A replacement aircraft will arrive in Shannon later to take almost 170 passengers onto New York after their plane was forced to divert with a cracked windshield last night.

Shannon airport has stated that the €9.7 million costs associated with the upgrading its hold baggage screening system “will place a material financial burden on the airport”.

One flight was forced to divert to Cork Airport while others were placed in holding patterns because of restrictions associated with the departure of the jet carrying the US Vice President this morning.

The passenger is understood to have been suffering from ‘acute pain’.

It was most heartening to read the letter ‘Shannon Airport is a ‘de facto US military base’’ (Irish Examiner, July 26) from US army veteran Gene Marx.

After what was described as an "exhaustive selection process", 500 applicants has been reduced to 10.

The worldwide grounding of the Boeing 737-Max aircraft will cost the region served by Shannon Airport €58m this year.

Eight cabin crew members were affected by fumes and assessed by paramedics. No passengers were reported to have been affected.

The flight had departed at around 3.45pm and was about two hours into its journey when the crew turned around and diverted to Shannon.

A transatlantic flight made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport early today after a passenger was reported to have suffered a stroke.

Shannon Airport has warned that the grounding of Boeing's 737-Max aircraft will negatively affect its passenger numbers this year.

The return of flights from Cork and Shannon to the US east coast this summer remain in doubt as various US airlines signalled the Boeing 737 Max aircraft will not fly until at least mid-August.

Norwegian said in response to the suspension of Boeing 737 Max planes by European aviation authorities, which are used on its Cork and Shannon routes to the US, it would transport passengers by bus to Dublin, where they will fly on different Boeing aircraft.

The Irish Aviation Authority reported that commercial traffic at the three state airports had climbed by 6.2% (17,996) last month, compared to the same month last year.

A US-bound flight turned around over the North Atlantic this evening and returned to Dublin after a passenger suddenly fell ill.

Shannon Airport has announced that its first ever scheduled Lufthansa service is to have its capacity doubled this year with a second weekly service to Frankfurt.

United Airlines flight UA-961 was travelling from Frankfurt, Germany to Newark in the US when the 71-year-old woman began to suffer breathing difficulties.

Sod-turning on a major new development usually brings with it an air of excitement — and when that development is an airport expansion, the mood is even more elevated. A busy airport signals you’ve arrived — as a destination, as an attractive investment proposition, as a country that’s on the up.

Shannon Airport is suffering because of the dominant position of Dublin Airport, Limerick economists have said.

A holiday jet has made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport this evening after the crew reported smoke in the cockpit over the Atlantic.

The operator of Shannon Airport has urged the Government to financially support its efforts to secure flight connectivity to one of the EU's major airports after Brexit.

United Airlines flight UA-879 was about three hours into its journey from London to Houston, Texas when the turned around.