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"3: Building a terminal to cater for 5m pax and saying ORK pax will not have to pay and of coarse a U-turn to say ORK pax will have to pay"
Sadly enough it's worse than that as the new terminal has the capacity to handle 3 million passengers a year, with the potential to expand to 5 million.
Passenger numbers this year (i.e. first full year of operation) - c. 3 million. There's planning for you....
Sadly enough it's worse than that as the new terminal has the capacity to handle 3 million passengers a year, with the potential to expand to 5 million.
Passenger numbers this year (i.e. first full year of operation) - c. 3 million. There's planning for you....
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Local press reporting that SAA is to get independence from the DAA in a matter of weeks (plus a 60million marketing budget apparently) (can't find a link yet)...I'll believe it when i see it but I would say politically Bertie/Dempsey are under pressure to do something. In light of the revelations that the DAA kept the Aer Lingus issue from management in Shannon it is the logical move. Shannon can then either sink or swim and blame no one but itself.
I assume that Cork independence would have to happen around the same time.
I assume that Cork independence would have to happen around the same time.
Opposition politicians have called on the Government to apply to the European Union for the retention of the Shannon-Heathrow route as a Public Service Obligation (PSO).
Perhaps the EU will magic up some slots ... and then the Irish tax payer can subsidise it as a PSO ... fantastic ....
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One More Thing: It's not all bad news for Shannon Airport in spite of the impression given by lobby groups out west. On Wednesday, Ryanair announced eight new routes from Shannon, including flights to London Luton and Dublin.
Things are also looking up on the transatlantic front.
At a global media day in New York late last month, Continental Airlines told the assembled press that it had no plans to downgrade its transatlantic operations from Shannon when the stopover goes at the end of March as part of the open skies deal.
"We're very pleased with the results in Shannon right now," said Zane Rowe, Continental's senior vice-president of network.
"We can't commit to anything on the growth side, but we're very happy with traffic from the region and Shannon is very much on our schedule."
US-based charter operator Kenny Tours, meanwhile, is looking at offering transatlantic flights from Shannon next year.
The group, which has been booking tours into Ireland since 1989, said recently that it wanted to offer weekly chartered flights between Shannon and Niagara Falls International Airport, which sits on the US side of the border with Canada and offers access to New York and Ontario.
Losing Aer Lingus's flights to London was a blow for Shannon, but these announcements prove there's more to life than Heathrow.
Š 2007 The Irish Times
Things are also looking up on the transatlantic front.
At a global media day in New York late last month, Continental Airlines told the assembled press that it had no plans to downgrade its transatlantic operations from Shannon when the stopover goes at the end of March as part of the open skies deal.
"We're very pleased with the results in Shannon right now," said Zane Rowe, Continental's senior vice-president of network.
"We can't commit to anything on the growth side, but we're very happy with traffic from the region and Shannon is very much on our schedule."
US-based charter operator Kenny Tours, meanwhile, is looking at offering transatlantic flights from Shannon next year.
The group, which has been booking tours into Ireland since 1989, said recently that it wanted to offer weekly chartered flights between Shannon and Niagara Falls International Airport, which sits on the US side of the border with Canada and offers access to New York and Ontario.
Losing Aer Lingus's flights to London was a blow for Shannon, but these announcements prove there's more to life than Heathrow.
Š 2007 The Irish Times
Seems Shannon to CDG might be on the cards ....
http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?pt=n&id=86269
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Shannon Airport Authority are in talks with CityJet on the possibility of a new service between Shannon and Paris.
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Details of a new scheme to try to ensure that transatlantic operators don't become summer only
http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1212/shannon.html
It looks a little half-baked. Airlines that fly in the Winter will get lower charges in the Winter. Surely, if you wanted to incentivize Winter services the policy should be to give reduced charges in the Summer to airlines that had flown during the previous Winter.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1212/shannon.html
It looks a little half-baked. Airlines that fly in the Winter will get lower charges in the Winter. Surely, if you wanted to incentivize Winter services the policy should be to give reduced charges in the Summer to airlines that had flown during the previous Winter.
A new daily service from Shannon Airport to Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris is to start next February when CityJet begins a new route.
RTÉ news reporting that service is to be provided by Régional until CityJet can provide an AC and crew in the summer.
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From RTE website:
http://www.rte.ie/business/2007/1214/shannon.html
A new daily service from Shannon Airport to Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris is to start next February when CityJet begins a new route.
The move has been welcomed by political and business leaders in the Mid-West, in the wake of the announcement by Aer Lingus that it is to end its long-established Shannon-Heathrow service by January 13.
The new CityJet service, which begins on February 4, will operate twice daily. Shannon Airport says it will offer customers access to a hub to more than 248 destinations operated by CityJet's parent company Air France.
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Airport director Martin Moroney said the decision was 'a hugely significant development' for businesses in the West.
Transport Minister Noel Dempsey said he believed the route's arrival in Shannon would help to increase business and attract new industries and visitors. The Atlantic Connectivity Alliance said the news was a boost to its efforts to keep international connectivity in the West and Mid-West.
http://www.rte.ie/business/2007/1214/shannon.html
A new daily service from Shannon Airport to Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris is to start next February when CityJet begins a new route.
The move has been welcomed by political and business leaders in the Mid-West, in the wake of the announcement by Aer Lingus that it is to end its long-established Shannon-Heathrow service by January 13.
The new CityJet service, which begins on February 4, will operate twice daily. Shannon Airport says it will offer customers access to a hub to more than 248 destinations operated by CityJet's parent company Air France.
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Airport director Martin Moroney said the decision was 'a hugely significant development' for businesses in the West.
Transport Minister Noel Dempsey said he believed the route's arrival in Shannon would help to increase business and attract new industries and visitors. The Atlantic Connectivity Alliance said the news was a boost to its efforts to keep international connectivity in the West and Mid-West.
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Great news for Shannon. They've found a perfect replacement of the Heathrow route. Air France / City Jet will offer a whole range of onward connections.
This should make them all very happy again.
This should make them all very happy again.
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This should allow Shannon to come up again smelling of roses. A twice daily service from CDG can only be regarded a good coup. This is where regional jets come into their own and until Cityjet sort out their own aircraft and crews for the snn flights it is likely that small jets from ERJ 135 to A318/9/320will be used on the new route. There is a school of thought in Cork that a twice daily to Paris with smaller jets would be a winner and going by the fares charged last summer high yields would also receive a further boost?
Wonder was there a deal cut to interest Cityjet in the new route to Shannon and would the same level of national concern be shown to other airports in a crisis and will Ryanair now add in a few more rotations to Beuvais to challenge Cityjet's arrival at Shannon? They were quick enough to do it when easyJet came to Cork, Knock and Shannon from Gatwick a few years back.
Wonder was there a deal cut to interest Cityjet in the new route to Shannon and would the same level of national concern be shown to other airports in a crisis and will Ryanair now add in a few more rotations to Beuvais to challenge Cityjet's arrival at Shannon? They were quick enough to do it when easyJet came to Cork, Knock and Shannon from Gatwick a few years back.
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after the Heathrow story broke they announced incentives to any airline that would start routes to major hubs, with conditions attached.
Found it!
http://www.shannonairport.com/busine...ntschemes.html
Found it!
http://www.shannonairport.com/busine...ntschemes.html
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If the point is to serve mostly transfer connections then more FR rotations shouldn't matter much, as long as WX/AF calculate their yield points to ensure the onward connections pay the bills and O&D is just gravy.