A senior Siptu official yesterday told management at Shannon Airport that his members are “flabbergasted” that it is seeking voluntary redundancies.

Shannon Airport has reported a 5% year-on-year increase in monthly passenger numbers for May.

The CEO of the Shannon Group last year enjoyed a sharp jump in his overall remuneration package to €281,869, figures show.

Operating profits at Shannon Airport and its two subsidiary property and tourism firms increased last year.

Newly crowned WBO Middleweight champion Andy Lee has returned home to a hero’s welcome.

With Ryanair passenger numbers at Shannon set to climb by more than 300,000 to 750,000 this year, the airline’s chief executive Michael O’Leary has said Cork Airport needs to respond to low charges being offered at the midwest airport and others across Europe.

Shannon Airport’s strong momentum across 2014 has continued into the final month of the autumn, with passenger numbers for October showing a 28% increase on the same period 12 months ago.

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Limerick is losing out to Cork, Kerry and Clare in the big surge in US visitors coming in through Shannon Airport, a study has found.

Ryanair has added no new routes to its Cork Airport summer schedule and said the airport will continue to struggle unless it cuts landing charges.

A 10% rise in visitor numbers will see the tourism industry earn €5bn a year within a decade, tourism minister predicts.

Passenger figures at Shannon are up 15% for the first six months of the year according to the latest figures for the airport.

Shannon Airport recorded a pre-tax profit of €149,000 in its first year as an independent airport, figures show.

Ryanair yesterday announced five additional routes to its Shannon winter schedule which commences at the end of October.

New routes from Shannon Airport have delivered a 140% increase in passenger numbers compared to the same period last year.

Renewed calls have been made to Transport Minister Leo Varadkar to move on with promised legislation setting up the new Shannon Group to take control of running the airport and creating an aviation hub there.

The Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar said yesterday that the independent Shannon Airport has exceeded his expectations to record a profit in its first year of operation.

The Aer Lingus chief executive says he is confident they will be able to fill the new flight schedule being rolled out at Shannon airport.

More than 15,000 people applied for just 3,000 free seats for children on a series of Santa flights from Shannon Airport over the next two weekends.

Aer Lingus Regional yesterday announced 100,000 new seats across three Shannon/UK routes for 2014.

Aer Lingus Regional has announced the creation of 20 new jobs at Shannon Aiport following its news that an additonal aircraft will be based at the facility next year.

Shannon yesterday heralded the first big dividend from the budget announcement to abolish the €3 travel tax, when Ryanair announced eight new routes which will bring 300,000 additional passengers through the airport next year.

Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar has challenged more airlines to follow suit following the news that Ryanair is to add eight new routes to continental Europe from Shannon Airport today.

The decision to abolish the €3 air travel tax has been broadly welcomed by the aviation and tourism sectors.

Falling passenger numbers at Shannon have been halted and the airport is set to show a growth in 2013 for the first time in five years, the airports new chief, Neil Pakey, said yesterday.

Summer passenger figures improved again last month at Shannon when the airport achieved growth for the second successive month, with a 9.4% overall increase in passenger numbers compared with the same month last year.

Hundreds of aviation enthusiasts, airport workers, and locals turned out yesterday to see the world’s largest passenger jet touch down at Shannon Airport.

The chairwoman of Shannon Airport yesterday declared that the airport is now self-sustaining and 2013 is the year that the fortunes of the airport will be turned around.

Shannon Airport’s chief executive-designate yesterday spoke of “the new belief” since the airport was freed from the control of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA).

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