New Shannon Airport director

THE Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) yesterday confirmed that Shannon Airport’s head of finance and corporate affairs, Mary Considine is to assume the role of airport director next month.

The DAA yesterday confirmed the appointment after announcing that the outgoing Shannon Airport director, Martin Moroney has retired from the DAA after 31 years of service with the group.

Mr Moroney served as director since 2002 and his successor, Ms Considine, a native of Lissycasey, Co Clare, joined the company in 1990.

Ms Considine has worked in various financial and marketing roles within Shannon Airport during the past two decades, and qualified as a certified public accountant in 1992.

DAA chief executive Declan Collier said: “As director of Shannon Airport, Martin Moroney has been a key member of the DAA executive team over the past eight years.”

He added: “On behalf of DAA chairman, David Dilger and the board I wish to thank him for the enormous contribution that he has made to this company over the past three decades and to wish him the very best in his retirement.”

Mr Collier also congratulated Ms Considine on her appointment as Shannon Airport director.

Mr Moroney started his career with Aer Rianta International and rose to become its business development manager before transferring in 1996 to the then Aer Rianta as Shannon Airport general manager, traffic marketing.

Ms Considine assumes the role during a time of plummeting passenger numbers at Shannon with the expiry earlier this year of the five year Ryanair deal, where the airport is projecting a one million drop in passengers this year from 2.8 million to 1.8 million.

The SAA unveiled its five-year strategy on Wednesday, where Mr O’Connell confirmed that the airport would be seeking to increase passenger numbers to 2.5 million by 2015.