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Considering EI are reducing the cabin crew numbers in SNN from September to transfer to Dublin, a SNN-ORD route by EI is not on the cards for the near future.
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That's what I asked but it appears SNN crew have been doing the B757 YYZ service everyday ex DUB since it started.
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Shannon passenger numbers up 6% in JAN:
Airports see continued growth in flights and passenger numbers
Diversions last year also seen a large increase due to lots of adverse weather at Irish airports :Latest News From Shannon Airport > Shannon weather record upheld in 2015
Airports see continued growth in flights and passenger numbers
Diversions last year also seen a large increase due to lots of adverse weather at Irish airports :Latest News From Shannon Airport > Shannon weather record upheld in 2015
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Passenger numbers increase because...
"Wide body" aircraft were used? The only passenger wide body In SNN are 767 and 777 for US military apart from diverts. Either the reporter made it up or the SNN spokesperson hasn't a clue. SNN is stagnant and if it were not for all the diversions (when those were transferred to a bus service) and minimalistic increase in the bucket and spade routes there would be zero growth.
SNN needs to be more proactive in getting new airlines and routes from new or existing companies. EI air fares from SNN must be the highest along with ORK to a hub of any airline within a 90minute flight radius. A year after independence the Airport leadership has become stagnant and concentration more on the groups cash cow property arm. No wonder Neil Pakey is leaving- must be hard to work with an institutionalised- governmental- civil servant regime.
It kills me to drive past my airport and drive 2 hours up the road to fly...
SNN needs to be more proactive in getting new airlines and routes from new or existing companies. EI air fares from SNN must be the highest along with ORK to a hub of any airline within a 90minute flight radius. A year after independence the Airport leadership has become stagnant and concentration more on the groups cash cow property arm. No wonder Neil Pakey is leaving- must be hard to work with an institutionalised- governmental- civil servant regime.
It kills me to drive past my airport and drive 2 hours up the road to fly...
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I'm afraid SNN and ORK are incredibly expensive compared to DUB. DUB have serious competition but we do not. I have my own business with guys in Cork and Ennis so I know well. The SNN morning flight is a curse as to connect to a continental departure means arriving more or less in the evening. Thanks to that longer Timmy Dooley for that vote on Prime Time in 2008! SNN- LHR would have higher yield with a 6am departure.
Strange how EI have culled a number of mid week flights between SNN- LHR in February.
Strange how EI have culled a number of mid week flights between SNN- LHR in February.
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How about you do a bit of research? DUB fares are only marginally cheaper, not enough to make any difference. The higher fare in SNN and ORK allows them to maintain the lower yield market.
Also have a guess why they culled Shannon, Cork and Dublin flights in February? No demand!
Also have a guess why they culled Shannon, Cork and Dublin flights in February? No demand!
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Hang on a second there. Damn all has been culled from Cork and little or no difference from DUB since the IAG takeover as a whole. You just stated that a higher fare allows a lower yield market. That makes zero sense at all. High fares = high yield. At the end of the day more businesses in the Clare, Limerick, South Galway region head to Dublin due to the following reasons:
Early morning departure to transit/ final destination.
Late event departure to transit/ final destination
Less time lost commuting through LHR.
Cheaper fares by up to 50%.
I want to support my local airport but it would kill my business. The only destinations that are "business convenient" flying from SNN are NY and BOS from SNN.
Early morning departure to transit/ final destination.
Late event departure to transit/ final destination
Less time lost commuting through LHR.
Cheaper fares by up to 50%.
I want to support my local airport but it would kill my business. The only destinations that are "business convenient" flying from SNN are NY and BOS from SNN.
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Hang on a second there. Damn all has been culled from Cork and little or no difference from DUB since the IAG takeover as a whole. You just stated that a higher fare allows a lower yield market. That makes zero sense at all. High fares = high yield. At the end of the day more businesses in the Clare, Limerick, South Galway region head to Dublin due to the following reasons:
Early morning departure to transit/ final destination.
Late event departure to transit/ final destination
Less time lost commuting through LHR.
Cheaper fares by up to 50%.
I want to support my local airport but it would kill my business. The only destinations that are "business convenient" flying from SNN are NY and BOS from SNN.
Early morning departure to transit/ final destination.
Late event departure to transit/ final destination
Less time lost commuting through LHR.
Cheaper fares by up to 50%.
I want to support my local airport but it would kill my business. The only destinations that are "business convenient" flying from SNN are NY and BOS from SNN.
Exactly. Which is going to make IAG more money on a morning slot in LHR: a flight from a large European city like say Milan or Hamburg, or a flight from a regional airport like ours? 1.6 million passengers used SNN in 2014, many cities that flights arrive into LHR from in that busy morning period have populations bigger than that, remember it's when the majority of arrivals from the US arrive, BA's biggest money spinner. A slot pair at that time costs between 30 and 40 million pounds....how many years do you reckon it woukd take for a SNN flight to pay that off?
Dublin-London is the second busiest air route in the world, of course it's going to get priority from ANY airline looking to link London with this Island, it's an absolute gold mine!
Dublin-London is the second busiest air route in the world, of course it's going to get priority from ANY airline looking to link London with this Island, it's an absolute gold mine!
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Dublin's early link to LHR is actually quite disappointing relative to other Europeans with a fraction of the market.
Anyway, an earlier slot may sometime become available, SNN-LHR isn't exactly just break even either.
Since the A320 was reintroudced in October, Heathrow figures are up massively. Alot more profit for EI just from a larger aircraft.
Anyway, an earlier slot may sometime become available, SNN-LHR isn't exactly just break even either.
Since the A320 was reintroudced in October, Heathrow figures are up massively. Alot more profit for EI just from a larger aircraft.