Shannon Airport Thread [Mod Warning in First Post]

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I have seen a lot of unsheudeled planes land and take oof from Shannon today on flight radar. A 767 about 1hr 30mins ago heading easterly. A 757 at around 2 heading southerly, an unidentified plane heading west today. And in the past few minutes a luhftansa a320 just landed.

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highlydebased wrote: »

Highly unlikely for a 767 service

Virgin Atlantic will operate a weekly service from BFS airport to MCO next summer using a 747, so anything is possible.

AerRyan

Brennans Row wrote: »

I see Delta were operating a service to Atlanta as far back as 1986.

It stopped in 2007 after Delta pulled out of Shannon.

Apparently the Shannon-Atlanta route had very high loads.

Do you think that Delta might be interested again?

I have family in Atlanta now, so I would probably use this service at least once a year.
Was it a year round or just a summer seasonal service?

Brennans Row

AerRyan wrote: »

Was it a year round or just a summer seasonal service?

I would say summer seasonal just like Delta’s Atlanta-Dublin service.

Atlanta must be one hell of an airport.

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Aviation Leasing Course takes flight at UL (Clare Champion) :cool:

One in every three aircraft in the world is leased out of Ireland and
the sector accounts for 1,300 high value jobs, which Shannon and Dublin
widely regarded as centres of excellence in the field.

This was noted by Tom Caffrey, head of operational excellence, Shannon
Aerospace and chairman of Irish Centre for Business Excellence, at a new
programme launch in the University of Limerick this Tuesday.

Minister of State for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English
launched a Postgraduate Level 9 Specialist Diploma in Aviation Leasing
and Finance at UL. It is a first at this advanced level and is a major
step in supporting Ireland’s role as the global centre for aircraft
financing and leasing.

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For those who might be interested, applications close on 8 September 2014 (See attachment).

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http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/business/aer-lingus-regional-adds-connection-with-leeds-bradford-640876.html

Could this be anything to do with Aer Lingus Regional in Shannon?

Brennans Row

Carnacalla wrote: »

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/business/aer-lingus-regional-adds-connection-with-leeds-bradford-640876.html

Could this be anything to do with Aer Lingus Regional in Shannon?

There is only one thing we can assume . . . . see post.

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Limerick Chamber Economist Órlaith Borthwick discusses how the Shannon Group Bill and National Aviation Policy will enhance Shannon Airport’s ability to diversify, expand & support the economic well-being of the entire Western region. (Limerick Chamber)

. . . . In tandem with the signing of the Shannon Group Bill, the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport concluded their consultation on a National Aviation Policy for Ireland. The proposals in this consultation document, in conjunction with the Bill will underpin Shannons importance as a strategic national infrastructural asset. It will remain in government ownership but will have the freedom to make decisions free from the Dublin-centric DAA governance model.” . . . .

. . . . So what next for Shannon Airport? Limerick Chamber is confident in the ability of the management team to drive and enhance further growth and opportunities, not just for the group but also for the region. However, more needs to be done at a national level to further realise the economic potential generated by the airport; from the granting of fifth freedom rights to the expansion of customs and border clearance to cargo. . . . .

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I hope that the Department of Transport will speedily evaluate the ideas made for the “National Aviation Policy for Ireland”.

It is now over five years since Lynx Cargo and Shannon Airport have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the purpose of jointly developing a major international logistics hub.

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Nama to put Adare Manor up for sale (Irish Examiner)

One of the jewels of Irish tourism, the Adare Manor and Golf Resort, is being put up for sale tomorrow by Nama.

Adare Manor, the ancestral home of the Dunraven family, was sold to US investment banker Tom Kane in 1987. In recent years, it has encountered difficult trading conditions.

Adare Manor opened for business on July 15, 1988, with 15 rooms. Additional rooms were completed by September of that year.

A wing with 36 rooms was built in 1988/89, increasing the accommodation to 63 suites and rooms.

Work on the golf course started in 1990 and was completed in 1995. A clubhouse and 25 town houses were built in 1998.

Mr Kane said the manor — with its top-class golf course — was ‘a rounded complete product’ where people could stay and play golf in luxury.

During his years in Adare, Mr Kane was a staunch supporter of Shannon. He said in an interview in 2000: “I cannot emphasise, even today, how strongly that the position of the viability of Shannon is absolutely critical to the success of a property like Adare Manor and all the other tourism resorts along the West of Ireland.

“If you haven’t easy access people won’t come here. If Shannon were to go the way of Prestwick in Scotland, the hospitality sector all along the West of Ireland would suffer irreparable damage.”

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It will be interesting to see who will take over here.

Like Doonbeg, the main thing is that they remain focused on the American Market which will help fill the seats of Aer Lingus, United Airlines, Delta, US Airlines and Air Transat coming to Shannon.

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It seems Us Airways to Philadelphia has ended.
First big service to end for the summer it seems.

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Would their be a market for either an Abu Dhabi or Dubai service in shannon?
Operated on a a330 maybe?

ctlsleh

I for one would use it........i drive to dublin to fly to dubai regularly..........

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ctlsleh wrote: »

I for one would use it........i drive to dublin to fly to dubai regularly..........

I know several people that return to Ireland once a year from Australia and are either forced to fly to Dublin or connect in Heathrow.

mel.b

That would be great but I really don't think it would happen I hate the 3hr+ bus ride back to Clare after my flight from Oz. Could do the LHR - SNN thing but that normally means a 5+ layover in LHR, as the first EI flight doesn't leave LHR until 11am, so I might as well get an earlier flight to DUB and sit on the bus back to Clare instead of waiting around the airport.

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Shannon Airport air traffic up +26.9% for August (IAA).

kstand

Brennans Row wrote: »

Shannon Airport air traffic up +26.9% for August (IAA).

Wow - when did Shannon get its independence from the DAA again?

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Slightly unrelated to Shannon airport, but whats going on with flight radar. This is listed as BA001

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kstand wrote: »

Wow - when did Shannon get its independence from the DAA again?

1st January 2013

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Shannon Group plc will add new impetus to stimulate growth across western region (Shannon Airport)

. . . . “The Shannon Group plc is a dynamic commercial semi-state company with a very significant role in stimulating growth across the wider region.The Group has a wide footprint, with Shannon Airport serving a region that stretches from Cork right up to the North West, and in that regard has both regional and national significance,” said the Shannon Group Chairman.

The Shannon Group will deliver an early illustration of its potential importance to the region when it hosts a high-level gathering of US multi-national executives to welcome Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on his inaugural trip to Ireland since he became the first Irish-American in 20 years to be elected as Mayor of Boston last November.The Shannon Airport event, which will be attended by over 100 business and public representatives, is a further strengthening of relationships between the Mayor and the region following his February meeting with the Shannon Group Chairman in the US - his first meeting with an international delegation since he was sworn into office the previous month. . . .

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Should be interesting to see the spread of US companies operating here in the wider region and their relationship to the airport.

Brennans Row

Carnacalla wrote: »

Slightly unrelated to Shannon airport, but whats going on with flight radar. This is listed as BA001

Flightradar24 database is a bit mixed up today!

highlydebased

Carnacalla wrote: »

Slightly unrelated to Shannon airport, but whats going on with flight radar. This is listed as BA001

Sunair do flying on behalf of BA also. They obviously set their flight no. to BA1 which FR24 assumes is SNN-JFK.

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highlydebased wrote: »

Sunair do flying on behalf of BA also. They obviously set their flight no. to BA1 which FR24 assumes is SNN-JFK.

About a week or two ago Ba001 was also listed as an A380 in Toulouse airport (presume it was being tested)

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The Shannon-Manchester Fare has been dropped to from €19.99 to €14.99.

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So, will their be any new routes for 2015?

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Jet diverts to Shannon with ill passenger (Clare Herald)

A transatlantic jet made a U-turn over the Atlantic yesterday on Saturday and diverted to Shannon Airport after a passenger fell ill.

United Airlines flight UA-991, with 220 passengers and crew on board, was en route from Charles De Gaulle in Paris to San Francisco at the time.

Airport fire crews were also standing by for the jet as it made an ‘overweight landing’.

This was a precautionary measure in case the aircraft’s braking system or landing gear overheated on touch down.

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Just got confirmation that the Aer Lingus SNN-MAN service has ended.

iora_rua

Carnacalla wrote: »

Just got confirmation that the Aer Lingus SNN-MAN service has ended.

So we'll now be stuck with Ryanair 'silly-o'clock' morning and evening flights instead!
:mad:

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iora_rua wrote: »

So we'll now be stuck with Ryanair 'silly-o'clock' morning and evening flights instead!
:mad:

Yep. I wrote a big complaint to Shannon.

highlydebased

Ryanair aren't flying back from Manchester in the evening unless I missed something. Not possible to do a day return basically

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highlydebased wrote: »

Ryanair aren't flying back from Manchester in the evening unless I missed something. Not possible to do a day return basically

Nope it's a once a day service. If it was twice a day then it would be good for Shannon.