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The nearest city to Shannon Airport is Limerick city which is about twenty seven kilometres away. The town of Ennis in County Clare is twenty five kilometres away.

Shannon is Ireland’s 2nd busiest airport though some will say that Cork Airport has overtaken it in recent years. There are regular flights to London, Paris and many other top European destinations as well locations in the USA. Shannon is an ideal starting point if you want to skip the city and get straight to the heart of Ireland.

You can exchange your foreign currency at the Bank of Ireland located at the airport. There are also ATM machine in the airport for quick cash.

There is a self service restaurant located on the 1st floor called the Estuary Café. There is also the Sheridan pub which serves snack food. Hughes and Hughes book shop is a good option for some reading material especially if you have a long flight ahead of you.

We may be a little biased here but hiring a car at Shannon Airport is a fantastic way to explore the Shannon region. Public transport really is not up to much with Ireland’s main bus operator Bus Eireann a less than reliable option. Don’t even get me started on the ridiculously over priced train service.

You can pick up a Shannon car rental from the following companies at Shannon Airport;

• Avis Shannon Airport car hire
• Budget Shannon Airport car hire
• Dollar Thrifty Shannon Airport car hire
• Dooley Shannon Airport car hire
• Europcar Shannon Airport car hire
• Hertz Shannon Airport car hire
• Irish Car Rentals Shannon Airport car hire
• National Shannon Airport car hire

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If you plan on hiring a car this Christmas then it is vital that you get cracking on finding a suitable car hire as soon as possible. Many big suppliers have already announced shortages of certain car hire types as we get closer to Christmas.

Here at shannonairportcarhire.co.uk, we are able to source a huge variety of car hire types using our cost comparison car hire engine. There are still plenty of great Shannon Airport car hire deals to be found this Christmas. So if you are flying into Shannon Airport , grab a car hire quote.

As many as 154 cabin crew are to lose their jobs at Aer Lingus. A recent meeting saw staff vote in favor of preventing Aer Lingus from hiring cheaper workers in the USA and the closure of certain bases.

The result is that 94 jobs will be cut at Shannon Airport, Dublin Airport and Cork Airport but Shannon Airport will be hit the hardest as they will suffer a loss of a further 60 workers in a arrangement their union has stated as painful.

200 ground handling workers have already left Aer Lingus in a deal with SIPTU which means that total redundancies now stand at 354. Impact (cabin crew union) stated that 59% of workers had voted in favor of the motion which would mean cutting the airlines costs by fifteen million Euro. Irish staff will continue to manage all transatlantic flights under the deal.

There were plans afoot to hire crews from the US to work on Aer Lingus flights to New York, San Francisico and Boston as well as hiring 1,300 workers outside the company for ground handling jobs. The emergency plan by SIPTU will now cut costs by 25 million euro with 80% voting in favor.

Aer Lingus announced a loss of 22 million euro this year with more losses predicted for next year. 420 job losses were likely before SIPTU and Impact became involved. Pay increases have been frozen until July 2010.

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 the deal to be fantastic news for the country as it could see Ireland become a key hub for transatlantic flights.

Pat Shanahan of the Shannon Airport Authority welcomed the news describing it as a historic day for Shannon Airport. He expressed hope that Shannon Airport would thrive with the expected increases in transatlantic flights.

TD Willie O’Dea also welcomed the news describing the news as a watershed and a day when the future of Shannon Airport was secured.

The agreement means that all required inspections can now take place at Shannon Airport rather than in the US. Previous to this only immigration clearance could be given at Irish Airport with agriculture and customs clearance happening in the US.

Pat Shanahan of the Shannon Airport Authority spoke of the huge potential the deal offers with the possibility of extra flights meaning increased landing and handling charges swelling the coffers at Shannon Airport.

After a tough economic year for Shannon Airport this deal could not have come at a better time.

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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 was also available from the Ennis fire brigade who were stationed at Dromoland on the Ennis-Limerick dual carriageway should their services be called upon.

Authorities at Shannon Airport said “United Airlines flight 952 was flying from Washington to Frankfurt. We were notified of the precautionary technical diversion at 5.30am. The aircraft had 190 passengers onboard and landed safely at 6.13am. Operations at the airport were not affected during the emergency landing”

It is still unclear however as to what the nature of the emergency was with the only official explanation being offered mentioning a “technical issue”. It is thought though unconfirmed that there was smoke in the cockpit of the plane which got into the flight deck.

Safety and fire crews carried out a full evaluation of the plane. A replacement plane was arranged to take the 190 passengers to Frankfurt.