Shannon Airport Marks 75th Anniversary of First Transatlantic Passenger Flight
Yesterday, Saturday 24th October, Shannon Airport marked the 75th Anniversary of the first transatlantic commercial passenger flight to arrive into the airport. The American Overseas Airlines (now American Airlines) DC-4 landed on the 24th October 1945. The Irish Times reported on the day that one of the guest passengers remarked ‘the trip was as smooth as a train ride, despite a gale blowing over the Atlantic as they crossed.’ Marking the event, the airport said: “This marked the start of 75 years of transatlantic flights into Shannon but, moreover, triggered an industrial and tourism revolution across the Mid-West, West and South of Ireland, a legacy that we are very much looking forward to continuing in the future.”
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