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24/10/2007
Chairman Departs Shannon Over Belfast Move
The man in charge of running Shannon Airport has quit in protest at not being told of plans to end the Aer Lingus’ Shannon-Heathrow flights, in order to open a new Northern Ireland-based hub.
Pat Shanahan said his position as the executive chairman had become untenable, after the Dublin Airport Authority failed to tell him it knew the airline intended to move its Shannon base to Belfast.
Meanwhile, the airline itself remains bullish after recently settling a dispute with pilots over pay and conditions for the new base at Belfast International Airport and is already predicting that the Belfast operation will be profitable within a year.
Its first flights from Belfast - to Amsterdam – start next month, and plans to fly to nine destinations – including the contentious London Heathrow route – are at an advanced stage.
Commercial director Enda Corneille said there was also scope for further growth over the next few years.
(BMcC)
Pat Shanahan said his position as the executive chairman had become untenable, after the Dublin Airport Authority failed to tell him it knew the airline intended to move its Shannon base to Belfast.
Meanwhile, the airline itself remains bullish after recently settling a dispute with pilots over pay and conditions for the new base at Belfast International Airport and is already predicting that the Belfast operation will be profitable within a year.
Its first flights from Belfast - to Amsterdam – start next month, and plans to fly to nine destinations – including the contentious London Heathrow route – are at an advanced stage.
Commercial director Enda Corneille said there was also scope for further growth over the next few years.
(BMcC)
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Shannon Discounts To Entice Year-Round Flights
Now that Aer Lingus has abandoned its London Heathrow connection at the airport in favour of a new Belfast International 'hub', the management at Shannon airport has been busy developing new initiatives. They have responded by outlining a programme of incentives aimed at securing more year-round transatlantic traffic.
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