Nine flights diverted to Shannon Airport due to weather chaos

A spokesperson for The Shannon Airport Group has confirmed that a total of nine aircraft diverted to Shannon Airport on Saturday, 4th April, due to adverse weather conditions associated with Storm David.

Shannon Airport operations teams provided support to all diverted aircraft and passengers throughout the duration of the weather-related disruption.

The initial diversions occurred between 15:50 and 18:25 and primarily affected flights destined for Cork and Dublin.

Ryanair flight FR905 from London Stansted to Cork diverted to Shannon at 15:50, resulting in bus transfers for passengers to Cork and a rescheduled departure from Shannon for outbound passengers at 20:10.

Ryanair flight FR5911 from Lanzarote to Dublin, KLM flight KL1129 from Amsterdam to Cork, and Ryanair flight FR9007 from Reus to Cork also diverted to Shannon with bus transfers organised for their respective passengers.

Ryanair flight FR7513 from Palma de Mallorca to Cork completed the first group of diversions upon landing at 18:25.

Four additional aircraft diverted to Shannon later in the evening due to ongoing weather conditions at Dublin and Kerry airports.

These included Ryanair flight FR7063 from Alicante to Dublin, Ryanair flight FR507 from Bristol to Dublin, and Ryanair flight FR6394 from Barcelona to Dublin.

Furthermore, Ryanair flight FR7017-702, originally scheduled to operate from London Stansted to Kerry and return to Stansted, operated both legs from Shannon Airport.

Shannon Airport operations teams continued to facilitate all diverted services until the conclusion of the weather event.