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Shannon Airport has been named Airport of the Year Award by the European Regions Airline Association (ERA). The airport also won the title in 2014 and 2015.
Shannon Airport wins Airport of the Year prize at the ERA event in Edinburgh, October 2018
The award was announced at the ERA’s annual General Assembly in Edinburgh. The association said the award recognises airports “which have had a positive impact on intra-European air transport operations and which recognise the importance of airline-airport partnerships”. Previous winners of the award include London City (2017), Budapest and Munich Airports. The Airline of the Year award was won by CityJet in 2016.
ERA has 50 member airlines including Flybe, Binter Canarias, Croatia Airlines, Hop! and Stobart Air
ERA Director General Montserrat Barriga said: “Shannon Airport has successfully managed a complete renewal of the airport’s runway. To do this, Shannon Airport achieved €15m of external investment and managed to keep the airport open throughout the project. Remarkably, the project was finished six weeks ahead of schedule and also under budget.”
Andrew Murphy, Managing Director, Shannon Airport said: “Our runway upgrade project, which was self-funded with the assistance of a commercial loan from ISIF, The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, was completed last year ahead of time and under budget. It is part of an overall €40m investment programme on a range of customer-focused projects. We reinvented our Shannon Duty-Free shop, the world’s first Duty Free. We added new dining facilities and upgraded our boarding gate area, transit, and executive lounges.”
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