Shannon Airport Thread [Mod Warning in First Post]

hobie14

Looks like UA 121 .... BCN - EWR IS diverting to SNN ....

hobie14

Looks like UA 121 .... BCN - EWR IS diverting to SNN .... on short finals now ...

un5byh7sqpd2x0

McSween wrote: »

I stopped before boarding the exit for Shannon. Who knows how long the line of cars eventually formed. I wonder have these people brains.

It was backed up past next exit in either direction. Utter lunacy

JamesBond2010

Holly Proud Handcuff wrote: »

It was backed up past next exit in either direction. Utter lunacy

where was it on the dual carraige way stretch as u are coming into shannon of the 2 motorway exits

un5byh7sqpd2x0

JamesBond2010 wrote: »

where was it on the dual carraige way stretch as u are coming into shannon of the 2 motorway exits

Yep, about half way to the Smithstown turn off

JamesBond2010

Holly Proud Handcuff wrote: »

Yep, about half way to the Smithstown turn off

thanks thats the usual place so

Brennans Row

New Aer Lingus plane for Shannon-New York route (RTE)

The Aer Lingus Shannon service to New York returns today (Thursday) with a new more fuel efficient aircraft with reduced fuel needs, a quieter engine and cheaper landing charges as a result.

The A321 Neo LR long range-aircraft, which can carry 186 passengers and crew including 16 business class passengers, resumes service to New York today after a month long winter break in service.

The service operates six days a week until March 4 when it returns to a daily service, when the year round Boston-Shannon service also goes from a six day to a daily service.

The new aircraft is 20% more fuel efficient than existing aircraft and has 50% reduced engine noise than the current A321 CEO, which also means reduced landing charges which are based on noise levels.

Brennans Row

tv221 wrote: »

13 Feb 2020 Nassau (NAS) London (LHR) BA252 — 21:40 22:09 11:00
Diverted to SNN
BA 777 Just coming in to land. Reasons unknown at moment

hobie14 wrote: »

Looks like UA 121 .... BCN - EWR IS diverting to SNN .... on short finals now ...

Two medical diversions to Shannon Airport (Clare Herald)

Cookiemunster

Brennans Row wrote: »

New Aer Lingus plane for Shannon-New York route (RTE)

The Aer Lingus Shannon service to New York returns today (Thursday) with a new more fuel efficient aircraft with reduced fuel needs, a quieter engine and cheaper landing charges as a result.

The A321 Neo LR long range-aircraft, which can carry 186 passengers and crew including 16 business class passengers, resumes service to New York today after a month long winter break in service.

The service operates six days a week until March 4 when it returns to a daily service, when the year round Boston-Shannon service also goes from a six day to a daily service.

The new aircraft is 20% more fuel efficient than existing aircraft and has 50% reduced engine noise than the current A321 CEO, which also means reduced landing charges which are based on noise levels.

It's odd that they're launching this as new when the A321neo LR has been doing the Boston service for the last couple of months.

Brennans Row

Cookiemunster wrote: »

It's odd that they're launching this as new when the A321neo LR has been doing the Boston service for the last couple of months.

Okay, Aer Lingus launches its second new aircraft at Shannon.

Good to get the improved quality of the new aircraft serving these routes promoted.

JCX BXC

I'd imagine the idea behind this advertisment is to highlight that New York is back over a month early.

Definitely strange that they're making a bigger deal now than they did when they put the first A321 in Shannon, but live and let live I suppose. Stranger things have happened.

Zeek12

Holly Proud Handcuff wrote: »

It was backed up past next exit in either direction. Utter lunacy

The timing was just awful for sure.
Right in the middle of the morning work commute.

OfTheMarsWongs

Brennans Row wrote: »

Okay, Aer Lingus launches its second new aircraft at Shannon.

Good to get the improved quality of the new aircraft serving these routes promoted.

I’ve been on one of these planes going to/from Boston. Three toilets at the back but only one toilet (at start of galley) available to the whole of economy until after the meal was served. Resulted in queues for the loo. After the meal they allowed access to the other two which are situated at the back of the galley.

The toilets at the front were available to business class only.

Brennans Row

OfTheMarsWongs wrote: »

I’ve been on one of these planes going to/from Boston. Three toilets at the back but only one toilet (at start of galley) available to the whole of economy until after the meal was served. Resulted in queues for the loo. After the meal they allowed access to the other two which are situated at the back of the galley.

The toilets at the front were available to business class only.

That's daft, two of the three toilets serving 170 economy seats are closed during parts of the flight.

Then did this occur on both the outward and inward flights?

JamesBond2010

Brennans Row wrote: »

That's daft, two of the three toilets serving 170 economy seats are closed during parts of the flight.

Then did this occur on both the outward and inward flights?

probally trying to cook & serve food & people in & out of the jacks beside you doesnt really help. & some people not washing their hands after coming out touching things u could be using not the best way be getting food ready

OfTheMarsWongs

Brennans Row wrote: »

That's daft, two of the three toilets serving 170 economy seats are closed during parts of the flight.

Then did this occur on both the outward and inward flights?

If memory serves it did. No passengers in the back two rows either and staff were using the space to sort out cups etc before the tea service.

Plane seems more suited for short haul where meal service wouldn’t cause an issue.

Cosmo Kramer

While these aircraft are technically capable of flying transatlantic routes, narrow bodied aircraft in general are not really suited to anything other than short haul for this reason.

I guess they serve their purpose in that without them most, if not all, of the remaining transatlantic services from Shannon would end. However, I'd imagine they're a factor in a lot of people around the country choosing Dublin over Shannon for transatlantic trips. While Shannon is an easier airport to navigate it's just not worth it for seven hours on an A321.

Cookiemunster

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

While these aircraft are technically capable of flying transatlantic routes, narrow bodied aircraft in general are not really suited to anything other than short haul for this reason.

I guess they serve their purpose in that without them most, if not all, of the remaining transatlantic services from Shannon would end. However, I'd imagine they're a factor in a lot of people around the country choosing Dublin over Shannon for transatlantic trips. While Shannon is an easier airport to navigate it's just not worth it for seven hours on an A321.

Only two of the 14 A321neos that EI will eventually receive will be Shannon based. They rest will be flying thin East Coast routes from Dublin. The same as the 757s have been for the last numbers of years.

The US carriers use 757s ex Dublin transatlantic too.

marno21

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

I guess they serve their purpose in that without them most, if not all, of the remaining transatlantic services from Shannon would end. However, I'd imagine they're a factor in a lot of people around the country choosing Dublin over Shannon for transatlantic trips. While Shannon is an easier airport to navigate it's just not worth it for seven hours on an A321.

The majority of it is simple ignorance. “Ah sure Shannon Airport is ****e you can’t fly anywhere from there” and proceed to book from Dublin without checking any other airports.

You’d often have it in Cork. People booking flights from Dublin without checking Cork first and then complaining about it. You’d be surprised at how many people don’t realise you can fly to Amsterdam from Cork or Berlin from Kerry and only find out when they complain to someone else about the trek to Dublin.

Cosmo Kramer

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Only two of the 14 A321neos that EI will eventually receive will be Shannon based. They rest will be flying thin East Coast routes from Dublin. The same as the 757s have been for the last numbers of years.

The US carriers use 757s ex Dublin transatlantic too.

I know but the point I was making is that, in terms of the EI routes from Shannon, the same destinations are served by widebodies from Dublin. The narrowbodies at Dublin, as far as I'm aware, generally serve routes that aren't available from Shannon.

easypazz

What do you not get on an A321 that you get on a widebody?

Personally if I am booking a flight the aircraft doesnt bother me.

OfTheMarsWongs

easypazz wrote: »

What do you not get on an A321 that you get on a widebody?

Personally if I am booking a flight the aircraft doesnt bother me.

The only issue I had with the plane was there only being one toilet available for the whole of economy till after the meal was served.

Deagol

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

While these aircraft are technically capable of flying transatlantic routes, narrow bodied aircraft in general are not really suited to anything other than short haul for this reason.

I guess they serve their purpose in that without them most, if not all, of the remaining transatlantic services from Shannon would end. However, I'd imagine they're a factor in a lot of people around the country choosing Dublin over Shannon for transatlantic trips. While Shannon is an easier airport to navigate it's just not worth it for seven hours on an A321.

So you're saying the manufacturers build these with 3000km ranges for the laugh because they're not intended to actually fly this far??

And I doubt the majority of punters care a less or know in advance of arriving at the airport what type of aircraft they're on. For that matter I'd doubt that more than 20% of people know or care after they've been on it!

Anyone I know outside regular business travellers like myself doesn't look at anything beyond price and convenience and departure times (in that order).

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|1,974|1,738|1,254|1,191|18,833
2020|1,221||||||||||||
Change|-2.0%||||||||||||

Shn99

Ryanair SNN-MAN going daily from the beginning of June.

mart 23

What kind of flight landings and departures make up Shannon commercial numbers monthly. Is it all of them.

Tiernster7

Shn99 wrote: »

Ryanair SNN-MAN going daily from the beginning of June.

Good news and a little more evidence of Shannon's relationship with Ryanair beginning to improve again.

Stanford

Ryanair flight just did a go-around at Shannon, why is he tracking that way?

Stanford

Second go-around now

Stanford

Heading East and climbing, diverted to Dublin?