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A new €80m funding package for the aviation sector has been agreed by Government amid the Covid-19 crisis

Extra €48m in funding agreed for country's airports

Business • 10 Nov

Limerick performed well in terms of job creation during the pandemic, with 1,113 new jobs announced up to the end of August

Limerick's resilience to the fore during Covid-19

Business • 08 Oct

Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson called on the Government to adopt the approach taken by the Europe Commission

Ryanair again calls for relaxed travel restrictions

Business • 14 Sep

Andrew Murphy was appointed as MD in January 2017

Shannon Airport Managing Director is to leave his role

Regional • 03 Jul

Shannon Airport has warned that it could take three years for passenger numbers to recover

Managing director of Shannon Airport leaves role

Coronavirus • 03 Jul

All passenger services in and out of Shannon were cancelled from the start of the pandemic

Shannon Airport to resume passenger flights next week

Munster • 23 Jun

Data for March shows a drop of 57.5% in passenger numbers compared to the same month in 2019 due to Covid-19 restrictions

Drop of 1.5 million passengers at Irish airports in Q1

Business • 17 Jun

Shannon, like all airports, has been badly hit by a fall in passenger numbers due to Covid-19

United Airlines won't resume Shannon-New York services

Business • 16 Jun

Drugs were discovered in packages carried from Italy bound for an address in Galway

€44k worth of cannabis seized in freight at Shannon

Regional • 10 Jun

Six-storey high Antonov AN-225 cargo transporter is carrying PPE to Shannon, including one million medical gowns

World's largest aircraft lands in Shannon with PPE

Coronavirus • 10 Jun

Bunratty Castle

Tourist sites will reopen for just 6 weeks

Business • 04 Jun

Dublin airport accounted for 85.7% of all air passengers carried last year

Passenger numbers at Irish airports up 4.2% in 2019

Business • 16 Apr

Air Force Two made a refuelling stop at Shannon

Mike Pence meets US troops at Shannon Airport

Masoud Islami told reporters that the Trump International Hotel in Doonbeg is not at risk

Ambassador says US-linked properties not in danger

Ireland • 10 Jan

Shannon Group's chief executive Mary Considine welcome the new routes to Paris and Barcelona

New routes from Shannon airport to Paris and Barcelona

Business • 06 Nov 19

Last year 1.7 million passengers used the airport (Courtesy: Shannon Airport)

Shannon Airport in the midst of turbulence

Munster • 14 Oct 19

Shannon Airport's Heathrow services are currently the only direct EU flights daily from the region

Dublin Airport's dominance 'at expense of regions'

Business • 02 Oct 19

Michael Harty said that Shannon Airport lacked strong Government support

TD raises concerns about future of Shannon Airport

Munster • 01 Oct 19

The Airbus A330 flight from Frankfurt to Cancun diverted to Shannon in February this year

Pilot diverted plane to Shannon after spilling coffee

Ireland • 13 Sep 19

Shannon continues to be the only airport outside of Dublin with flights to the US through Boston, JFK, Newark and Philadelphia

Decline in growth at Shannon due to grounding of jets

Business • 11 Jul 19

Mixed views over substance of Trump's visit to Ireland

News • 07 Jun 19

London-Heathrow, London-Gatwick and Amsterdam-Schiphol were the most popular routes for passengers travelling through Dublin airport in the first quarter

Irish airport passenger numbers rise by 7.1% in Q1

Business • 06 Jun 19

President Trump joined Canada's Justin Trudeau (L) and British Prime Minister Theresa May in Portsmouth today

D-Day commemoration wraps up Trump's state visit to UK

UK • 05 Jun 19

Shannon Group CEO Matthew Thomas said 2019 would be a challenging year for the airport

Grounding of Boeing 737 Max impacts Shannon Airport

Munster • 29 Apr 19

Dublin Airport accounted for 83.6% of all flights in Irish airports last year

Irish airports saw 6% increase in passenger numbers

Business • 18 Apr 19

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