Upgrades to Ireland’s biggest runway at Shannon Airport
Ireland’s longest runway at Shannon Airport is being upgraded this week and proving a triumph of logistics as the equivalent of one football pitch is re-laid between dusk and dawn each night, the airport has revealed. Shortly before midnight, following the last arrival/departure at Shannon, a team of 90 vehicles and 70 people roll in […]
LM-100J freighter showcased in Paris and gains more orders
Lockheed Martin has secured an order for five of its civilian LM-100J freighters from an undisclosed customer bringing its total order book to 25, writes Rob Coppinger at the Paris Air Show. The LM-100J is an updated version of the Lockheed’s L-100 Hercules and incorporates technologies developed from the military version of the aircraft, the […]
Shannon welcomes new Norwegian Air International US routes
Shannon Airport has welcomed the announcement by Norwegian Air International that is adding two new bellyhold services starting this summer to the US. Norwegian Air International will on 1 July start direct services between Shannon and Stewart International Airport in New York – and from Providence Green Airport near Boston. Shannon Group chief executive officer (CEO), Matthew […]
Shannon handles 76 thoroughbreds destined for China
Shannon Airport has handled 76 horses purchased for a Chinese businessman, with the Irish thoroughbreds flying to Beijing on board a Boeing 747 Freighter. The horses were purchased for Chinese businessman, Zhang Yuesheng by Kildare based bloodstock agency BBA Ireland, and at €3 million ($3.1 million), was the single biggest movement of Irish horses to […]
Kuwait Airways launches Shannon transit service
Shannon Airport welcomed Kuwait Airways on 24 June – a new transit service on its Kuwait to New York John F Kennedy International Airport bellyhold route. The service will operate three times a week on Friday’s, Sunday’s and Wednesday’s on a Boeing 777-200. This is the first time ever that Kuwait Airways will have a […]
Former Transaero aircraft moved as sea cargo in Ireland
A Boeing 767 that was used by former Russian carrier Transaero Airlines that will be transformed into glamorous holiday campsite facility is being hauled up Irish West Coast in barge. The decommissioned Boeing767 aircraft is set to make land on the Irish West Coast tomorrow morning after being moved by barge on the high seas in […]
Ireland’s ’designated’ cargo hub looking to keep growing
Shannon Airport says the large proportion of Irish export air cargo leaving by road to British or continental European airports presents both a challenge and an opportunity. Shannon Airport Authority group strategy director, Patrick Edmond explains to Air Cargo Week: “Today there is no statistical data to quantify the scale of this surface leakage, but […]
Shannon handles first horses of the year
Shannon Airport has handled its first horse shipment of 2016, with the arrival of six thoroughbreds on a Turkish Airlines Cargo Airbus A330 Freighter. The mares were brought to a stud in Southern Ireland having been transported on a four hour flight with a vet on board. This flight was the first scheduled service transporting […]
