Immigration clearance will benefit Shannon region, says UL chief

THE decision by the US authorities to enable transatlantic passengers to complete all customs and other inspection clearances at Shannon, opens up huge opportunities for the airport and the wider region, former president of the University of Limerick, Ed Walsh, said yesterday.

He said the new arrangement would make a huge range of smaller US airports directly accessible to passengers flying out of Shannon.

Mr Walsh said: “We know that Ryanair likes using smaller minor airports and this new arrangement will obviously be of interest to Michael O’Leary as he looks across the Atlantic. Shannon will now also be of great interest to the Fortune 500 top executives in the world who fly by corporate jet.