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AMERICAN Airlines has = an- nounced it plans to reinstate direct daily services from Shannon to its Chicago hub throughout the 2007 summer schedule.
The move will mean boosting car- go capacity from Ireland and bring- ing important revenue into the Clare airport.
The new direct services from Shan- non will start on May | using B7/57 aircraft to complement the airline’s existing daily B767 Dublin-Chicago
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The latter will now operate direct once again as they did in summer 2006, dropping their winter 2006 Shannon stop.
A spokeswoman for the Airport Authority said that the decision by AA 1s to be welcomed. “It shows that they believe there is a market here for the direct flight and that they have confidence in us. We are very happy with the announcement.”
Fine Gael TD Pat Breen has wel- comed the news from American Air- lines that it will be increasing cargo
capacity from Shannon. Deputy Breen said the announcement was “a vote of confidence in Shannon by the US-owned airline and demonstrated the potential of the cargo business between the US and Shannon.”
All American Airline flights from Ireland arrive midway through the same day, allowing for fast transfers onto its extensive US network, or ur- gent local deliveries.
American Airlines Cargo is rep- resented in Ireland by IAM, whose MD Ian McCool says, “2007 has got off to a flying start for American
THE Government remains commit- ted to increasing resources for spe- cial education and reducing primary school class sizes, according to Min- ister for Labour Affairs and Clare TD, Tony Killeen. The Mu£nister’s comments follow the announcement by Minister for Education and Sci- ence, Mary Hanafin, TD that over €3.6m has been approved for build- ing projects in 10 schools around Orie
Minister Killeen continued, “To- day’s announcement, which has been made under the devolved accommo- dation programmes, enables Clare’s schools to manage their own projects in delivering on additional accom- modation they themselves have iden- tified as being required. The funding allocation of €3,612,000 will allow
Airlines Cargo in Ireland, with new traffic from new agents.
‘The decision to maintain the Shan- non service during winter 2006 paid off handsomely. Although capacity was reduced, the agents in the west still had a daily service throughout the last quarter peak period, without the need to truck to Dublin.
‘Now that we have additional ca- pacity once again, the loyalty we have built up will certainly help us to win a larger market share.”
Sixty per cent of AA cargo from Ireland now flies on the airline’s di-
for the provision of additional class- rooms and rooms for special edu- cation, therefore contributing to a reduction in class sizes. The various projects, which have been identified by the schools in question, will also lead to a modernisation of school buildings and facilities.”
Minister Killeen said he was de- lighted to learn that St Flannan’s National School in Inagh is to benefit from today’s announcement.
“St Flannan’s National School cur- rently boasts a first-class autism unit which provides an invaluable serv- ice to Inagh and surrounding areas. I] have made numerous representa- tions on behalf of the school in the past and I am delighted to see that it is to benefit under the Government’s permanent accommodation scheme, ’
rect flights, although [AM continues to offer additional capacity using nightly express road feeders to the airline’s London Heathrow, London Gatwick and Manchester gateways, from which AA operates a total of 129 flights per week to the USA.
American Airlines is the world’s largest airline. American, American Eagle and the American Connection airlines serve 250 cities in more than 40 countries with more than 4,000 daily flights. The combined network fleet numbers more than 1,000 air- evan
Minister Killeen said.
“Under the Small Schools Scheme, there is a good geographical spread of schools. The funding alloca- tion will allow for modernisation works to take place at Rineen Na- tional School, Ruan Central National School, Kilnamona National School, Clooney National School, Clondri- nagh National School, Ballycar Na- tional School, St Augustine’s Nation- al School in Kilshanny, St Cronan’s National School and Cree National School.
‘All the schools approved for fund- ing under these initiatives will be contacted directly by the Building Unit of the Department of Educa- tion and Science,’ Minister Killeen AYO CO(oren