Shannon Airport Thread [Mod Warning in First Post]

Brennans Row

Carnacalla wrote: »

UA127 (DUB-IAD) diverted to Shannon a few minutes ago, sick passenger.

Washington flight returns to Shannon as passenger falls ill (Independent)
A United Airlines flight from Dublin to Washington was forced to turn back this afternoon after a passenger was reported ill.

Medical staff are believed to have met the flight in Shannon Airport on its return.

Airbus330

No United flight to EWR tomorrow?

JCX BXC

Airbus330 wrote: »

No United flight to EWR tomorrow?

No flights on Wednesday for the winter season. That ends soon though.

Airbus330

Carnacalla wrote: »

No flights on Wednesday for the winter season. That ends soon though.

A right cool. Yeah it just says "29th March to 24th of October Daily" on their website so was wondering

JCX BXC

Aer Lingus' service to JFK ran today (usually doesn't run on Tuesdays) so at least that kinda makes up for it.

Maybe its only an April Fools day trick!

Airbus330

Carnacalla wrote: »

Aer Lingus' service to JFK ran today (usually doesn't run on Tuesdays) so at least that kinda makes up for it.

Maybe its only an April Fools day trick!

Haha yes maybe 😉

JCX BXC

The Clare Herald (I think) had an article last year saying that Ryanair bought the naming rights to the Cliffs of Moher and they will now be called the -"Ryanair Cliffs of Moher". It also said they would be flying passengers along the edges of the cliffs of Moher for the views.

Airbus330

Hahah didn't MOL pose with that article when he was down for the 13th millionth passenger thing? Fair funny

Brennans Row

Transaero confident of exiting examinership (Clare Herald)

Management at an aircraft maintenance facility that employs 230 people at Shannon Airport say they are looking forward to exiting Examinership later this month.

The company’s legal team had told the court that the global geo-political and economic climate had been having increasingly negative effects on TEI’s parent company, the Russian carrier Transaero Airlines.

A notice on the company’s website outlines how the combined impact of the EU/US trade sanctions, geo-political tensions, the fall in the price of oil and the Rouble currency crisis continue to impact on economic activity within Russia and between many of its main trading partners.

“This has created serious financial difficulties for Transaero Airlines who rely on the support of the Russian banks and make many of their payments in Euro and Dollars. The net effect of these events has resulted in TSO (the airline) seeking Russian government support/financial aid,” the company said.

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Keeping fingers crossed here, we will know soon enough if they can continue to operate or not.

Never a dull moment in Shannon.

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Shannon Airport to gather collection of airport memorabilia for transit lounge display (Shannon Airport) :cool:

Items to include photography of famous stars passing through airport, model aircraft, airport VIP signature book and items donated by public.

Shannon Airport is set to enhance its passenger experience with a collection of memorabilia for the public to view while waiting for flights to depart.

Located in the transit lounge, near the Sheridan Food Bar, the collection is one of the initiatives to mark the 70th anniversary later this year of the first commercial flight to land at Shannon. It will be the first step towards developing a wider celebration of Ireland’s most historic airport.

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Westpark Business Campus

Planning permission (15199) is sought for the construction of a development at the sites of partially completed Blocks 1000 and 2000 as granted under parent permission P01-1066 and An Bord Pleanala Reference: PL03.130244, located at the nort east of the existing Westpark Business Campus.

Planning permission is sought for eight years.

The development will consist of a revised block design incorporating 8,647 sqms of office space in Block 1000 and 5,738 sqms of office space in Block 2000 with an integrated amenity block located between Blocks 1000 and 2000 and extending to 3,972 sqms.

A multi-deck car park with space for 914 cars is also proposed to link with Blocks 1000 and 2000.

The development will utilise existing foundations along with established roads, drainage and landscaping.

The amenity building will include a creche, restaurant and other ancillary uses and there will be an external play area.

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To date three of the seven blocks (3000, 4000, 7000) have been built.

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Rare treat for plane spotters at Shannon (Clare Herald)

Aircraft and aviation enthusiasts enjoyed a very rare treat this week with the arrival of a 73-year-old Douglas DC-3 at Shannon Airport.

The twin turboprop plane flew almost 8 hours across the Atlantic from St John’s in Newfoundland, Canada and made an overnight stop at Shannon on Wednesday.

The official aircraft viewing area on the north side of Shannon’s main runway was thronged with plane buffs and other curious onlookers.

A line of step ladders could be seen along the security fence with every possible vantage taken to ensure photographers got their shot of a piece of aviation history.

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I believe it started in Akron-Canton Ohio with its destination as Kenya, stops in St. Johns Canada, Shannon and Malta. Just like old times.

JCX BXC

Clare Champion

Possibility of an Aer Lingus service to Germany according to the above article.

May we finally wee a Frankfurt route?

Jamie2k9

Carnacalla wrote: »

Clare Champion

Possibility of an Aer Lingus service to Germany according to the above article.

May we finally wee a Frankfurt route?

Very very unlikely with EI IMO. DUB Hub and business schedules would be damaged and something EI is unlikely to do.

JCX BXC

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

Very very unlikely with EI IMO. DUB Hub and business schedules would be damaged and something EI is unlikely to do.

We will see.

I can't see Dublin being damaged much. How would it be? If anything it would hurt Lufthansa.

Jamie2k9

Carnacalla wrote: »

We will see.

I can't see Dublin being damaged much. How would it be? If anything it would hurt Lufthansa.

I mean if SNN-FRA was to be operated by DUB based aircraft it could impact on EI. Now they may be able to squeeze SNN-LHR into DUB-LHR aircraft routing some days to free up the SNN aircraft to operate a route but really can't see it happening unless the LHR option is possible.

JCX BXC

I could see Aer Lingus putting a second A319/A320 into Shannon if they are persuaded to operate 2x daily to Frankfurt. The obvious problem there is that there isn't a codeshare agreement with Lufthansa. Then they could up the 5x weekly flights to sun destinations to 7x and you have 3 daily rotations on the aircraft therefore its fully utilised.

highlydebased

Carnacalla wrote: »

I could see Aer Lingus putting a second A319/A320 into Shannon if they are persuaded to operate 2x daily to Frankfurt. The obvious problem there is that there isn't a codeshare agreement with Lufthansa. Then they could up the 5x weekly flights to sun destinations to 7x and you have 3 daily rotations on the aircraft therefore its fully utilised.

2 daily is a bit too dream like, 2 per week would be a bit more realistic. Could be done though if as mentioned the LHR rotations got farmed out.

JCX BXC

highlydebased wrote: »

2 daily is a bit too dream like, 2 per week would be a bit more realistic. Could be done though if as mentioned the LHR rotations got farmed out.

Cork has 4x daily to LHR, 2x daily to AMS and 1x daily to CDG. All on A320's.

Shannon has 3x daily to LHR. On an A319.

Cork has a larger market, but its not significant enough to allow that much extra connectivity. Shannon has ample access to both Limerick and Galway and is the only airport on the west coast with hub access. (Unless you count EI's 1x daily to LGW from knock). It could easily handle more HUB access. The inbound tourist market would also benefit the route a lot.

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FedEx to buy Dutch rival TNT Express for €4.4bn (RTE)

The European regional headquarters of the combined companies will be at TNT Express's current headquarters at Hoofddorp outside Amsterdam, while the TNT Express hub in Liege, Belgium will be maintained as "a significant operation for the group".

The combined companies will seek to avoid significant redundancies, the statement said.

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Both FedEx and TNT operate from Shannon. Will we see changes here?

Jhcx

Hopefully not as FedExs base is in France and we're only taking and shipping the cargo . Can't imagine TNT would be too much affected. Maybe merge to one building loss of an aircraft. You

Brennans Row

Jhcx wrote: »

Can't imagine TNT would be too much affected.

It's hard to know.

Looking at Wiki, it states two cargo destinations served from Shannon for Paris (Fedex) and Liege (TNT).

They are only 400 km apart.

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Facebook wrote:

4 Ryanair flights are cancelled from Shannon tomorrow due to a French Air Traffic Control strike.

The following flights are affected.

FR2325 Shannon - Nice
FR2324 Nice -Shannon

FR1168 Shannon - Mallorca
FR1169 Mallorca - Shannon

FR1158 Shannon - Poitiers
FR1159 Poitiers - Shannon

FR1322 Shannon - Alicante
FR1323 Alicante - Shannon

The rest of tomorrows schedule is expected to run as normal.

That's taken from Facebook, 4 flights cancelled due to French ATC strike.

The only sun route not affected is SNN-FAO.

highlydebased

Don't think TNT operate on a regular basis these days to SNN

Jhcx

Carnacalla wrote: »

That's taken from Facebook, 4 flights cancelled due to French ATC strike.

The only sun route not affected is SNN-FAO.

Murphy's law is really kicking in this week

JCX BXC

Jhcx wrote: »

Murphy's law is really kicking in this week

If the Faro flight is cancelled, I shall agree with you.

Anyone know why BA1 was delayed and BA3 cancelled today?

JCX BXC

Manchester and Kaunas now loaded. (Not bookable) No change from last year, Manchester is daily and Kaunas is 1pw.

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Planning permission (15217) is now being sought for the demolition of existing industrial/office buildings and associated site clearance works at Block D and E Shannon Free Zone.

They have just recently demolished Block C.

All three Blocks are designated for a new commercial office development.

Project Office: Construction of a number of fourth generation office blocks in the Shannon Free Zone. The blocks will be constructed to provide comparable office space to current non-EU offerings such as Dubai and to ensure Europe remains a leading player in global aviation. Status: Master plan currently being developed.

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World’s biggest plane to visit Shannon (Clare Herald)

The worlds largest airplane will make a rare visit to Shannon this weekend with hundreds of plane spotters from all over the country expected to converge on the airport.

The Antonov 225 ‘Mriya’, meaning ‘Dream’, was designed and built by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Ukraine and first flew on December 21st 1988.

The 6-engined monster, with its 36 wheels, is now operated by Antonov Airlines, the transport arm of the Antonov Company, and holds over 300 world records for transporting oversized loads.

Because of its size, the An-225 requires a runway of between 3,000 and 3,500 metres in length to take off making Shannon’s, at 3199m (10,486ft), the only one in Ireland capable of handling the plane.

The plane’s wingspan of 88.4m (290ft) is 90 feet wider than the runway at Shannon which is 61m (200ft) wide including 8m (26ft) of shoulder on each side.

Operations Director at Shannon Airport Niall Maloney said: “We will get absolute confirmation at some stage on Saturday. But as things stand the Antonov 225 is scheduled to arrive into Shannon at 3:30 a.m. on Sunday and depart on Sunday night at 10p.m. and will, as ever, generate a lot of interest and excitement here at Shannon.”

“We had over 2,000 aviation enthusiasts here in May 2013 when it last landed at Shannon and we will be expecting a big crowd again to come and see it through out Sunday. We would urge people intending to travel to check in with our Twitter and Facebook accounts where we will be confirming the aircraft’s arrival or otherwise at the earliest opportunity.

“There are a number of vantage points around the airport to view the aircraft, including the viewing gallery in the airport itself and an outdoor viewing area adjacent to the Shannon Aerospace facility,” Mr Maloney added.

dr.fuzzenstein

^^^^^^^
3:30 AM? No thanks. As much as I am interested in that particular behemoth.