Shannon Airport has lost one of its biggest technical stop customers after Kuwait Airways was granted permission to fly directly to the United States,.
Proposed changes to the Ireland/United States Preclearance Agreement that will allow for enhanced services at Dublin and Shannon Airports have been agreed by the Government.
A number of flights have started diverting to Shannon after Gatwick Airport in England was closed for a second time overnight because of illegal drone activity in the vicinity of the airfield.
Minister of State at The Office of Public Works & Flood Relief, Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran visited Shannon town and the adjacent flood defence embankments fronting the Shannon estuary to announce plans to upgrade those defences and to construct new defences for Shannon town.
A Canada-bound flight was forced to turn around over the North Atlantic and divert to Shannon Airport after a passenger was reported to have fallen ill.