THE Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) yesterday confirmed that Shannon Airport’s head of finance and corporate affairs, Mary Considine is to assume the role of airport director next month.

THE chairman of the Shannon Airport Authority Brian O’Connell confirmed Shannon is abandoning its low-cost model, stating that it is unsustainable.

The launch of a new route between Shannon Airport and Paris will strengthen links between the west of Ireland and every major destination around the globe, it was claimed today.

CHAMPIONS Árdscoil Rís remain in pole position to claim Dr Harty Cup honours again on the evidence of this display at Charleville yesterday.

RYANAIR chief Michael O’Leary is due in Kerry today and is expected to spell out the reasons for his airline’s major reduction in services on the Kerry to Dublin route.

THE Shannon Airport Authority (SAA) has failed to attract a scheduled service based on its €21 million US-Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the 12 months since the service was introduced.

SHANNON has seen yet another first for an Irish airport with the arrival last night of Boeing’s latest airliner, the 787 Dreamliner, which made a brief stop at the mid-west aerodrome while returning to the US from Britain.

SHANNON AIRPORT has been given a significant boost as Aer Arann and Aer Lingus have announced four new routes to Britain.

THE joint venture airline Delta Air France KLM announced yesterday that it will reinstate a year-round service between Shannon and JFK New York starting from tomorrow.

The Mayor of Shannon Sean McLoughlin has called on the Shannon Airport Authority (SAA) to outline its position on what he called the "haemorrhaging of services" at the airport.

Shannon Airport has achieved a first today as it is the only airport in Europe to offer US immigration pre-clearance for private aircraft.

DEPUTY Michael Noonan is completely wrong to argue that the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) is hostile to the fortunes of Shannon airport (‘Noonan lets fly at Tánaiste over mid-west inaction,’ Irish Examiner, February 2).

Continental Airlines is to increase its services between Shannon and New York.

Authorities at Shannon Airport have said that they have not been able to come to a new agreement with Ryanair.

RYANAIR has suspended the booking of most flights from Shannon from May as it pushes ahead with plans to cut capacity at the airport by 75%.

SHANNON airport chief Martin Moroney yesterday revealed Ryanair is seeking an almost free ‘no charges’ deal at Shannon, similar to the one it has in the Canary Islands.

Shannon Airport's passenger numbers could fall to just two million next year - a fall of more than 37% on 2008 figures.

Shannon Airport has confirmed that it will not enter a new five year agreement with Ryanair.

Shannon Airport and Ryanair are in a war of words after the sides failed to reach agreement on a five-year extension to the airline's operations at the airport.

Shannon Airport has expressed its regret over the announcement today by CityJet/Air France that it is to cease services from Shannon to Paris with effect from October 24.

Shannon Airport today welcomed the first transatlantic passengers to be cleared through the new US pre-clearance facility which came into operation this morning.

AER Lingus’s Shannon to New York route got a “stay of execution” following the decision by Delta Airlines to cease its service on the route.

Aer Lingus’s decision to scrap one of its Shannon transatlantic routes will deal a major blow to the region’s tourist industry, it was claimed tonight.

Shannon Airport is to explore the possibility of expanding its cargo facilities.

Air France has announced an expansion of services on its Shannon to Paris route.

TRANSATLANTIC passenger numbers through Shannon dropped by a massive 23% last year, according to new figures.

SHANNON is successfully managing the connectivity crisis triggered by the January 1 termination of the Aer Lingus Heathrow service, the airport director said yesterday.

AER LINGUS yesterday said it was committed to retaining transatlantic services out of Shannon.

Shannon Airport director Martin Moroney has welcomed Aer Lingus’ announcement of its ongoing commitment to its transatlantic services at Shannon and calls it a vote of confidence in the airport as the "gateway" to the west of Ireland for north American traffic.

SHANNON was thrown an international connectivity lifeline yesterday when a new service opened to Paris, Charles de Gaulle.

SHANNON was thrown an international connectivity lifeline yesterday when a new service opened to Paris, Charles de Gaulle.

A new era began for Shannon Airport today as the first City Jet service to Paris took off.

CityJet and Air France are to start twice-daily flights from Shannon to Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport on February 4.

Shannon Airport has today announced details of an incentives package aimed at securing a year-round transatlantic service for the airport.

SHANNON AIRPORT welcomed the Irish Tourist Industry Confederation (ITIC) proposal for the development of a major regional conference centre in the Shannon/Limerick area, with a minimum capacity of 2,000 people.

PASSENGER numbers at Shannon grew three times the rate of those at Dublin airport during the first quarter of 2006.

SHANNON Airport’s transatlantic services receive a timely boost tomorrow with US carrier Continental commencing a second daily flight to Newark.

Ryanair today announced five new routes from Shannon to Biarritz and Carcassonne in the South of France, Faro in Portugal, Krakow in Poland and Venice in Italy.

SHANNON’S transatlantic flights roster received another boost yesterday when Delta announced a new service to New York’s JFK.

A record-breaking three million passengers are expected to have travelled through Shannon International Airport by the end of this year, it emerged today.

Figures released by the Shannon Airport Authority today show that passenger numbers using the airport for the month of May have increased by a record 43% when compared to the last year.

Up to 500,000 people are expected to fly on new low-cost routes connecting Cork, Knock and Shannon with London’s Gatwick airport in their first year of operation, it was claimed today.

Eirjet, a new Shannon-based charter airline commences operations today.

Budget carrier EasyJet will commence a daily service from Shannon Airport to London Gatwick on January 28 2005.