Aer Rianta International cpt (ARI) is an airport

Airport

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 and retail

Retail

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 holding and management company, registered in Dublin and with its head office on the grounds of Shannon Airport

Shannon Airport

Shannon Airport, is one of the Republic of Ireland's three primary airports along with Dublin and Cork. In 2010 around 1,750,000 passengers passed through the airport, making it the third busiest airport in the Republic of Ireland after Dublin and Cork, and the fifth busiest airport on the island...

 in Shannon

Shannon, County Clare

Shannon or Shannon Town , named after the river near which it stands, is a town located in County Clare. It was given town status on 1 January 1982. The town is located just off the N19 road, a spur of the N18/M18 road between Limerick city and Ennis....

, County Clare

County Clare

-History:There was a Neolithic civilisation in the Clare area — the name of the peoples is unknown, but the Prehistoric peoples left evidence behind in the form of ancient dolmen; single-chamber megalithic tombs, usually consisting of three or more upright stones...

. Aer Rianta is a subsidiary of Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

's state-owned Dublin Airport Authority

Dublin Airport Authority

Dublin Airport Authority plc is the state-owned airport authority in the Republic of Ireland. With a head office on the grounds of Dublin Airport in Fingal, County Dublin, the authority also owned the Great Southern Hotels which had nine sites throughout the island of Ireland and international...

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The company was established in 1988 as part of Aer Rianta (now Dublin Airport Authority

Dublin Airport Authority

Dublin Airport Authority plc is the state-owned airport authority in the Republic of Ireland. With a head office on the grounds of Dublin Airport in Fingal, County Dublin, the authority also owned the Great Southern Hotels which had nine sites throughout the island of Ireland and international...

). The airport division holds a 20% stake in Düsseldorf International Airport

Düsseldorf International Airport

Düsseldorf International Airport is the largest airport in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and the third largest airport in Germany, handling 18.99 million passengers in 2010....

. It also formerly held stakes in Birmingham Airport (sold off in September 2007) and Hamburg Airport

Hamburg Airport

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 (sold off in 2006). The airport retail division also operate the duty-free shop

Duty-free shop

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s in Sheremetyevo Airport

Sheremetyevo International Airport

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 in Moscow

Moscow

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, as well as at other Commonwealth of Independent States

Commonwealth of Independent States

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, Middle East

Middle East

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 and also in North America

North America

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In March 2007, Aer Rianta International and Barbados

Barbados

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-based Caribbean Airways announced a new joint venture retail business named CaribbeanAri Inc. The venture is to be debuted in Barbados' Grantley Adams International Airport

Grantley Adams International Airport

Grantley Adams International Airport , is found in Seawell, Christ Church on the island of Barbados. The former name of the airport was Seawell Airport before being dedicated in honour of the first Premier of Barbados, Sir Grantley Herbert Adams in 1976. The airport's timezone is GMT –4, and is...

. The business will feature a Runway brand of luggage, cosmetics, clothing, chocolates, liquor and tobacco stores.