Shannon Airport has accepted a number of unscheduled flights this afternoon following a major hold up at Dublin Airport due to strong winds.
Dozens of flights were placed in holding patterns including transatlantic services. This resulted in a backlog of aircraft awaiting clearance to land.
As a result, five aircraft have already diverted to Shannon after winds of up to 33 knots (61kmh) were reported in Dublin.
Similar windy conditions have been reported at Ireland West Airport in Knock but flights there have not been affected.
The flights which have diverted to Shannon are: KLM flight 1139 from Amsterdam; Ryanair 3976 from Barcelona and Aer Lingus services from Milan (EI-433); Vienna (EI-661) and Barcelona (EI-563).
While windy conditions continue at Dublin the backlog of inbound aircraft is slowly clearing. The Dublin Airport website is showing that the majority of flights are ‘delayed’.
The first of the flights diverted to Shannon is expected to continue to Dublin shortly with the others following later.
