Financial News

(28-Oct-2003) The operator is hoping to benefit from a new terminal at Brussels Charleroi and an anticipated renovation of its stores at Brussels International?s non-Schengen terminal

(27-Oct-2003) Inflight technology provider Flightstore is preparing a stock market flotation in December

(25-Oct-2003) Dubai Duty Free set a new daily sales record yesterday (October 24) as takings reached $1.63m

(18-Oct-2003) Weitnauer Distribution has reported strong first-half results, attributing its success to improved customer service and cost reductions since the company split from the Weitnauer Group of Companies (now Dufry Group) in November 2002

(15-Oct-2003) DFS Group is heading towards break-even or even better this year, according to parent company LVMH. In nine-month results released today, the group said the steady recovery in international travel had set DFS on target for growth against last year

(15-Oct-2003) According to reports in the French press, the country's ministry of finance has launched a tender to find an investment bank to advise it on the privatisation of airport authority Aéroports de Paris

(14-Oct-2003) As expected, Argentinian president Nestor Kirchner has annulled the decree signed by his predecessor Eduardo Duhalde reducing the canon to be paid by airport authority Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 to the government

(14-Oct-2003) Dubai Duty Free set a new daily sales record of Dh4.9m ($1.4m) on October 10 and expects total sales this month to surpass the Dh114m ($31.8m) record set in July.

(14-Oct-2003) Airports Authority of India is to allow direct foreign investment in duty-free outlets for the first time

(26-Sep-2003) Alpha Airports Group today announced a 1% growth in sales to £213.7m ($338m) for the first half of 2003, a performance boosted by growth of over 8% across its retail operations