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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