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2024 Aer Lingus College Football Classic!
Picture shows Aer Lingus cabin crew Catherine Redmond (left) and Eleanor Hoggard (right); with Florida State University's offensive lineman Richie Leonard IV (centre left) and quarterback DJ Uiagalelei (centre right) arriving in Dublin ahead of the 2024 Aer Lingus College Football Classic between Georgia Tech and Florida State. The fixture will take place in Dublin’s iconic Aviva Stadium this Saturday, 24th August. Both teams arrived at Dublin Airport today ahead of the game, which takes place on Week Zero of the college football calendar. Over 25,000 fans are travelling from North America to Ireland to support the sides, and tickets for the game are now sold out. Pic:Naoise Culhane-no fee
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Bumper week at Shannon Airport to kick-start the launch of its summer schedule
108 weekly departures from Shannon to 26 destinations
Full restoration of Shannon Airport/ London Heathrow services
Tuesday 22nd March 2022: Holiday options from Shannon Airport are receiving a boost with a bumper summer season in store at the airport which will see flights to 26 destinations with 108 weekly departures.
The launch of Shannon Airport’s summer schedule is getting off to a flying start with four destinations to the UK, US and Europe taking off within a 36-hour period next week.
On Sunday, March 27th Aer Lingus services from Shannon to London Heathrow will see the return of the daily early morning 7.40am flight. This will mark the full restoration of Heathrow services, providing twenty flights per week. At 10.55am that day passengers will see the return of the popular Ryanair service to Palma Mallorca which will operate three flights per week (Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays). And later that afternoon the exciting first flight to Malta will depart Shannon. This new Ryanair service will operate twice weekly (Thursdays and Sundays).
The following day, Monday March 28th, the much-anticipated New York/Newark service with United Airlines will make its welcome return after almost two years, with services running seven days a week. All US bound passengers at Shannon will be able to avail of US preclearance ensuring they arrive in the US as domestic passengers and avoid long queues.
These services are just some of the 26 destinations on offer from Shannon Airport this summer, with options to Budapest, Corfu, Marseille, Barcelona, Faro, Lanzarote, Edinburgh and more.
Jumping for joy are brothers Matthew (7) and Ross Curran (5) from Kilmallock Co Limerick with 3 year old Sienna Mullally from Castletroy Limerick. Pic Arthur Ellis.