Shannon Airport - Restored Flights

Aer Lingus Regional has announced its intention is to restore flights to Edinburgh from March next year.

The new service, which will be operated for Aer Lingus Regional by Stobart Air, will see six flights weekly operate year-round from 28 March between Shannon and the Scottish capital, which is the second most popular tourism city in the UK after London.
It will generate an extra 35,000 in seat capacity for Shannon in 2016, rising to 45,000 per annum from 2017.
Shannon Group CEO Neil Pakey said the airport was seeking to add to their existing schedule of services.
 “Edinburgh has been one of the services at the top of our list and Aer Lingus Regional’s announcement that it is to restore the service next year is really good news for Shannon and our passengers.
“Edinburgh has proven a hugely popular service here in the past and in terms of feedback from the public, it is one of the routes we had most requests for over the past number of months,” he added.

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Knock Airport - Funding

Ireland West Airport Knock welcomes todays announcement of funding of 598,349 to Ireland West Airport Knock (IWAK) under the Public Policy Remit Core Airport Management Operational and Expenditure Subvention (PPR-O) for 2015.

The Programme provides for Exchequer support to cover the significant costs associated with safety and security related projects/activities.

Joe Gilmore, Managing Director of the Airport welcomed todays announcement and said ‘. ‘We wish to thank the Taoiseach, Ministers and local representatives for their support for the airport in 2015. The Airport has proven it’s capability in developing an impressive international route network with major international airlines serving over 22 destinations in the UK and Europe and expect to grow passenger numbers to over 700,000 passengers in 2016. We look forward to continuing to work with Government on a long term commitment & investment to support the Airport’s growth and development plans’

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