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School Bands Spectacular fills Shannon Airport with song

Pictured L:R Niall Kearns, Airport Director, Shannon Airport, Charlie Daniels, Monaleen N.S. Clara Reidy, Milford N.S. | Beibhinn Curran, Knockanean N.S James Fitzpatrick, St. Finnachtas N.S., Sixmilebridge, Aoibhí McCarthy, Ennis N.S. and Angela Reidy, Milford NS. Photograph: Don Moloney SHANNON AIRPORT was ringing out with music with over 200 primary school pupils from Clare and …

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Shannon Airport set for 40k passengers over St Patrick’s Day period

By Páraic McMahon

40,000 passengers are expected through the doors of Shannon Airport as it records a seven percent increase on St Patrick’s Day traffic.

Traffic up 14% in Shannon Airport for St Brigid’s Bank Holiday

By Stuart Holly

SHANNON Airport is set to welcome over 24,000 passengers across the upcoming February bank holiday period. This figure represents a 14% jump on the same time last year, as the popularity of St Brigid’s bank holiday getaways soar. The early long weekend is encouraging travellers to swop the January blues for blue skies, with the …

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World’s largest passenger aircraft touches down at Shannon

By Stuart Holly

*A380 comes in for repainting. Photograph: Joe Buckley THE world’s largest passenger aircraft made a spectacular landing on Ireland’s longest runway today as the Lufthansa Airbus A380 touched down at Shannon Airport. The double‑decker “superjumbo,” which can carry more than 500 passengers, landed at 11am this morning showcasing its extraordinary scale at 73 metres in length …

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10% increase on the cards this Christmas with 125k passengers for Shannon Airport

By Páraic McMahon

SHANNON AIRPORT is to welcome over 125,000 passengers for the Christmas season in what is a 10 percent increase on the festive period last year.

9% increase in October Bank Holiday passengers at Shannon Airport

By Páraic McMahon

46,000 passengers are to travel through Shannon Airport this October Bank Holiday weekend.

Summer passenger numbers up 16% at Shannon Airport

By Páraic McMahon

SUMMER PASSENGER numbers at Shannon Airport were up sixteen percent this year.

Golf tourism ‘putt-ing’ up passenger numbers at Shannon Airport

By Páraic McMahon

AN INCREASE in golf tourism has boosted passenger numbers at Shannon Airport.

Shannon Airport’s new photo exhibition brings 2024’s big moments vividly to life

By Páraic McMahon

Niall Kearns, Airport Director at Shannon Airport and David Branigan, President of Press Photographers Ireland CLG review this years PPAI brochure as photograpers John Kelly, Ray McManus, Brendan Gleeson, Kieran Ryan Benson and Liam Burke watch on as Press Photographers Ireland CLG Exhibition Opens at Shannon Airport. Photograph: Don Moloney SHANNON AIRPORT has launched an …

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Changing Places toilet installed at Shannon Airport

By Páraic McMahon

SHANNON AIRPORT has installed the first fully operational Changing Places Toilet facility in the county serving as a further step in improving inclusive travel measures.

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