Swiss duty free retailer Dufry only bidder to run shops at Madrid, Barcelona airports
04/07/2023 12:27
MADRID, July 4 (Reuters) - Swiss duty free retailer
Dufry DUFN.S was the only bidder for a contract to run the
shops at Spain's two largest airports in Madrid and Barcelona,
operator Aena AENA.MC confirmed on Tuesday.
Dufry, which already operates the shops in these two
airports, offered to pay 185 million euros ($201.67 million) in
rents for the retail space in the first year of the contract,
Aena told Reuters, confirming earlier reports from Spanish
newspapers Expansion and Cinco Dias.
Aena did not disclose how much Dufry paid in 2022 and
Dufry did not immediately respond to request for comment.
The Spanish airport operator had granted contracts for
retail space in its other airports in Spain to a series of
companies including Dufry and France's Lagardere LAGA.PA . Aena
said it did not get a satisfying offer for the Madrid and
Barcelona airports in May.
Before Aena opened a second tender for the two big airports,
Dufry insisted it found "the attractiveness of the Spanish
airport operations", adding it would "consider any opportunities
when they arise."
($1 = 0.9173 euros)
(Reporting by Corina Pons, editing by Inti Landauro and Louise
Heavens)
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