Shannon Airport Thread [Mod Warning in First Post]

tv221

Wow looks that way. Got to go JFK to get to Boston for a few weeks. Talking with someone working at Edwards Lifesciences. Settling for the main facility to be located in Limerick, left them 20 mins closer to Cork and Dublin for necessary travel.

JCX BXC

hondabanner wrote: »

Norwegian gone January February and March

Wow, to go from 10x weekly to nothing.

Brennans Row

Cargo jet diverts to Shannon with engine problem (Clare Herald)

A cargo jet has made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport after the crew was forced to shut down one of the aircraft’s engines over the Atlantic.

United Parcel Service (UPS) cargo flight UPS-209 was travelling from Philadelphia in the US to Cologne in Germany when the crew declared an emergency. There were three crew members on board.

Shortly before 10.00am, the crew of the twin-engine Boeing 767-300 freighter contacted air traffic controllers to advise they had a problem with their right engine and had shut it down. The crew also told controllers that they would require airport crash crews to be standing by for them when they landed.

hondabanner

New East Midlands route 2x weekly

SNNUS

JCX BXC wrote: »

Wow, to go from 10x weekly to nothing.

Wow don’t fly to SNN

Brennans Row

Aviation Statistics (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)

There will be no repeat of the cargo tonnage for October and November this year after they shipped high volumes of coke concentrate to the U.S. lasty year.

holly8

hondabanner wrote: »

Norwegian gone January February and March

I went to book n March and no flights showing past mid-Jan .. what happened there? Bummer .. Dublin is a nightmare compared to Shannon

Shn99

holly8 wrote: »

I went to book n March and no flights showing past mid-Jan .. what happened there? Bummer .. Dublin is a nightmare compared to Shannon

Low demand, resumes on the 31st of march

Jamie2k9

FR add EMA next summer.

Shn99

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

FR add EMA next summer.

Already posted

Shn99

Dublin closed due to radar failure, multiple flights diverting to SNN

Brennans Row

The following flights were diverted and landed in Shannon.

• Ryanair FR663 Birmingham to Dublin
• Aer Lingus EI203 Manchester to Dublin
• Aer Lingus EI263 /EIN26M Birmingham to Dublin
• Ryanair FR505 Bristol to Dublin
• Ryanair FR7045 Malaga to Dublin
• SAS SK537 Copenhagen to Dublin

The following flights were planned as diversions, went on hold over or towards Shannon, but could land in Dublin.

• Air France AF6735 Chicago to Dublin
• Delta Air Lines DL44 /DAL44 JFK to Dublin
• Air Arabia 3O173 /MAC173 Agadir to Dublin
• Turkish Airlines TK1975 Istanbul to Dublin

RocketRaccoon

And still Shannon will be ignored by airlines despite saving asses so regularly.

Clareman

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

And still Shannon will be ignored by airlines despite saving asses so regularly.

Airlines just want to make money and if they can get routes that make more money they will set them up

JCX BXC

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

And still Shannon will be ignored by airlines despite saving asses so regularly.

I'm not sure that airlines choose their destinations based on how many times they've diverted there!

jasper100

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

And still Shannon will be ignored by airlines despite saving asses so regularly.

I doubt the existence of shannon has ever saved many lives. Dublin cork and knock are not much further.

If a person gets into difficulty 3 hours out another 20 minutes will hardly matter.

RocketRaccoon

jasper100 wrote: »

I doubt the existence of shannon has ever saved many lives. Dublin cork and knock are not much further.

If a person gets into difficulty 3 hours out another 20 minutes will hardly matter.

Well you would be wrong.

notharrypotter

jasper100 wrote: »

I doubt the existence of shannon has ever saved many lives. Dublin cork and knock are not much further.

If a person gets into difficulty 3 hours out another 20 minutes will hardly matter.

Hate to disagree but Knock and Cork for years were irrelevant when it came to aircraft diverting on the North Atlantic.
20 min is a lot, go look in Galway Bay😟

Cookiemunster

jasper100 wrote: »

I doubt the existence of shannon has ever saved many lives. Dublin cork and knock are not much further.

If a person gets into difficulty 3 hours out another 20 minutes will hardly matter.

The runways in Cork and Knock are too short to take fully laden heavys, which is what most of these diverts are. And Dublin is closed over night.

jasper100

Makes no odds, if it wasnt shannon they would divert somewhere else. Its over 3000 miles new york to shannon, another 1 or 200 miles to dublin or manchester wouldnt make much difference.

If shannon closed down tomorrow aircraft would just divert elsewhere.

Cookiemunster

jasper100 wrote: »

Makes no odds, if it wasnt shannon they would divert somewhere else. Its over 3000 miles new york to shannon, another 1 or 200 miles to dublin or manchester wouldnt make much difference.

If shannon closed down tomorrow aircraft would just divert elsewhere.

That's true, but to say that the extra time would make no difference to a sick passenger is blatantly wrong.

Clareman

jasper100 wrote: »

Makes no odds, if it wasnt shannon they would divert somewhere else. Its over 3000 miles new york to shannon, another 1 or 200 miles to dublin or manchester wouldnt make much difference.

If shannon closed down tomorrow aircraft would just divert elsewhere.

True, you always hear in a medical emergency that time doesn't matter and emergency services can take their time, that's why you never see ambulances in a rush :rolleyes:

RocketRaccoon

jasper100 wrote: »

Makes no odds, if it wasnt shannon they would divert somewhere else. Its over 3000 miles new york to shannon, another 1 or 200 miles to dublin or manchester wouldnt make much difference.

If shannon closed down tomorrow aircraft would just divert elsewhere.

Take it from someone regularly involved in medical diversions, you're talking absolute ****e.

highlydebased

The Malta Tourism Authority hoping for a Shannon link

http://www.travelextra.ie/malta-keen-to-see-new-cork-service-go-year-round-and-wants-route-from-shannon/

Shn99

highlydebased wrote: »

The Malta Tourism Authority hoping for a Shannon link

http://www.travelextra.ie/malta-keen-to-see-new-cork-service-go-year-round-and-wants-route-from-shannon/

Hopefully it happens, hopefully some more routes or expansion from airlines still to come for 2019

Brennans Row

EU airport baggage rules to cost regional airports at least €14m (Irish Times)

New security regulation to come into force in 2020

New EU rules requiring tougher security screening of air travellers’ baggage will cost the Republic’s regional airports at least €14 million.

The new regulations demand that, by 2020, airport screening systems for baggage that passengers check in must match detection levels similar to medical CAT scans, which produce more detailed images than X-rays.

Installing the equipment needed to scan the baggage will cost Donegal, Kerry, Knock and Shannon airports a total of €14.3 million.

. . . . . . . The new system would cost State-owned Shannon Airport about €10 million, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross, told the Dáil recently.

‘Financial difficulties’

Mr Ross said the figure would present “significant financial difficulties” for the airport’s owner, Shannon Group, which had not included the money in its forecasts.

He added that the department was unlikely to provide the airport with cash for this, but said his officials were discussing the issue with Shannon, which handled 1.75 million passengers last year.

The group would not say how much it would have to spend on the new system, but said the cost would be significant.

“As Shannon does not receive any State subvention, the airport will fund development from its own resources,” the group added.

EU law allows the department give cash to regional airports to cover costs such as ensuring security systems comply with the bloc’s standards.

However, the rules bar the Government from aiding the three State airports, Cork, Dublin and Shannon, which operate commercially. . . . . . .

There are five baggage belts in the arrival baggage hall dating from the early 1970's. I presume this would be earmarked for a total overhaul too after over 45 years in use?

Clareman

Brennans Row wrote: »

There are five baggage belts in the arrival baggage hall dating from the early 1970's. I presume this would be earmarked for a total overhaul too after over 45 years in use?

Not including this in forecasts is a bit of an oversight, in my limited knowledge of European directives there are very few surprises, changes are usually flagged years in advance.

OfTheMarsWongs

Brennans Row wrote: »

There are five baggage belts in the arrival baggage hall dating from the early 1970's. I presume this would be earmarked for a total overhaul too after over 45 years in use?

There’s some construction work going on in the arrivals hall. Only two (as far as I recall, was there last week) in use at the moment. The others are behind hoarding.

Poxyshamrock

Shn99 wrote: »

Hopefully it happens, hopefully some more routes or expansion from airlines still to come for 2019

http://www.clare.fm/news/call-shannon-france-route-brexit-looms/

Call for a route to France (Paris, I presume!) as well!

Brennans Row

Clareman wrote: »

Not including this in forecasts is a bit of an oversight, in my limited knowledge of European directives there are very few surprises, changes are usually flagged years in advance.

It's curious alright, especially when they are often to the forefront in introducing new technologies.

Shannon becomes first European airport to have facial recognition installed for US preclearance (September 2018)

World’s first trials of a new security screening system taking place at Shannon Airport (September 2016)