Clare man John Slattery, who is President and CEO of Embraer Commercial Aviation, had brought his company's largest ever aircraft to Shannon to meet potential customers.

Shannon Airport is set to receive a welcome boost when Aer Lingus confirms two new routes for 2020.

Shannon Group has welcomed the engagement with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross during his visit to the region.

Shannon Group this week welcomed 13 aerospace and aviation companies from France as they met with members of the Shannon International Aviation Services Centre (IASC) cluster at a special networking event hosted at Shannon Airport.

An airline has been allowed fly two Boeing 737-MAX-8 aircraft into Irish airspace and land at Shannon Airport on their way to Spain for storage.

Shannon Group has welcomed the announcement in Budget 2020 of increased connectivity funds for Tourism Ireland to assist airlines with route development at regional airports.

A transatlantic cargo flight was forced to return to Shannon Airport with a technical issue this afternoon and then had to abort its first attempt at landing.

One of over 40 aircraft taking part in the massive effort to repatriate 150,000 Thomas Cook holidaymakers was forced to divert to Shannon Airport last night after suffering technical issues off the southwest coast.