Shannon Airport Thread [Mod Warning in First Post]

tv221

Shannon runway currently closed with Omni 777 on runway with landing gear being well cooled by fire crews. Assume it was a heavy landing, about 06:30

Phileas Frog

tv221 wrote: »

Shannon runway currently closed with Omni 777 on runway with landing gear being well cooled by fire crews. Assume it was a heavy landing, about 06:30

It's a 767

golfball37

tv221 wrote: »

Shannon runway currently closed with Omni 777 on runway with landing gear being well cooled by fire crews. Assume it was a heavy landing, about 06:30

One of the wheels caught fire. Everyone off and ok.

Sterling Archer

Operations have resumed just now

flipflophead22

mdmix wrote: »

Aer Lingus are having a transatlantic sale this autumn, including flights from Shannon.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/business/aer-lingus-announce-special-transatlantic-fares-following-norwegian-withdrawal-943858.html

2 from shannon it says, wonder which two.

JCX BXC

flipflophead22 wrote: »

2 from shannon it says, wonder which two.

The only 2 they operate?

Cookiemunster

flipflophead22 wrote: »

2 from shannon it says, wonder which two.

New York and Boston. The two transatlantic route out of Shannon.

hondabanner

the sooner them military flights are gone out of shannon the better

Phileas Frog

hondabanner wrote: »

the sooner them military flights are gone out of shannon the better

Why?

hondabanner

closed the whole airport today canx a london heathrow and american airlines, the 2 early ryanairs went about 7 hours delayed united, delta and the two aer lingus' went delayed. It would be more in their line worry about our own passengers then these stupid transit flights.

Shn99

hondabanner wrote: »

closed the whole airport today canx a london heathrow and american airlines, the 2 early ryanairs went about 7 hours delayed united, delta and the two aer lingus' went delayed. It would be more in their line worry about our own passengers then these stupid transit flights.

Are you going to pay the salaries of the people who’s jobs would be lost if the military pulled out? Kuwait pulling out took enough of a negative toll on the airport

RocketRaccoon

hondabanner wrote: »

closed the whole airport today canx a london heathrow and american airlines, the 2 early ryanairs went about 7 hours delayed united, delta and the two aer lingus' went delayed. It would be more in their line worry about our own passengers then these stupid transit flights.

If military flights didn't use Shannon the airport would be closed.

JamesBond2010

hondabanner wrote: »

closed the whole airport today canx a london heathrow and american airlines, the 2 early ryanairs went about 7 hours delayed united, delta and the two aer lingus' went delayed. It would be more in their line worry about our own passengers then these stupid transit flights.

most of them american flights are gone in the next month or 2 when the winter schedule kicks in & them flights will be nearly the only flights keeping the place open

LXFlyer

hondabanner wrote: »

closed the whole airport today canx a london heathrow and american airlines, the 2 early ryanairs went about 7 hours delayed united, delta and the two aer lingus' went delayed. It would be more in their line worry about our own passengers then these stupid transit flights.

Surely an incident can happen to any aircraft of any airline sometime?

Suggesting that this is exclusive to military transit flights is a nonsense.

hondabanner

Shn99 wrote: »

Are you going to pay the salaries of the people who’s jobs would be lost if the military pulled out? Kuwait pulling out took enough of a negative toll on the airport

Oh you're one of these that work there is it? How well Cork, Knock and Belfast city airport can cope without needing transit flights and similar enough pax numbers, money hungry-ness. Refurbished the airport the last three years are hardly an extra pax through the door

Shn99

hondabanner wrote: »

Oh you're one of these that work there is it? How well Cork, Knock and Belfast city airport can cope without needing transit flights and similar enough pax numbers, money hungry-ness. Refurbished the airport the last three years are hardly an extra pax through the door

No I don’t work there, but know people that do and who would be effected if they were to leave. The US Military flights have to refuel somewhere and Shannon is the perfect location for them to do so along with having the appropriate facilities

RocketRaccoon

hondabanner wrote: »

Oh you're one of these that work there is it? How well Cork, Knock and Belfast city airport can cope without needing transit flights and similar enough pax numbers, money hungry-ness. Refurbished the airport the last three years are hardly an extra pax through the door

I work there and can guarantee the airport would be closed within 2 years if all the military traffic stopped.

Phileas Frog

hondabanner wrote: »

closed the whole airport today canx a london heathrow and american airlines, the 2 early ryanairs went about 7 hours delayed united, delta and the two aer lingus' went delayed. It would be more in their line worry about our own passengers then these stupid transit flights.

What if it was a Ryanair it happened to? Would you be as quick to evict them too?

hondabanner

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

I work there and can guarantee the airport would be closed within 2 years if all the military traffic stopped.

They didnt get on too bad when they had to close the runway during the night there last year and all the omni flights had to go to germany, considering the majority of them come in during the night

RocketRaccoon

www.independent.ie/irish-news/lucky-escape-after-planes-nose-wheel-collapses-on-landing-26752714.html

Get rid of aer lingus while we're at it. 6 hours closure that day too.

RocketRaccoon

hondabanner wrote: »

They didnt get on too bad when they had to close the runway during the night there last year and all the omni flights had to go to germany, considering the majority of them come in during the night

Why are you trying to spread lies?

Plenty of Omni and other military flights still landed during that time, I should know considering I was working on them.

hondabanner

Phileas Frog wrote: »

What if it was a Ryanair it happened to? Would you be as quick to evict them too?

go back and read my second comment crator, I said it would be more in their line to worry bout pax flights which ryanair is then these transit flights that only cause controversy

hondabanner

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Why are you trying to spread lies?

Plenty of Omni and other military flights still landed during that time, I should know considering I was working on them.

i said the majority of them came in during the night is that a lie????

RocketRaccoon

hondabanner wrote: »

go back and read my second comment crator, I said it would be more in their line to worry bout pax flights which ryanair is then these transit flights that only cause controversy

Do you think these transit flights don't bring money to the airport and the region? Are you really that clueless?

RocketRaccoon

hondabanner wrote: »

i said the majority of them came in during the night is that a lie????

Yes.

Unless of course I have imagined all the Omni flights during daylight hours I've seen and been involved with over the last years

hondabanner

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Do you think these transit flights don't bring money to the airport and the region? Are you really that clueless?

Do you think these transit flights don't bring controversy to the region, trust me there no fear of shannon and money as uve seen with all the work thats been done

hondabanner

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Yes.

Unless of course I have imagined all the Omni flights during daylight hours I've seen and been involved with over the last years

have u been there to during the unsociable hours to see them land, the one last night came in at around 2am

RocketRaccoon

hondabanner wrote: »

Do you think these transit flights don't bring controversy to the region, trust me there no fear of shannon and money as uve seen with all the work thats been done

I couldn't give a flying sh*te what a bunch of crusty jobless freaks think of these military flights.

What I do know is they have kept me and many others in a job which has meant we are able to provide for our families. The airport needs them and the longer they are here the better.

RocketRaccoon

hondabanner wrote: »

have u been there to during the unsociable hours to see them land, the one last night came in at around 2am

Believe me, I have worked at every possibly hour in the airport. I can even tell you the one that came in at that hour last night was the one that had the issue a few hours later. What about the other 2 that transited through yesterday morning/afternoon?

I know what hours they come in and i can guarantee that if you did out an average over the course of a year it would be 5-1 at least when comparing daytime flights to nighttime(12am-6am).

LXFlyer

None of this frankly is relevant to the closure of the runway this morning which was what was being discussed.

An aircraft of any airline could have an incident that required the emergency procedures to kick in and the runway being closed.

It is certainly not unique to the military flights.