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Tallinn announces post-accession retail plansTallinn announces post-accession retail plans
8-Apr-2004
The airport is to abolish duty-free retail entirely when Estonia joins the EU next month and will introduce arrivals shopping at its SAS Trading Euroshop outlet
Tallinn Airport has revealed it will abolish duty-free retail when Estonia joins the European Union on May 1, quoting limited numbers of non-EU passengers. Chairman Rein Loyk told RIA Oreanda that the airport will close a store operated by Gebr Heinemann after accession and will open the remaining retail outlet, SAS Trading's Euroshop, to arriving passengers for the first time.
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(3-Feb-2004) - ESTONIA. SAS Trading has extended its duty-free contract at Tallinn airport until 2009. The operator will double its space at the location after winning the tender for a new 130sq m (1,400sq ft) shop.
(21-Jan-2004) - SAS Trading is to open a 130sq m (1,400sq ft) shop at Tallinn airport, doubling its space at the facility and extending its contract to 2009
(18-Mar-2004) - The airport expects leisure traffic to soar when Estonia joins the European Union in May
(14-Dec-2002) - ESTONIA. A recent report by Ernst & Young said the loss of duty-free will be ?devastating? if the business is abolished when Estonia joins the EU. The government in Estonia ordered an investigation into the effects of a ban on business in the country. The findings make grim reading for the country?s tourism trade and ferry business. According to the report, retail sales help subsidise ticket prices, which could rise by 60%. This could lead to a 30% fall in passengers.
(8-Mar-2005) - SAS Trading has sold its Euroshop operations in Poland, Latvia and Estonia to the Swedish company