Shannon Airport
- Shannon Airport is Ireland's third biggest Airport.
- Handled 2.5m passengers in 2009.
- The Airport serves mainly Limerick and the West of Ireland, The slump in Air Travel caused by the global recession has collapsed passenger numbers at Shannon, Figures for 2009 fell by 12% with even worse predictions for 2010. The collapse in passenger numbers was greatly contributed to by Ryanair.
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“Airplanes are invariably scheduled to depart at such times as 7:54, 9:21 or 11:37. This extreme specificity has the effect on the novice of instilling in him the twin beliefs that he will be arriving at 10:08, 1:43 or 4:22, and that he should get to the airport on time. These beliefs are not only erroneous but actually unhealthy.”
—Fran Lebowitz (b. 1950)