No duty-free shops at Mumbai international Airport yet

New Delhi: The busiest airport in the country — Mumbai international Airport — is functioning without duty-free outlets for more than a year now. The swanky duty-free shopping experience promised after corporatisation of the airport is yet to materialise.
GVK Group-led consortium that is upgrading the Mumbai airport had awarded a mega contract for duty-free outlets to a joint venture between ITDC and Aldeasa of Spain which failed to take off. Then the contract was offered to DFS which is yet to launch its outlets. When contacted, Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) spokesperson said that new duty-free shops are expected in a week. “DFS would complete its first phase of work for duty-free shops at the airport in the next week. By May-end, the entire project should be up and running,” he said. MIAL is a consortium led by GVK Airports with Airports Authority of India (AAI) holding 26% stake. The airport operator had in November last year terminated the contract of ITDC-Aldeasa joint venture.
20/02/08 Nirbhay Kumar/Economic Times

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Categories: airports Feb 2008