Recent visitors

Shannon had two heavyweight cargo visitors this weekend. This morning saw the visit by Southern Air B747-228F N753SA, msn 21787. The aircraft operated flight SOO 941 which routed Liege - Shannon - JFK. N753SA is a 1979 build aircraft which served as F-BPVZ with Air France prior to it's delivery to Southern Air in 2006. Pictured above, SOO 941 taxis onto stand at Shannon this am.

On Saturday Antonov Design Bureau made a welcome reappearance at the airport with the visit of AN124 registered UR-82072, msn 9773053359136. The aircraft was operating flight number ADB 2838 which originated in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The aircraft, pictured above on approach to R24 arrived at lunchtime Saturday for crew rest before departing in the early hours for King Fahd airport in Saudi Arabia.