Aer Rianta International
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Aer Rianta International (ARI) is an airport and retail holding and management company based in Shannon, Ireland. It is a subsidiary of Ireland's state-owned Dublin Airport Authority, and was established in 1988 as part of Aer Rianta (the former name of DAA).
The airport division holds a 40% stake in Düsseldorf International Airport . It also formerly held stakes in Birmingham International Airport (sold off in September 2007 [1] ) and Hamburg Airport (sold off in 2006 [2] ) . The airport retail division also operate the duty free shops in Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport as well as at other Commonwealth of Independent States, Middle East and North America airports.
In March 2007, Aer Rianta International and Barbados-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. The business will feature a Runway brand of luggage, cosmetics, clothing, chocolates, liquor and tobacco stores.[3]