Aer Lingus start fly to London Gatwick airport from Shannon,This addition of a new Gatwick service is part of Shannon Airport’s move to build a network of sustainable passenger services for the region with excellent connectivity to key hubs.
The service will originate in Gatwick with a 6.50 a.m. departure and will be the earliest daily London service to Shannon, arriving at 8.15 am. The return-leg from Shannon departs at 9 a.m., arriving in Gatwick at 10.25. Bookings for the flight can be made from today on the Aer Lingus website www.aerlingus.com.
“In addition, we were delighted to see Ryanair last month announce the establishment of a new Fuerteventura service from February as well as reinstate Nantes, Malaga and Palma-Mallorca services. On top of all this, we also have the new incentive scheme launched by the DAA in December for all three state airports, which will see passenger charges waived once an overall threshold for the airports of 23.5 million passengers is reached. We believe that this will be a key incentive for airlines to expand their services and this can only be good for Shannon and, indeed, for the region if targets are reached.”
Responding to the Aer Lingus announcement, Shannon Airport Authority Chairman Brian O’Connell said: “The last quarter has again shown Shannon Airport’s resilience despite the difficult economic climate. It is clear that airlines continue to recognise the strong market there is for services at Shannon Airport and it is extremely encouraging to see us starting off 2011 in the same vein as we finished 2010, which is very much on the up.
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