Nearly 20 flights diverted to Shannon Airport over the past three days
Two storms in three days sees flights redirected to the Mid-West airport from around the world
The Shannon Airport Group has confirmed that 19 flights diverted to Shannon Airport over the past three days, due to Storms Isha and Jocelyn.
A spokesperson for The Shannon Airport Group said: “Shannon Airport was fully operational during the past three days, operating our normal schedule and available to accept aircraft diversions throughout Storms Isha and Jocelyn.
“Our airport staff worked tirelessly to facilitate flights impacted by both storms, managing 19 flight diversions since Sunday, January 21.”
Flights from Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Holland, Luxembourg, Poland, the Netherlands and the UK diverted to Shannon Airport during the course of the storms.
In total, 10 flights due to land at Dublin Airport and eight flights originally due to land at Cork airport diverted to Shannon.
In addition, an Edinburgh bound flight which took off from Stansted also diverted to Shannon during Storm Isha. All 19 aircraft landed safely.
All the weather warnings that had been issued have now been lifted nationwide, except for some parts of Northern Ireland, which are due to be lifted at approximately 1pm this Wednesday.