There is no doubt that without retail, airport charges would need to increase,” notes Jankovec. ETRC secretary general Julie Lassaigne told us: “Aviation needs to drive its biggest ever recovery effort and ETRC is eager to redress any misconceptions about airport shopping. Time and again it has been shown that price is a factor when travel shopping. High-rolling travelers spend disproportionately more on tax-free shopping. In 2019, 13% of them accounted for 42% of all tax-free shopping in Britain and the top 1% account for 20% of it.

Source: Forbes March 09, 2021 13:09 UTC