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 holiday flight had to divert to Shannon Airport early on Sunday morning after the crew reported issues with the aircraft’s toilets.

An executive jet was forced to return to Shannon Airport this afternoon after the crew reported a technical issue after departure.

Irish Coast Guard volunteers across the country carried out 1,100 missions in 2018 with a total of 400 lives being saved by the service.

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.

It’s going to be a busy Christmas at Shannon Airport with an expected 5% increase passenger numbers across the festive season period.

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.