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Morgan Freeman's Emivest SJ30 N30GZ visits Shannon
Wed, Jul 28 2010 10:31 PM

Shannon Airport hosted another first in its history this morning, July 28 with the arrival of Emivest SJ30 registered N30GZ. The aircraft is owned by American actor Morgan Freeman who took delivery of the aircraft in Dubai on December 23 2009 during his Christmas vacation in the Emirate. Freeman is a keen pilot with IFR ratings since 2002 and also owns a Cessna... Read More...

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Filed under: Shannon Airport, Emivest, Ground Zero Blues Club, Morgan Freeman, SJ30

Omega Tanker N707MQ in Shannon
Wed, Jul 28 2010 12:52 AM

One of the more interesting aircraft to grace the runway in Shannon this year turned up tonight in the shape of Omega Air’s Boeing 707-368C, registered N707MQ (msn 21368). Built in 1977 the aircraft has had a remarkably short history. Initially registered as HZ-ACK for Saudi Airlines the aircraft subsequently joined the Royal Family VIP fleet as HZ-HM3... Read More...

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Filed under: Shannon Airport, Boeing 707-300, Omega Air

Cityline's Antonov 26 HA-TCN in Shannon
Wed, Jul 28 2010 12:47 AM

Hungarian operator Cityline’s aircraft belong to that breed of aircraft – the nighttime freighter which appear to spend most of the daylight hours parked up on airport ramps so it was a pleasant surprise when An26 registered HA-TCN (msn 97307705) arrived in Shannon during daylight hours yesterday. Arriving from Spain the aircraft was due to carry... Read More...

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Filed under: Shannon Airport, Antonov 26, Cityline

XA-PRR fuel stopping in Shannon
Wed, Jul 28 2010 12:41 AM

Visiting Shannon yesterday afternoon, July 25 was Mexican registered Dassault Falcon 50, XA-PRR (msn 319). Built in 2001 the aircraft had a succession of US registrations before assuming Mexican marks in 2007. XA-PRR is pictured above rolling on R24 after fuel stopping westbound. Read More...

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Filed under: Shannon Airport, Dassault Falcon 50

Challenger 300 M-BFLY in Shannon
Wed, Jul 28 2010 12:35 AM

Manx registered Bombardier Challenger 300 M-BFLY (msn 20123) has made a number of visits to Shannon since the beginning of June. Previously registered as D-BFLY, the aircraft is now registered to Detling Ltd, having taken up Manx marks in May of 2009. Pictured above the aircraft is seen on finals to R24 in Shannon yesterday afternoon, July 26. Read More...

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Filed under: Shannon Airport, Bombardier Challenger 300, Detling Ltd

Dreamliner N787BX visits Shannon after Farnborough debut
Tue, Jul 20 2010 9:56 PM

Throughout it’s 70 years plus history, Shannon Airport has witnessed many significant milestones and one such event occurred this evening with the arrival of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. The much hyped aircraft which has taken in the region of $700m to develop was scheduled to be the last performer in this afternoon’s flying display at the Farnborough... Read More...

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Filed under: Shannon Airport, B787-8, Boeingg Company, Dreamliner

JP McManus Invitational ProAm July 5-6
Fri, Jul 9 2010 7:51 PM

Since its inception the JP McManus Invitational Pro Am has gone from strength to strength. First staged in 1990 at Limerick Golf Club the now 5 yearly event helped raise €1.2m for local charities. By the time of the third event in 2005 the event had outgrown Limerick Golf Club and moved to a new home at Adare Manor, just across the river from Shannon Airport... Read More...

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Filed under: Shannon Airport, Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global Express, Hawker 400XP, Gulfstream 5, Gulfstream 550, Boeing 727-200, Agusta A109, Ernie Ells, JP McManus, Tiger Woods

EI-TIP sold to Turkey as TC-HUC
Fri, Jul 9 2010 4:19 PM

Former Starair Ireland Bell 430 EI-TIP (msn 49074) has been sold in Turkey. On Wednesday morning last, July 7, the craft emerged from the Westair hangar in Shannon wearing registration TC-HUC (hex code 4BA2A3). The new owner is Sonmez Havacilik. TC-HUC is seen departing the east ramp in Shannon for Bristol on the first leg of its delivery flight. Read More...

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Filed under: Shannon Airport, Bell 430, Sonmez Havacilik, Starair IOreland

Hawker 900XP HZ-A8 on delivery through Shannon
Fri, Jul 9 2010 4:07 PM

The second Hawker 900XP to go on the Saudi register arrived in Shannon early today on its ferry flight. Registered HZ-A8 (msn HA-0153) the aircraft carries hex code 710228 and was pictured during its layover in Shannon. Initially registered as N153XP, US marks were cancelled on June 30. Read More...

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Filed under: Shannon Airport, Hawker 900XP

Alitalia's EI-DTH in Shannon
Thu, Jul 8 2010 6:58 PM

In recent years Italian operator Eurofly operated student charters during the summer months between Shannon and Italy. With the merger of Meridiana and Eurofly the new carrier’s focus would appear to have moved elsewhere. As a result his year’s series has been operated by Alitalia but using other carrier’s in addition to its own fleet. On Thursday... Read More...

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Filed under: Shannon Airport, Eurofly, Airbus A320, Meridiana, Alitalia

VQ-BGJ, VQ-BGL delivered to UT Air
Thu, Jul 8 2010 6:32 PM

Russian operator UTair took delivery of its third and fourth ex Lufthansa Bombardier CRJ’s last week. On July 1 VQ-BGJ (msn 7171) and VQ-BGL (msn 7128) routed Gander – Shannon – Moscow. VQ-BGJ, above is the former D-ACLZ while VQ-BGL, below is the former D-ACJB. Both are pictured on finals for Shannon's R24. Read More...

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Filed under: Shannon Airport, Bombardier CRj2, UT Air

Aer Lingus Regional launches Shannon services
Fri, Jul 2 2010 5:59 PM

A new milestone in Shannon Airport's history was passed yesterday with the early morning departure of the first Aer Lingus Regional service linking Shannon with Birmingham. Under the terms of phase two of the Aer Lingus Regional agreement , Aer Arann will operate four routes from Shannon to the UK – Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol and Glasgow. Bristol... Read More...

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National Air Service A320 HZ-XY7 in Shannon
Fri, Jul 2 2010 3:36 PM

Visiting Shannon on June 22 last was Saudi operator National Air Services with Airbus A320 registered HZ-XY7 (msn 2165). The aircraft was built in 2004 as VP-BBQ but was subsequently reregistered as Saudi in 2005. Paul Morris pictured the aircraft on finals to R24 in Shannon. Read More...

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Filed under: Shannon Airport, National Air Service, Airbus A320

Air Mekong to start opertions with 4 CRJ-900
Fri, Jun 25 2010 5:53 PM

Air Mekong is to enter the domestic Vietnamese market in October of this year with 4 Bombardier CRJ-900 aircraft. Utah based SkyWest is to take a minority shareholding in the new operation. All four aircraft previously operated with Italian operator MyAir which collapsed in July 2009. Three of the aircraft have been painted in Shannon by Eirtech Aviation and... Read More...

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Filed under: Shannon Airport, Dublin Airport, Eirtech Aviation, MyAir, Air Mekong, Bombardier CRJ-900

Airbus A318 HZ-RCA in Shannon
Wed, Jun 23 2010 1:38 AM

Built originally for Portuguese operator Elitavia Servicos Aereos, Airbus A318-112CJ msn 3932 was delivered as CS-TSR just in time to make year end billing for 2009. Shortly after delivery however the aircraft was ferried to Chateauroux in France where it was painted in the colours of the Saudi Red Crescent. As HZ-RCA the aircraft will now be operated by Mideast... Read More...

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Filed under: Shannon Airport, Airbus A318, Mideast Jet