*Photograph: Arthur Ellis
UNITED AIRLINES have resumed its daily nonstop seasonal service between Shannon Airport and New York/Newark.
Monday’s departure from Shannon Airport marked the first scheduled flight with United Airlines from Shannon since the end of October 2019 at the end of its seasonal service that year. It is set to operate until October 29th 2022 and departs daily at 12.30pm and will be on a Boeing 757-200 aircraft, featuring a total of 169 seats – 16 flat-bed seats in United Polaris® business class and 153 in economy, including 45 Economy Plus® seats.
CEO of Shannon Group, Mary Considine labelled United Airlines “a very valued airline partner of Shannon”. She added, “with its hub status and onward connections, the Newark service is extremely important for our business passengers and is a key component of our transatlantic connectivity for our region and the broader west of Ireland”.
Martina Coogan, United’s Sales Manager in Ireland expressed the airline’s delight at returning to Shannon Airport. “With the return of service to New York/Newark, our customers in the west of Ireland can take advantage of a direct connection to the U.S., as well as an unrivalled route network from United’s hub at New York/Newark, offering convenient nonstop connections to over 90 destinations across the Americas”. United has flown from Ireland since 1998.
Shannon was the first US immigration pre-inspection facility in Europe established in 1986, later becoming a full pre-clearance operation in 2009, and the following year, the airport was the first in the world to offer full preclearance for private aircraft. The international airport recently introduced a new security screening system which halves time spent in this area and eliminates the 100ml only rule, Shannon is the only state airport in Ireland to operate this cutting-edge technology.
