With 100 visitors a day, Lohegaon airport’s duty-free shops a hit

The first and only duty-free shopping area in the city that came up at Pune’s Lohegaon airport three months ago seems to have fared well. Open only for international travellers, the shops — one at the arrival and the other at the departure zone— have been generating an average footfall of 100 passengers on each operational day that is more than the management had expected.
“Currently we have only two flights on a weekly basis —a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt and an Air India Express flight to Dubai. The Lufthansa flight has around 50 passengers, out of which at least 25 visit the shops everyday on an average. A majority of the visitors from Dubai flights are Indians. The response has been satisfactory and considering the demand we are looking at adding electronic goods in the shop,” said Vivek Singh, location manager, Flemingo Duty Free shops.
The shop at the arrival zone started on December 21 last year and the one at the departure zone started in February, 2010.
16/10/10 Pranav Kulkarni/Indian Express

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Categories: Airports Apr 2010