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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.
King Power – the largest duty-free retailer in Thailand, its duty-free shopping mall in Bangkok's central business district covers over 12,000 m 2, [13] and it has branches at Suvarnabhumi Airport and Thailand's other major airports. In 2015, King Power launched an online site selling duty-free and duty-paid items. [14]
Alpha Airport Shopping has had a presence in airports in the United Kingdom in different guises since the very early days of airport retailing in 1955, [5] while World Duty Free was founded by Heathrow Airport Holdings (BAA) to run tax and duty free operations in all its airports in the United Kingdom.
Heathrow Airport (IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL), [6] also colloquially 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.
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 Terminal 2, also known as The Queen's Terminal, is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, the main airport serving London, United Kingdom.The new development was originally named Heathrow East Terminal, and occupies the sites where the previous Terminal 2 and the Queens Building stood.
^1 Clocks on Lord Howe Island are advanced only 30 minutes for Daylight Saving Time. ^2 Airport is located in Saxony. ^3 LON is common IATA code for Heathrow Airport (IATA: LHR), Gatwick Airport (IATA: LGW), Luton Airport (IATA: LTN), London Stansted Airport (IATA: STN), London City Airport (IATA: LCY), London Southend Airport (IATA: SEN) and London Biggin Hill Airport (IATA: BQH).
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.