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Brendan O'Regan established the world's first duty-free shop at Shannon Airport in Ireland in 1947; [6] it remains in operation today. Designed to provide a service for trans-Atlantic airline passengers typically travelling between Europe and North America whose flights stopped for refuelling on outbound and inbound legs of their journeys, it was an immediate success and has been copied worldwide.
In February 2017, Transavia announced the closure of their entire base at Munich Airport by October 2017 after only a year of service due to a change in their business strategy and negative economic outlook. [17] Munich Airport's dynamic growth continued in 2018 with new traffic records and an all-time high of 46.2 million passengers.
Dubai Duty Free – the company responsible for the duty-free operations at Dubai International Airport. DDF became the largest airport retailer in the world in terms of sales in 2012. [ 6 ] DDF represents over 5% of global duty-free sales, [ 7 ] generating 2014 revenues of $1.91 billion [ 8 ] and 2016 revenues of $1.85 billion. [ 9 ]
In 1960, American entrepreneurs Charles Feeney [5] and Robert Warren Miller [6] founded Tourists International, which later became Duty Free Shoppers (DFS), in Hong Kong.In 1962, two DFS stores were opened at the international airports in Hong Kong and Honolulu, the first duty-free shop in the United States.
APD: Air Passenger Duty, the tax of at least £7 payable by anyone aged two or above on a flight from a UK airport. Most passengers pay £13 for domestic and European flights in economy class.
Heathrow Airport (IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL) [6], also known as London Heathrow Airport and named London Airport until 1966, is the primary and largest international airport serving London, the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
Erfurt–Weimar Airport: Essen / Mülheim: North Rhine-Westphalia: EDLE ESS Essen/Mülheim Airport: Frankfurt am Main: Hesse: EDDF FRA Frankfurt Airport (Frankfurt am Main Airport, also: Rhein-Main Airport) Freiburg im Breisgau: Baden-Württemberg: EDTF QFB Freiburg Airport: Friedrichshafen: Baden-Württemberg: EDNY FDH
Pages in category "Duty-free shops" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... Haikou International Duty-Free City Shopping Complex;