Door to deliverance, or gateway to trouble?
Gavin Lipsith
15-Sep-2006
The new restrictions on sales of liquids to air passengers have led to the global spread of an airport retail system once confined to the US: gate delivery.
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The system has been in place for several years in North America, mostly owing to the lack of segregation between travellers and well-wishers at most US airports before September 11
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(1-Oct-2006) - Liquor sales at Tortuga Rum Company's stores at the Cayman Islands' Owen Roberts International airport have yet to recover following the imposition of new regulations restricting liquids on US-bound flights
(4-Sep-2006) - InterBaires estimates an 8% drop in sales during August compared to the same period last year but the company is optimistic that business is slowly returning to normal following heightened security restrictions
(15-Sep-2006) - ARGENTINA. InterBaires CEO Enrique Urioste has confirmed that the company's gate delivery system for flights from Buenos Aires Ezeiza International airport to destinations in the US is now fully operational and is working "better than expected". The system was implemented in response to last month's security alert in the UK
(20-Sep-2006) - Transport Canada has rethought the tough stance it adopted on restrictions to airport retail following the foiled UK terror plot of August 10
(25-Aug-2006) - Banned liquids and gels should be allowed on as hand luggage if carried in sealed bags, says ETRC

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