Calcutta airport confident it will still attract overseas interest

Calcutta airport is getting a Christmas present — a duty-free shop that it does not need to be ashamed of.
Come December, sought-after brands like Gucci and Cartier will be available at the city airport, which will get its first proper duty-free shop. The Dubai-based Flemingo International, selected through bidding, will set up a shop each in the arrival and departure lounges.
The airport used to have an apology of a duty-free store earlier, but that, too, was shut down in July after the contract with ITDC expired. The store, set up in 1968, often ran out of stocks and the monthly turnover had dropped from Rs 40 lakh in 2006-end to Rs 10 lakh at the time of closure.
The company runs duty-free shops in 13 Indian airports, including Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, but none in eastern India. It does, however, have an outlet at Haldia port.
02/11/07 Sanjay Mandal/The Telegraph

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Categories: Airports Nov 2007