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# Knock airport

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# airport funding
€108m in funding announced to help Irish airports stay afloat through pandemic
The funding aims to enable the airports to remain financially sustainable while navigating the pandemic.
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Dec 15th 2021, 6:30 AM
# Travel
Union calls for government assistance for workers after Ryanair regional flight suspension
Ryanair will halt all flights from Irish regional airports between 14 November and 12 December.
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Oct 28th 2020, 8:29 PM
# hail sleet or snow
Flights at Knock Airport affected as heavy snow hits the northwest
Met Éireann said that the snow and hail could spread overnight, and warned people to be wary of dangerous road conditions.
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Jan 27th 2020, 8:56 PM
# Mayo Power
Three decades after opening, Knock Airport reported its busiest year ever
The Mayo hub reached the 750,000-passenger mark in 2017.
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Jan 11th 2018, 2:47 PM
# County Mayo
Knock airport's boss says Ireland's regional hubs will struggle to hang onto routes
Joe Gilmore is working for direct flights to northern Germany and America’s east coast.
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Nov 16th 2017, 4:38 PM
# from knock to new york
The journey to bury the youngest witness to Knock Apparition of 1879
John Curry was just five years old when he witnessed the apparition. He’ll be buried at St Patrick’s old Cathedral, New York.
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May 14th 2017, 8:00 AM
# Love is in the air
A couple were reunited after 29 years apart in Knock Airport, and it was just gorgeous
Love is real!
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Sep 5th 2016, 8:12 AM
# don't knock knock
10 of the most Knock Airport things that have ever happened
Oh from Fatima to Bethlehem from Lourdes to Kiltimagh…
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Aug 3rd 2016, 1:11 PM
# new routes
You can now travel to Edinburgh and Birmingham from Knock Airport
70,000 new seats have been announced for Ireland West Airport by carrier Flybe.
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Mar 27th 2016, 3:01 PM
# fly to the Shrine
New Yorkers flying direct to Knock for a special Pilgrimage this summer
More than 700,000 passengers flew via Knock Airport last year – the highest figure ever in its 29 year history.
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Jan 16th 2015, 1:25 PM
# Up In The Air
A record number of passengers flew via Knock airport last year
Their London services were particularly popular.
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Jan 9th 2015, 9:24 AM
# Come Fly With Me
Flying high: August was Knock Airport's busiest month in history
Traffic to and from the UK is still strong – up 21% on last August.
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Sep 5th 2014, 8:17 AM
# Go West
Knock airport is on track for its best year ever
The Mayo airport is expected to cater for around 700,000 passengers this year
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Aug 6th 2014, 3:42 PM
# Investigation
Two planes on a 'collision course' in narrow miss at Knock Airport
After getting the warning one of the aircraft had to make an immediate right turn to avoid a crash.
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Jun 11th 2014, 11:19 AM
# lets fly away
Increase in number of passengers going through Irish airports this Easter
More than 250,000 people are expected to pass through Dublin airport this weekend.
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Apr 18th 2014, 3:40 PM
# Air Travel
Knock Airport has second-busiest year in 28 years
Around 665,000 passengers used the Mayo airport last year – and this year could top 700,000.
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Jan 10th 2014, 11:40 AM
# Budget 2014
With the Air Travel Tax gone, Ryanair commits to a million more passengers
The airline says it wants to meet Irish airport bosses to discus growing its traffic in and out of Ireland by at least one million passengers a year from April 2014.
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Oct 16th 2013, 3:54 PM
# Travel
Passenger numbers travelling through Knock airport on the rise
More than 60,000 passengers travelled through the airport last month.
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Oct 4th 2013, 11:06 AM
# Knock
German tourists boost passenger numbers at Knock Airport
Over 85,000 passengers passed through the airport last month with numbers travelling to popular sun destinations also up.
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Sep 9th 2013, 7:59 AM
# Seizure
€20,000 in cash hidden in couple's clothes seized at Knock Airport
Officers from Revenue’s customs service now have a three month detention order in respect of the money.
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Jun 28th 2013, 1:32 PM
# Knock airport
Calls for government to protect future of Knock Airport
Concerns have been raised about the future of the airport in the wake of the government’s proposals to secure the future of Shannon Airport.
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Mar 12th 2013, 7:30 AM
# Aviation
Ireland West Airport Knock threatens legal challenge over Shannon plans
Management said it may have “no choice but to challenge the Government’s inequitable behaviour towards the airport in the courts”.
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Dec 3rd 2012, 10:17 AM
# Knock airport
Knock Airport welcomes new Flybe route to Leeds
The regional airport recently announced that 2011 had been its busiest year.
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Jan 17th 2012, 7:58 AM
# Knock airport
2011 is Knock Airport's busiest year to date
Passenger levels rose 11 per cent last year, but the airport says 2012 is expected to be ‘challenging’.
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Jan 16th 2012, 9:54 AM
# big mouth
Child benefit is ‘subsidising people to have sex’ – Michael O’Leary
The Ryanair CEO said that he thinks child benefit should be abolished, calling it an “absurdity”.
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Nov 21st 2011, 9:53 PM
# Get the popcorn
I'll stand by you: Kenny throws down Croagh Patrick gauntlet to Trap
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has promised to personally accompany Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni on his climb up Croagh Patrick.
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Nov 21st 2011, 3:49 PM
# Knock
Ryanair announces four new routes from Knock Airport
The airline will be running 14 routes out of Ireland West Airport from April of next year.
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Nov 21st 2011, 2:00 PM