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BAW 112 diverts to Shannon
23 November 2009 00:40
This morning's flight BAW 112 routing JFK to LHR diverted to Shannon in the early hours. The flight operated by B747-400 G-CIVZ was captured on stand following its arrival in the copyright picture above by Alan Meehan. Read More...
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Sun Country's N809SY at Shannon
22 November 2009 20:19
Visits by domestic US carriers to this side of the pond are few and far between so Sun Country's visit with B737-8Q8 N809SY to Shannon ranks as one of the more interesting movements in recent weeks. The aircraft, msn 30683 is a 2005 build frame and arrived from Minneapolis last night as flight SCX 900, returning to Portsmouth, NH this lunchtime using the... Read More...
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N993FD delivered to Fedex
22 November 2009 18:15
The Fedex 757 program took another step today when the airline ferried B757-2Q8, msn 24965 registered N993FD across the pond to the US. The aircraft in question was registered to Fedex as N993FD on Thursday last having previously served as SU-BPY with Air Italy Egypt subsidiary EuroMediterranean. At lunchtime today N993FD made a fuel stop in Shannon having arrived... Read More...
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N183AQ in Bellview colours
22 November 2009 07:56
Privately owned Nigerian operator Bellview Airlines is attempting to get back in the air with former Gulf Air B767-3P6, msn 24496 registered A9C-GK. Until recently the aircraft was a long term inmate at Dublin Airport where it had been one of a number of machines covered by SR Technics contract with Gulf Air. It arrived in Shannon on November 3 last for painting... Read More...
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OK-GCF in Aerolineas Argentinas colours
22 November 2009 07:36
Following the collapse of skyeurope, GECAS took back a number of aircraft which had been operated by the Slovak low cost carrier. Among these was B737-76N OM-NGK, msn 34756 which was subsequently transferred to the Czech register as OK-GCF. At the end of last week, OK-GCF arrived in Shannon to be painted at the Lufthansa Aircraft Paint facility in the colours... Read More...
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Belgian Air Force A330 CS-TMT at Shannon
17 November 2009 17:32
Flight BAF 612 lands on Shannon's R24 at lunchtime .... and taxies round for departure again back to Brussels. The Belgian Air Force's Airbus A330-300 visited Shannon on a training flight today. The aircraft registered CS-TMT (msn 096) is on a four year lease from Portuguese operator Hifly. The BAF took delivery of the aircraft in October. Since then... Read More...
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Learjet 60 N50154 delivered through Shannon
15 November 2009 22:42
Saturday afternoon at Shannon saw Bombardier Learjet 60 registered N50154 arrive on its Transatlantic delivery flight. MSN 60-379, the aircraft was routing St. Johns - Shannon - Turin where it will be based with new identity I-SDAG. Pictured above N50154 is seen on finals to R24 at Shannon. Thanks to Malcolm Nason for the tie up. Read More...
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KC-135 63-8875 diverts to Shannon
15 November 2009 08:27
Weather diversions are pretty uncommon nowadays with the availability of CAT II/III and autoland capability. If anything Shannon tends to create weather diversions when fog or crosswinds put the field outside limits for aircraft, so it was a welcome surprise when KC-135 serial 63-8875 diverted in yesterday morning, November 14. The aircraft is operated by the... Read More...
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D-AHFL arrives in Shannon for maintenance
13 November 2009 18:39
Hapag Lloyd Flug B737-8K5 D-AHFL arrived in Shannon last night. The aircraft msn 27985 is in the colours of Travel Service following its lease as HA-LKD. The aircraft will be prepped for a winter wet lease with Canadian operator Canjet in the coming weeks . Read More...
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OK-GCF arrives in Shannon for painting
13 November 2009 18:26
GECAS owned B737-76N registered OK-GCF arrived in Shannon from Ostrava this morning. The aircraft is msn 34756 and was previously registered OM-NGK with Slovak operator skyeurope. Like sistership OK-GCE, which also visited Shannon several weeks ago, -GCF will be painted in the colours of Aerolineas Argentinas. Pictured above, OK-GCF is seen on finals to R24 at... Read More...
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TJ-CAC rebranded as Camair Co
10 November 2009 21:57
B767 registered TJ-CAC has been rebranded in the colours of Camair Co at Shannon following a midnight dash to the paint shop. The aircraft msn 28138 arrived in Shannon from Douala in Cameroon on June 21 last in a remnant colour scheme of Cameroon Airlines. Following conversion to white tail at the Lufthansa Technik paint hangar in July the aircraft has had a... Read More...
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IAA October figures
10 November 2009 21:44
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has published the traffic statistics for October which see no short term change on the horizon for the current depressed state of play in the airline industry. North Atlantic traffic which accounts for 70% of the IAA's revenue was down 5.5% YoY for the month. En route traffic was also down 5.5% North Atlantic HF communications... Read More...
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No travel tax exemption for Shannon
05 November 2009 00:34
Opposition party Fine Gael's Deputy Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Pat Breen T.D. tabled a question in Dail Eireann (Parliament) this week asking Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan to exempt airlines using Shannon Airport from the €10 travel tax for a period of two years following the breakdown in discussions last week between the Shannon Airport Authority... Read More...
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N183AQ arrives in Shannon from Dublin
03 November 2009 22:43
One of the last legacies of SR Technics and its contract with Gulf Air arrived in Shannon today. The aircraft is B767-3P6ER registered N183AQ, msn 24496. Originally built for Gulf Air as A40-GK in 1989 it was transferred to the Bahraini register in 2007 as A9C-GK before being cancelled to the US on May 7 of this year. Pictured above N183AQ is seen in the old... Read More...
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SAA pull the plug on Ryanair agreement
02 November 2009 20:27
But for how much longer ? The sign welcoming visitors exiting Shannon Airport. On Friday night last the Shannon Airport Authority announced that it would not be entering a new five year agreement with Ryanair when the current deal runs out in April next year, citing the airline's "unreasonable demands". Ryanair quickly responded to what it claimed... Read More...
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