NEWS ROUND-UP DFA to battle Dufry at Brazilian border
Duty Free Americas (DFA) is preparing to open its first Brazilian border store in October in Uruguaiana, the second largest city on the Brazilian border with Argentina. The store is located across the street from
the 850sq m Dufry outlet, which opened in July. The Dufry opening followed the unveiling of the inaugural Brazilian border stores in Barra do Quarai and Jaguarão.
Leon Falic, President, Duty Free Americas told TRBusiness that the Uruguaiana store will be relatively similar to the Dufry outlet. “In our business, it’s tough to
differentiate. Everybody carries the same products and the rule of thumb is that there is always demand for a certain product locally. This is the product we end up selling the most of.” “We will differentiate ourselves
perhaps in terms of service, pricing and promotions, but in terms of products, our offer will be similar.” Further Brazilian border stores
operated by DFA are also in the pipeline, according to Falic. “When we enter a country to open
BIAL shares T2 commercial plans
Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has outlined its commercial plans for the new Terminal 2, the first phase of which is due to open in 2021. At the start of the year, BIAL, which
operates Kempegowda International Airport (the first Greenfield Airport in India to be built as a public-private partnership), revealed details of a Rs13,000 crore capital development programme. This includes a new 255,000sq m
terminal, second runway, expanded access roads and internal road infrastructure, utilities and a new multi- modal transport hub. Speaking to TRBusiness during a visit to
BIAL’s headquarters close to Kempegowda Airport, earlier this year, Kenneth Rosvang Guldbjerg, Chief Commercial Officer said: “The new facility will be an integrated
domestic and international terminal with commercial space of around 22,000sq m in phase one. This will grow to 40,000sq m in phase two.” [See p45 for more on this story inside the India Report].
a single store it is very difficult. We are definitely going to open more Brazilian border stores.” The gradual opening of land border
duty free stores in Brazil comes after legislation was finally approved following the submission of a draft bill in 2012. The
approval of the legislation was announced by Gustavo Fagundes, ASUTIL President and Dufry General Manager Brazil at the inaugural Summit of the Americas in Orlando last year. DFA’s Brazilian operations include a
10,000sq m store in Rio Branco on the Uruguayan border with Brazil in addition to many of the country’s airports.
ETRC fights on for ‘right to fly and buy’
The ETRC tells TRBusiness that discussions on passengers’ rights to bring aboard duty free purchases are being ‘blocked at Council level’. “Air passenger rights and the right to
carry duty free onboard [is an issue] we’ve been trying to solve via EU legislation for a number of years,” says ETRC, Secretary General, Julie Lassaigne (p51). “We’ve been successful in the first phase
and still have an amendment with the EU Parliament that says passengers should be able to bring at least one bag of airport shopping onboard. “The discussions are still being blocked
at Council level. This is to do with a diplomatic issue between the UK and Spain, but we understand discussions will be moving soon. “We think it’s very important that the ‘right to fly and buy’ is enshrined in
legislation so passengers are reassured they can bring airport shopping onboard.” Separately, the industry is still awaiting
the conclusion of the UK Government’s call for evidence, on extending alcohol licensing regimes to airside environments, first issued in November last year. This arose from a House of Lords Select
Committee recommendation in April 2017 to revoke existing airside exemptions at 24 international airports in England and Wales under the Licensing Act 2003.
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