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Shannon Airport Thread [Mod Warning in First Post]
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highlydebased wrote: »Memmingen will bring in some tourists in the height of summer but that's about it. They would be better off with a route like Bergamo or Girona to be honest!
Memmingen should bring in a good few people hopefully, ze Germans quite like Ireland. It's actually a bit bewildering it's not going in winter, because quite a lot of people might go over to Bavaria skiing and going to the Christmas markets. It's a route I have high hopes for and not only because Shannon is 20 minutes from my house and Memmingen 20 minutes from my mother's house.
Alas I still always find myself flying from Dublin, because either there is no flights, or the schedule doesn't suit or the flights are hugely expensive and driving up to Dublin and paying for a weeks parking is still cheaper. Which is a bit of a joke. But in the end it's not about me, so we have to see how things develop. The tourist boards on either end should start to aggressively push that route, it's not Ryanair's job to do that. They give you the route and what you do with it is your problem.0 -
Well Kevin Toland, chief executive of DAA said some 2.14 million passengers passed through Cork airport in 2014, a fall of 5 per cent from 2.26 million passengers in 2013, due in large part to a number of its central European routes being transferred to Shannon airport (Irish Times).Carnacalla wrote: »Can't understand the reasoning behind this claim. Mr Martin does not explain his points, he just makes a blatant claim and then rambles on about Cork airport.
Then “Approximately 100,000 passengers were going through Cork and they are now going to Shannon because of the deals that can be offered. That is what DAA officials are saying behind the scenes,” Micheál Martin said. (Irish Examiner)
However if we look at the 2014 central European CSO figures for Cork and Shannon, it shows that Cork did lose 102,000 passengers but Shannon only gained 55,000.
So I wonder where did the other 47,000 central European passengers from Cork go to? To Dublin perhaps?
In fairness to Cork, the sooner they are out of the control of the DAA, the better off they will be.
In my opinion the real villain is Michael O’Leary as he has been trying for years to extract a better deal from the DAA on charges, particularly in Dublin.
As long as the DAA has a lion’s share of the Irish market they won’t budge.
So O’Leary targets the smaller airports in the group i.e. Shannon in the past and Cork now, in order to indirectly pressurise the DAA.
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dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »Memmingen should bring in a good few people hopefully, ze Germans quite like Ireland. It's actually a bit bewildering it's not going in winter, because quite a lot of people might go over to Bavaria skiing and going to the Christmas markets. It's a route I have high hopes for and not only because Shannon is 20 minutes from my house and Memmingen 20 minutes from my mother's house.
Alas I still always find myself flying from Dublin, because either there is no flights, or the schedule doesn't suit or the flights are hugely expensive and driving up to Dublin and paying for a weeks parking is still cheaper. Which is a bit of a joke. But in the end it's not about me, so we have to see how things develop. The tourist boards on either end should start to aggressively push that route, it's not Ryanair's job to do that. They give you the route and what you do with it is your problem.
DUB just about supports a 1 weekly Memmingen service so I think that says a lot as to why it's not a winter route.Well Kevin Toland, chief executive of DAA said some 2.14 million passengers passed through Cork airport in 2014, a fall of 5 per cent from 2.26 million passengers in 2013, due in large part to a number of its central European routes being transferred to Shannon airport (Irish Times).
Then “Approximately 100,000 passengers were going through Cork and they are now going to Shannon because of the deals that can be offered. That is what DAA officials are saying behind the scenes,” Micheál Martin said. (Irish Examiner)
However if we look at the 2014 central European CSO figures for Cork and Shannon, it shows that Cork did lose 102,000 passengers but Shannon only gained 55,000.
So I wonder where did the other 47,000 central European passengers from Cork go to? To Dublin perhaps?
In fairness to Cork, the sooner they are out of the control of the DAA, the better off they will be.
In my opinion the real villain is Michael O’Leary as he has been trying for years to extract a better deal from the DAA on charges, particularly in Dublin.
As long as the DAA has a lion’s share of the Irish market they won’t budge.
So O’Leary targets the smaller airports in the group i.e. Shannon in the past and Cork now, in order to indirectly pressurise the DAA.
I think he was saying the majority but I think if you look at what the likes of extra bucket and spade routes gained form SNN you may make up the other 50k. You are right about O'Leary however SNN have fallen for it. Would love to see how long the contract he has is for!0 -
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Carnacalla wrote: »Anyone know whether Shannon Airport will be holding a 5km run again this summer?
Of course!!! Sure they need the runners to boost their pax numbers to justify the 38m monthly handouts! 0 -
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Brennans Row wrote: »According to FlightRadar24, Cubana flight CU471 from Madrid to Havana diverted to Shannon.
This looks more like a stopover than a diversion.
Diversion. Tech issue....
that's now a stopover 0
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