Filed Under (Shannon Airport) by admin on 18-05-2009
A forty seven year old German national caused a plane travelling from Frankfurt to the Dominican Republic to make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport due to drunken behavior. He appeared at Clare District Court on May 15th.
There were 263 people on board the plane. The plane had just left Irish airspace but the pilot [...]
Filed Under (Shannon Airport) by admin on 10-03-2009
Plans for a country wide airport strike in Ireland on March 30th could cause huge disruption to an estimated seventy five thousand passengers. The strike would see Ireland’s three major airports; Shannon Airport, Dublin Airport and Cork Airport come to a standstill.
Ireland has been rocked by job losses in recent months with over twelve thousand [...]
Filed Under (Shannon Airport) by admin on 04-03-2009
CityJet have announced changes to their Shannon Airport – Paris CDG route. The company will now base a ninety five seat aircraft at Shannon Airport which will depart at 6.30am daily.
The previous departure time was 9.30am. Forty five more seats will be available on the new plane. The new plane will be available for use [...]
Filed Under (Shannon Airport) by admin on 19-11-2008
An agreement has been struck between the Irish Government and US Government which will see Shannon Airport become the 1st European airport to be granted pre-clearance facilities for transatlantic flights to the USA.
The Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey announced last Friday that he will sign an agreement with the US Government this week. Dempsey believes [...]
Filed Under (Shannon Airport) by admin on 04-11-2008
A transatlantic flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport last month. The flight which was travelling from Washington to Frankfurt had 190 passengers on board.
The Shannon fire brigade as well as ambulances from Ennis was called to the scene as a precaution once news broke of the emergency landing. Extra help [...]