The low cost carriers killed off what used to be a major airlift of tourists to Ireland's mid west during summer weekends in the 1980s and 1990s. A summer's Saturday in Shannon used to be characterised by the likes of AeroLloyd, Hapag Lloyd, Deutsche BA and Condor among others, who between them often operated upwards of 8 or 9 flights throughout the day. Nowadays the summer 'airlift' is restricted to two or three flights at best. This year, the Niki Lauda - Air Berlin joint venture - Niki - is one of the more interesting movements on Saturday morning. Flight NLY 4996 / 7 operates a return Vienna - Shannon - Vienna flight using A319 aircraft to date. Niki operate two A319 aircraft which are seldom seen on this side of the English Channel. The flight number is also a legacy of the former Lauda Air which operated flights to Shannon as Lauda or latterly as Austrian 4996 / 4997. Pictured above, this morning's arrival A319-112 OE-LEK is seen leaving R06 on the newly opened Taxiway Charlie which is a resurfaced portion of the old R17 put into operation to facilitate resurfacing of the R24 turntable and threshold.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Niki on Shannon summer series
The low cost carriers killed off what used to be a major airlift of tourists to Ireland's mid west during summer weekends in the 1980s and 1990s. A summer's Saturday in Shannon used to be characterised by the likes of AeroLloyd, Hapag Lloyd, Deutsche BA and Condor among others, who between them often operated upwards of 8 or 9 flights throughout the day. Nowadays the summer 'airlift' is restricted to two or three flights at best. This year, the Niki Lauda - Air Berlin joint venture - Niki - is one of the more interesting movements on Saturday morning. Flight NLY 4996 / 7 operates a return Vienna - Shannon - Vienna flight using A319 aircraft to date. Niki operate two A319 aircraft which are seldom seen on this side of the English Channel. The flight number is also a legacy of the former Lauda Air which operated flights to Shannon as Lauda or latterly as Austrian 4996 / 4997. Pictured above, this morning's arrival A319-112 OE-LEK is seen leaving R06 on the newly opened Taxiway Charlie which is a resurfaced portion of the old R17 put into operation to facilitate resurfacing of the R24 turntable and threshold.
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On the 20th June Niki used one of their new Embraer 190's (OE-IHA)on this flight.
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