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Shannon Airport and the budget

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:37:03 +0000

The introduction of a €10 departure tax by the Government in their recent budget is very bad news for Shannon Airport that is at least according to Michael O’Leary from low cost airline Ryanair.

O’Leary predicts that Ryanair passenger numbers at Shannon will be cut from 2 million to just 750,000. He went on to say that Ryanair will just have one aircraft based at Shannon Airport next year compared to the current four.

Less worried it seems are the authorities at Shannon Airport who spoke of an existing 5 year agreement with Ryanair. They say that Ryanair have agreed to raise its passenger numbers to 2 million at Shannon Airport by 2010 and that deal must be honored.

Shannon Airport has had to deal with bad news recently with the closure of the Heathrow route as well as major Aer Lingus staff cuts. They will be determined not to let Ryanair go easily.

O’ Leary blasted the Government for introducing the airline tax and spoke of possibly having to move his tax base in years to come if things get any worse.

Ryanair announce two new routes from Shannon Airport

admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:38:43 +0000

Ryanair announced the introduction of two new routes at Shannon Airport on Sept 25th. They will now offer flights from Shannon Airport to Frankfurt-Hahn and Newcastle. The routes will begin operation in November.

Ryanair also stated that the introduction of these new routes will mean more departures will be possible for its currently existing routes from Shannon which include Paris and Edinburgh.

On the “not so good news” front, Ryanair plan to cancel their Shannon to East Midlands route and also will be offering fewer services from Shannon to Luton.

Ryanair currently operates 35 routes from Shannon Airport

Ryanair sticking with Shannon

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:33:46 +0000

Despite the closure of two of its routes at Cork Airport., Ryanair has stated that Shannon Airport routes will not be affected. A disagreement over airport fees led to the collapse of the two Cork routes

Speaking on RTE this morning, Mr Cawley from Ryanair stated – We have an agreement with Shannon and they have had a huge boost in passenger numbers with Ryanair now responsible for almost 66% of passengers. We have been a fantastic help to the Shannon region.

Once again pointing the finger squarely at the DAA (Dublin Airport Authority), Cawley laid the blame at their door for the problems with the Cork routes. Rumours that Ryanair went back on their word re: an agreement to a discount scheme at Cork were also dismissed

Cork Airport is set to lose over 100,000 passengers this winter.

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