Ireland West Airport staff were delighted last week to present a cheque for €30,550 to the airports three nominated charities for 2016 – Cancer Care West, MS Ireland and Pieta House. In late 2015, in a new initiative by the airport, Ireland West Airport staff voted to select 3 Irish charities for the inaugural Ireland […]
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Ireland West Airport is expecting to have it’s busiest Christmas period in the Airports 30 year history as thousands of people make their way home for Christmas to the West and North West. Over the Christmas period the airport is expected to handle close to 30,000 passengers, making it the busiest Christmas period in the
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Plans are underway to lead a pilgrimage from Ireland West Airport to New York next May. For the last two years, Knock Shrine and Ireland West Airport has welcomed pilgrimages in from New York and Boston and will now have the privilege of bringing the people of Knock and the West and North West of
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Ireland West Airport, Knock, has been allocated €400,000 under the REDZ (Rural Economic Development Zone) Scheme, which will help tourism in the surrounding counties. This funding is for the development of a State of the Art Visitor Discovery Centre to be located within the Ireland West Airport Terminal Building and new regional branding points within
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Tourism Ireland has teamed up with Flybe and Ireland West Airport Knock, to promote flights to Knock from Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh and grow tourist numbers to Roscommon and the West of Ireland this autumn. The joint campaign will run in Britain during August and September. Working closely with airlines and airports to build demand
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Today has been another historic day for Ireland West Airport and the region, following the arrival of the first transatlantic service operated by Aer Lingus, from Boston, to Ireland West Airport and the first official chartered pilgrimage from Boston to Ireland’s National Marian Shrine. The Aer Lingus 757 airplane, carrying over 170 passengers from a
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Yesterday,Friday July 1st, Ireland West Airport welcomed the 10 millionth passenger to use the airport since it officially opened in 1986. The honour fell to Lorna Conway Hynes, who lives in Kiltoom. Lorna and her parents, Margaret and Seamus Conway from Ballina was travelling to Edinburgh with Flybe for a wedding, when she received the
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There was good news for holidaymakers in Roscommon and the West today following the news that leading Tour Operators Falcon and Thomson, launched the inaugural flight on their new Costa Dorada service direct from Ireland West Airport Knock. With a weekly flight every Tuesday until the 16th of August, holidaymakers throughout the West of Ireland
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Ireland West Airport celebrated the 30th anniversary of the official opening of the Airport with a Gala concert at the Airport Terminal on Friday last, May 27th. 150 invited guests attended a gala dinner followed by a Gala concert, hosted by Mid West Radio, looking back at the last 30 years of the airport.
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Flybe, Europe’s largest independent regional airline, has today celebrated the launch of their new year round services from Ireland West Airport to both Birmingham and Edinburgh. Both new services will provide a welcome boost of 70,000 new seats to and from the West of Ireland in 2016. Pictured at the commencement of new year round
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Ireland West Airport are delighted to announce, in partnership with Bank of Ireland, the first ever runway run/walk on the runway at Ireland West Airport. On Saturday 28th May, runners and walkers will take-off down the runway at 19:00 pm and complete a 5km course as the inaugural Bank of Ireland Runway Run / Walk
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