The Shannon Group has this week welcomed the new US Ambassador to Ireland in what was her inaugural visit to Shannon Airport since her arrival in Ireland earlier this year.
Ambassador Claire Cronin met with Pádraig Ó Céidigh, Chairman of the Shannon Group, and Mary Considine, Shannon Group CEO.
The new Ambassador was briefed on activities that go on at Shannon Airport and across the Shannon campus.
Transatlantic services from Shannon will recommence on March 10th with the return of the Aer Lingus Shannon to Boston service.
This will be followed by the Aer Lingus Shannon to New York service on March 11th.
On March 28th, the United Airlines Shannon to Newark service will return.
Ambassador Cronin also received a tour of the Shannon Duty Free, which was the world’s first duty free.
She was also given a demonstration of the airport’s new security screening system – the first of its kind in any state airport – which is halving processing time in this area.
Airport management is actively promoting the facility via site visits from Ambassadors to Ireland in a bid to boost passenger numbers in 2022 as the travel sector reopens following the easing of Covid restrictions.
Since 2009, the airport has offered passenger full pre-clearance for US Immigration which gives it a competitive advantage for passengers travelling to the US.
