Shannon Airport show that there 30 medical emergencies in 2016, three more than the previous year almost three times as many as 2013.

In two incidents, passengers passed away on board flights before they landed at Shannon despite the best efforts of crew and medics on board.

Following another diversion last August, 12 people were hospitalised after a transatlantic jet encountered severe turbulence.

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‘Cool Aeronautics’ event in Shannon for Engineers Week (Clare Herald)

AirVenture Shannon, in association with Lufthansa Technik Shannon, will host a ‘Cool Aeronautics’ event beginning today as part of Engineers Week.

The event will run on 6th and 7th March and is co-hosted by Royal Aeronautical Society’s ‘Cool Aeronautics’ team, who will travel from London HQ to attend the event.

Engineers Week is a week-long programme of nationwide events with the aim of celebrating the world of engineering in Ireland. The week aims to create a positive awareness and spark enthusiasm about the engineering profession to people of all ages, especially students and their teachers and parents.

Potential of aerospace and aviation industry highlighted (Clare Herald)

Minister of State for Employment and Small Business, Pat Breen TD highlighted the growth potential in the aerospace and aviation industries in the Mid West during a recent visit to University of Limerick.

Speaking to aerospace and aviation industry and academics at the university, Minister Breen said: “The aviation and aerospace sector has the potential to play a significant role in the future enterprise growth in the Mid West. There is great opportunity for Ireland to increase its market share in these growing sectors in particular aerospace sub-component manufacturing.

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tv221 wrote: »

Two early morning diversions, ambulance's passed me, so I assume medical. Departed as follows:
06:15 AB7409 Dusseldorf (DUS) Air Berlin A332 D-ALPC Departed 06:14
07:37 OS72 Vienna (VIE) Austrian Airlines B763 OE-LAX Departed 07:37

Two early morning diversions to Shannon (Clare Herald)

The first unscheduled landing involved Air Berlin flight AB-7409 which was travelling from the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao to Dusseldorf in Germany (Medical 3 Persons).

A short time later the crew of an Austrian Airlines flight from Toronto to Vienna contacted controllers to report they had a technical issue they wished to have investigated.

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JP McManus announces Ryder Cup dream and 300 jobs (Irish Times)

Businessman sets sights on 2026 contest as Adare Manor hotel and golf resort remains on schedule to open this September.

The upgrade, estimated by industry sources to cost at least €50 million, has seen 40 bedrooms added to the hotel in a new wing, bringing the total to 104, as well as the addition of a new ballroom that will have capacity for 350 people available for events and international conferences.

Minister of State, Sport and Tourism, Patrick O’Donovan said the revamped Adare Manor resort “will play a very significant role in terms of the marketability of Ireland, especially in North America, where over a million people visited Ireland last year between the US and Canada”.

Seventy per cent of Adare Manor’s annual business comes from the North American marketplace, a spokesperson said.

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Jet diverts to Shannon with suspected fuel leak (Clare Herald)

A transatlantic jet has made an emergency diversion to Shannon Airport this afternoon after the crew reported a suspected fuel leak on board.

Jet Airways flight JAI-234 was en route from Amsterdam to Toronto when the crew reported the possible problem shortly before 1.00pm. There were 320 passengers and crew on board.

The Boeing 777-300 jet was about 250 kilometres west of Mayo when the crew decided to divert to Shannon.

tv221

G-EZBW / Airbus A319-111 Easy Jet appears to be doing a bit of training. Shame they couldn't find a couple of spare planes for the odd Paris or Italian route

JCX BXC

And be absolutely demolished by Ryanair?

tv221

JCX BXC wrote: »

And be absolutely demolished by Ryanair?

True. Gatwick flight was waiting for them to land. Probably radioed the boss and said the upstarts were back in town.:)

tv221

First impressions of the region to be somewhat changed upon arrival with the start of previously announced office block and new adjacent coffee shop.
http://clareherald.com/2017/03/sod-turned-on-new-shannon-free-zone-building-51786/

Development Description: for the construction of a single storey meeting hub/coffee dock building.

http://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17111/0

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The UK Airport Provisional Statistics for January are out.

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Shannon Airport lists JFK with EI resuming tomorrow (in the departures list for tomorrow), but Aer Lingus says Monday and Flightradar agrees with this.

Either way, New York-JFK resumes Tomorrow/Monday, signalling the beginning of the summer routes returning.

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Anna Aero Databases

2017 January 100,242 Passengers (+9.1%)

2017 February 91,905 Passengers (+1.5%)

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The CSO statistics for December are out.

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Irish Coast Guard - Canadian Helicopter Corporation (CHC) Shannon

Very sad news and bitter ironic that they themselves are now been searched for.

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Shannon to draw up masterplan to help secure future of airport (Independent)

Shannon Airport is to draw up a new masterplan with the aid of a major research project that will start next month which aims to provide the foundation for a stronger commercial offering.

It also wants to develop a strong brand proposition for the airport, which handled 1.74 million passengers last year, a figure that was virtually unchanged on 2015.

The State-owned facility, which was separated in 2012 from the Dublin and Cork Airports owner - the DAA - is part of the Shannon Group, which also includes Shannon Heritage.

The airport wants insight into passengers' "current perceptions of Shannon Airport and reveal their needs and requirements in the future".

"Insights from this study will provide a fuller understanding of our passenger base, the regional dynamics of our catchment area and must have a particular emphasis on developing a strong brand position for the airport that has sensitivity to our local cultural identity," it says.

"This extensive research programme will provide the foundation for a stronger commercial offering and inform the development of an overall 'Sense of Place' masterplan for Shannon Airport.

"This masterplan will integrate the disciplines of design, architecture, branding and operations to maximise the commerciality of Shannon Airport and develop a sense of place strategy for any future development/improvement works."

A blueprint prepared for the Government in 2012 when Shannon Airport split from the DAA, envisaged that up to 3,000 jobs would have been created by now in aviation services and finance. That target has not been met. Shannon Group established the International Aviation Services Centre in an effort to expand its existing aviation industry cluster. However, the group said last year that "a great deal more work" remains to be done to achieve its aims.

In 2012, the then Transport Minister, Leo Varadkar, said that unless Shannon Airport could grow its passenger numbers to 2.5 million by 2021, it had "no future".

Jamie2k9

Jan - 100,242 up 9.1%
Feb - 90,359 up 1.6% (note 2016 was Leap Year)

Balf

Brennans Row wrote: »

"the airport, which handled 1.74 million passengers last year, a figure that was virtually unchanged on 2015."

"A blueprint prepared for the Government in 2012 when Shannon Airport split from the DAA, envisaged that up to 3,000 jobs would have been created by now in aviation services and finance. That target has not been met."

Unusually clear statements there. I wonder where the impetus for this move is coming, particularly as the Airport website doesn't mention this at all and just has this item, with a somewhat different message

http://www.shannonairport.ie/gns/about-us/latest-news/latest-news/17-03-15/shannon_the_only_irish_airport_shortlisted_for_prestigious_european_award.aspx

Shannon Airport has once again been shortlisted for the Routes Europe Marketing Awards 2017.

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Balf wrote: »

Unusually clear statements there. I wonder where the impetus for this move is coming, particularly as the Airport website doesn't mention this at all and just has this item, with a somewhat different message

The creation of 3,000 jobs suggested by the government over a three to five year period was pure utopia.

Companies like Transaero had really great prospects for Shannon, but the Ukrainian conflict and the resulting sanctions on Russia shoved them into receivership.

Positively speaking, is the fact that all the MRO hangars at Shannon are fully working with more to be built soon.

JCX BXC

It is promising that Shannon realises that numbers are stagnating and that it needs to work harder, as opposed to the indenial press releases it could be doing, pretending everything is lovely and rosey.

It was flagged on here from day 1 that the 3000 jobs was a pure fantasy figure. Maybe if you go further into the economy looking at the people employed in spin off industries of the tourism you'd get a little closer, but it was wholly unrealistic from the start.

tv221

The Airbus A321-251N - D-AVXB seems to be spending the day flying back and forth to Toulouse. Before it enters service.

Balf

Brennans Row wrote: »

The creation of 3,000 jobs suggested by the government over a three to five year period was pure utopia.

Yet that's not how it was discussed publicly at the time. I think the article below gives a flavour of how it was depicted. The original aim was actually 3000 to 5000 jobs.

http://www.clarepeople.com/2012/12/05/5000-jobs-on-the-radar/

What's positive, as folk are saying, is at least some indication of a willingness for a more realistic public discussion now.

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Shannon - Commercial Movements (IAA)

|Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sept|Oct|Nov|Dec|Total
2015|1,253|1,026|1,277|1,454|1,725|2,169|2,058|1,728|1,780|1,645|1,283|1,312|18,710
2016|1,222|1,128|1,390|1,488|1,807|2,031|2,032|1,834|1,839|1,698|1,353|1,327|19,149
2017|1,291|1,215|||||||||||
Change|+5.6%|+7.7%|||||||||||

The IAA have yet to upload February's figures but the Clare Herald published the % increase last week

tv221

Borrowed from http://www.pprune.org/airlines-airports-routes/551742-manchester-1-a-377.html
Although previously mentioned.

Looks like MAG want this to go via STN not MAN

Kuwait Airways on Wednesday (22MAR17) adjusted planned intermedia stop for Westbound Kuwait City – New York JFK route, which will be in effect from 21APR17. From this date, the 777-300ER will operate via London Stansted, replacing current stop in Shannon.

As a result of the intermediate stop changes, operational schedule will be slightly modified.

KU117 KWI0900 – 1400STN1630 – 1945JFK 77W D
KU118 JFK2145 – 1655+1KWI 77W

The airline does not have local traffic rights for London Stansted – New York JFK sector.


Transiting stuff comes and goes or gets hijacked.

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So it ends on the 20th of April, that was nearly a 10 month bonus spell for the airport.

Omni transit flights between the US - Kuwait - US still operate?

Saudi Arabian hz-hm1a, hz-hm1c did transit stops and Qatar worldwide aircraft holdings vq-bsk did some training this month.

marno21

Is there any particular reason KAC117/118 will go via STN instead of SNN?

JCX BXC

marno21 wrote: »

Is there any particular reason KAC117/118 will go via STN instead of SNN?

Apperently the crew who change here don't like the area. It was initially rumoured to change to MAN.

Davys Fits

JCX BXC wrote: »

Apperently the crew who change here don't like the area. It was initially rumoured to change to MAN.

And the crew didnt like MAN either? A case of the tail wagging the dog for sure if all thats true.

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Davys Fits wrote: »

And the crew didnt like MAN either? A case of the tail wagging the dog for sure if all thats true.

The rumour there was that MAG offered Kuwait a better deal at STN than MAN, and I wouldn't be so quick to discount the story, apperently that was also a factor in PIA moving​ from Shannon to Manchester a few years back.

Davys Fits

JCX BXC wrote: »

The rumour there was that MAG offered Kuwait a better deal at STN than MAN, and I wouldn't be so quick to discount the story, apperently that was also a factor in PIA moving​ from Shannon to Manchester a few years back.

Sure but the crew having a say is nonsense.

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Davys Fits wrote: »

Sure but the crew having a say is nonsense.

Unions can be powerful, we see this especially lately, Bus Eireann unions are currently holding the country to ransom.

Saying that I don't know the ins and outs of Kuwait's operations or the company structure.

Don't shoot the messenger