Shannon Airport Thread [Mod Warning in First Post]

JamesBond2010

hobie14 wrote: »

I saw here take off....... wondered what was up ....

It is prob the usual Medical emergency.

Brennans Row

JamesBond2010 wrote: »

It is prob the usual Medical emergency.

It was.

Flight in emergency medical diversion to Shannon (Clare Herald)

Delta Air Lines flight DL-32 was travelling from Atlanta in the U.S. state of Georgia to London’s Heathrow Airport at the time.

The Airbus A330-200 jet was about two hours west of Shannon when the crew informed air traffic controllers that they wished to divert to seek medical attention for a passenger.

hobie14

BA179 on the way in right now ..... LHR-JFK ....

JamesBond2010

hobie14 wrote: »

BA179 on the way in right now ..... LHR-JFK ....

Another medical I bet busy day

hobie14

hobie14 wrote: »

BA179 on the way in right now ..... LHR-JFK ....

Breakingnews.ie reporting fire warning on board resulted in aircraft diverting to Shannon.... landed safely without incident ...

Brennans Row

Jet diverts to Shannon with suspected fire on board (Clare Herald)

A transatlantic passenger jet has made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport this evening after the crew reported a suspected fire on board.

British Airways flight BA-179 was en route from London’s Heathrow Airport to New York at the time.

According to passengers, an acrid smell was detected in the rear cabin. It’s believed that one or more ovens in the rear galley began to smoke.

hobie14

Nice to see BA doing circuits today with a brand new A350-1041 .... only delivered 4 days ago ....

Brennans Row

Aviation support programme gets Irish start-ups ready for take-off (Irish Times)

Propellor Shannon helping two companies to market with €2m backing from industry

Air travel start-ups supported by a €2 million programme whose backers include safety regulator the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) are close to commercialisation.

The IAA, aircraft manufacturer Boeing, Shannon Group’s International Aviation Services Centre, State agency Enterprise Ireland and Dublin City University have put more than €2 million into Propeller Shannon, a programme to support new aerospace businesses.

Propeller Shannon’s backers hope two companies supported by the programme will shortly take key steps towards commercialising the products on which they have been working.

One, Blockaviation, is developing a system to centralise aircraft records detailing maintenance and other crucial information. Every aircraft owner needs these documents, but many of them are stored in different locations.

Global register

According to Blockaviation co-founder John Roberts, the company is developing a global register for this material to allow owners to get the information in one place, with potentially huge savings for the industry.

“Blockaviation was successful in its pitch to Propeller Shannon and this afforded the company a small investment, which helped fund the set-up costs and research,” Mr Roberts said.

He added that, most importantly, Propeller Shannon gave Blockaviation access to skilled aviation professionals in the Republic, allowing it to test its ideas against “real-world experience”.

Three pilots established a second Propeller Shannon company, Frequency, which recently began testing a product designed to simplify airline communications with an international carrier.

Software application

John Perry, Frequency’s chief executive, explained that on a typical flight, a pilot deals with eight communications systems. The company aims to replace these with one internet-based software application.

The European Space Agency has given Frequency cash and technical support. Mr Perry said that Propeller Shannon helped the company get funding to develop its software.

About 200 companies from 40 countries applied for Propeller Shannon’s 2019 programme. The organisation chose 12 to take part. Successful applicants get cash, offices in Shannon Airport’s gateway hub and training.

hobie14

EI 119 .... DUB- IAD diverting and just landed SNN ...

Edit ..... another medical .... Bless you Shannon ....☺

highlydebased

Both AGP and FAO on sale for next summer with EI with late evening timings. One wonders about their plans for the free A320 wiggle room on the morning...

Tiernster7

highlydebased wrote: »

Both AGP and FAO on sale for next summer with EI with late evening timings. One wonders about their plans for the free A320 wiggle room on the morning...

Good news or bad news for Shannon?

LXFlyer

Tiernster7 wrote: »

Good news or bad news for Shannon?

It means that the Cork based aircraft is still operating the Malaga and Faro flights, which in turn means that the Shannon based A320 may fly to somewhere else in the mornings, given that the first Shannon-Heathrow rotation is to be A321LR operated.

Tiernster7

LXFlyer wrote: »

It means that the Cork based aircraft is still operating the Malaga and Faro flights, which in turn means that the Shannon based A320 may fly to somewhere else in the mornings, given that the first Shannon-Heathrow rotation is to be A321LR operated.

Good news hopefully. A northern Europe route of some kind would be very welcome

JCX BXC

LXFlyer wrote: »

It means that the Cork based aircraft is still operating the Malaga and Faro flights, which in turn means that the Shannon based A320 may fly to somewhere else in the mornings, given that the first Shannon-Heathrow rotation is to be A321LR operated.

Is not entirely cork based, Dublin based aircraft also operate Shannon routes.

LXFlyer

JCX BXC wrote: »

Is not entirely cork based, Dublin based aircraft also operate Shannon routes.

Yes, sorry, you're correct.

A Cork aircraft will operate the Faro service out of Shannon on MoWeFrSu and a Dublin one the Malaga route on TuThSa, but that really is a side point.

The main point is that the Shannon based A320 is free to do something else before it operates to London Heathrow at 12:25 (12:00 on Saturdays).

lisasimpson

Hopefully the airport will benefit from it. A few pages back it was discussed about getting the airport into the minds of younger travellers. . Listing to younger work colleagues that have used the Ibiza flight this summer many have said o it handy to pop up to shannon than getting the bus to Dublin.
On the airports Facebook page they eventually put up a post about flying long haul using existing routes as a transfer hub. Think it was use Shannon to fly to Dubai via London. Someone commented about why doesn't the airport rebrand/rename itself Shannon wild Atlantic way airport. I thought it was a great idea. The wild Atlantic way is known world wide now but shannon isn't as famous.

Brennans Row

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|1,429|1,446|1,776|1,975|1,949|1,885|1,778|1,796|1,440|1,316|19,296
2018|1,301|1,200|1,368|1,575|1,829|2,098|2,104|1,949|2,066|1,858|1,385|1,369|20,102
2019|1,246|1,087|1,320|1,444|1,836|1,951|1,976|1,843|||||
Change|-4.2%|-9.4%|-3.5%|-8.3%|+0.4%|-7.0%|-6.1%|-5.4%|||||

Balf

lisasimpson wrote: »

Someone commented about why doesn't the airport rebrand/rename itself Shannon wild Atlantic way airport. I thought it was a great idea. The wild Atlantic way is known world wide now but shannon isn't as famous.

This idea was floated before.

https://www.clareecho.ie/wild-atlantic-way-rebranding-of-airport-wont-take-off/

“Shannon Airport is an internationally recognised brand in its own right, its brand proposition and images are strong. Our research concludes that rebranding would be a regressive step for the Airport, diluting our existing strong brand equity. The Shannon brand is trusted and credible; known internationally as the place where Duty Free shopping began and where the first free zone was established. Furthermore, a rebrand were it to be approved is a very expensive process estimated to cost millions of euro”.

mdmix

Just saw the CSO figures for the first 6 months. really worrying that even after Norwegian and air canada are excluded the numbers are still down. JKF and EWR up slightly, but Bos and PHL both down. Philadelphia down by nearly 5000 on same period last year. Is this down to reduced capacity?

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/as/aviationstatisticsquarter22019/

Comhrá

UA22 (SNN EWR) operated today by a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner. N12206.

A pleasant change from the usual B757 200.

JCX BXC

Comhra wrote: »

UA22 (SNN EWR) operated today by a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner. N12206.

A pleasant change from the usual B757 200.

UA25 is SNN-EWR and operated on the usual 757-200.

UA22 is DUB-EWR which diverted to Shannon.

Cookiemunster

Comhra wrote: »

UA22 (SNN EWR) operated today by a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner. N12206.

A pleasant change from the usual B757 200.

The SNN to EWR flight is UA24 which departed on a 757 at 12:38.

UA22 is the DUB to EWR flight which dirverted to SNN this morning due to a sick passenger. So no 787 service for SNN unfortunately.

http://www.clare.fm/news/aviation/passenger-hospitalised-us-bound-flight-diverts-shannon/

lemonkey

Anyone have any experience with USA preclearance while taking a connecting flight?

I'm flying from Shannon-London-New York.

Do I do the pre-clearance in Shannon or London? I messaged my travel company (Skyscanner company) asking the same question but they said I'll do my pre-clearance when I arrive in New York. Surely that's wrong information?

JCX BXC

lemonkey wrote: »

Anyone have any experience with USA preclearance while taking a connecting flight?

I'm flying from Shannon-London-New York.

Do I do the pre-clearance in Shannon or London? I messaged my travel company (Skyscanner company) asking the same question but they said I'll do my pre-clearance when I arrive in New York. Surely that's wrong information?

If you're not flying non-stop from Shannon-USA you cant do preclearance. Think about this, if you do preclearance in Shannon, and then get off the plane in London, you'll be mixing with thousands of uncleared people. Once you go through USPC think if yourself as being in the US.

London do not offer USPC, so you'll be going through formalities in New York.

lemonkey

JCX BXC wrote: »

If you're not flying non-stop from Shannon-USA you cant do preclearance. Think about this, if you do preclearance in Shannon, and then get off the plane in London, you'll be mixing with thousands of uncleared people. Once you go through USPC think if yourself as being in the US.

London do not offer USPC, so you'll be going through formalities in New York.

Right. It just sounded a bit strange, fly to the destination to see if you can get in. I've no convictions so I'm not worried about the pre-clearance, I was more worried about how much time it may eat up. At least if it's in New York it doesn't really matter how long it takes.

Thanks for the reply.

JCX BXC

lemonkey wrote: »

Right. It just sounded a bit strange, fly to the destination to see if you can get in. I've no convictions so I'm not worried about the pre-clearance, I was more worried about how much time it may eat up. At least if it's in New York it doesn't really matter how long it takes.

Thanks for the reply.

Well no, you need to apply for the visa/esta before you go as with any other country, and clear customs and other formalities. Pre-clearance just allows you to do this beforehand and arrive like a domestic passenger. (Walk off plane into terminal)

lemonkey

JCX BXC wrote: »

Well no, you need to apply for the visa/esta before you go as with any other country, and clear customs and other formalities. Pre-clearance just allows you to do this beforehand and arrive like a domestic passenger. (Walk off plane into terminal)

This is all new to me, thanks for the information.

Brennans Row

The UK Airport Provisional Statistics for July are out.

Brennans Row

Donald Trump’s luxury helicopter charter plans fail to take off (The Scotsman)

It was billed by Donald Trump as an “incredible” way to tour his golf resorts in the UK and Ireland, with well-heeled guests being whizzed back and forth across the Irish Sea and all around Scotland while revelling in the kind of opulence to which the US president has long been accustomed.

But Mr Trump’s bold vision of bolstering business at three of his loss making courses by exporting one of his luxury helicopters across the Atlantic to woo wealthy golfers has failed to take off.

The Scotsman can reveal that a little known subsidiary of the Trump Organisation tasked with overseeing a high-end helicopter charter service has quietly shipped back a multimillion pound Sikorsky helicopter to the US amid falling demand and “anger” at the Trump brand.

According to multiple clients who booked the Sikorsky S-76B, the charges were “eye watering” even in the high-end world of luxury helicopter charters, with fees reaching as much as £15,000 for a “couple of hours.”

The source said that before Mr Trump struck an “official partnership” with Glasgow Prestwick Airport in November 2014, he wanted to build a dedicated heliport at Trump Turnberry in order to transfer guests to and from Prestwick, Aberdeen Airport, and Shannon Airport, near his Doonbeg resort.

Image Trevor Mulkerrins

Brennans Row

Thomas Cook rescue flight diverts to Ireland stranding US passengers (Daily Star)

The Atlas Air Boeing 747 was scheduled to land in Orlando

A Thomas Cook flight set to rescue stranded passengers from the US has diverted to Ireland.

The Atlas Air Boeing 747 was initially scheduled to land in Orlando around 8.45pm local time.

However, it turned back towards Shannon Airport just after 10pm due to a technical issue.

The aircraft later landed safely and is now expected to reach Orlando around three hours late.

Daily Star Online has approached Atlas Air for comment.

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Thomas Cook rescue flights take off from Shannon (Clare Herald)

The first of three flights that will take part in the mass repatriation of stranded Thomas Cook holidaymakers has taken off from Shannon Airport.

Two more aircraft are due to depart later this afternoon after three jets were flown from the U.S. to Shannon yesterday.

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Hopefully no MRO work from Thomas Cook will be lost here to Shannon.