Comments for Airport Business http://www.airport-business.com The Leading Airport Magazine Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:32:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on One bag rule severely impacting retail revenues by Gerg http://www.airport-business.com/2010/07/one-bag-rule-severely-impacting-retail-revenues/comment-page-1/#comment-607 Gerg Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:25:27 +0000 http://www.airport-business.com/?p=2444#comment-607 This "arrival shop" talk is nonsense. People often want to buy something from the country they depart, not from the country they arrive at. Most local goods of the departure airport will not be on sale on arrival. This “arrival shop” talk is nonsense. People often want to buy something from the country they depart, not from the country they arrive at. Most local goods of the departure airport will not be on sale on arrival.

]]> Comment on One bag rule severely impacting retail revenues by Smith http://www.airport-business.com/2010/07/one-bag-rule-severely-impacting-retail-revenues/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Smith Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:52:07 +0000 http://www.airport-business.com/?p=2444#comment-455 This is a quotation easily found on google when searching "arrivals duty free" .... it is a quote from an ACI North America website dated Feb 2008. Why can there be one such assertion on one side of the Atlantic and a completely diverse view from the other? In fact, no regulations need to be changed in The EU for the reasons stated above, so why can Europe not embrace the change that it likely to come across the pond? "Arrivals Duty Free represents a unique win-win opportunity for the federal government to help Canadian duty free operators and their" ...Ottawa Feb 7th. "Arrivals Duty Free represents a unique win-win opportunity for the federal government to help Canadian duty free operators and their airport hosts while also increasing federal tax revenue," said CAC President and CEO Jim Facette" This is a quotation easily found on google when searching “arrivals duty free” …. it is a quote from an ACI North America website dated Feb 2008. Why can there be one such assertion on one side of the Atlantic and a completely diverse view from the other? In fact, no regulations need to be changed in The EU for the reasons stated above, so why can Europe not embrace the change that it likely to come across the pond?

“Arrivals Duty Free represents a unique win-win opportunity for the federal government to help Canadian duty free operators and their” …Ottawa Feb 7th.

“Arrivals Duty Free represents a unique win-win opportunity for the federal government to help Canadian duty free operators and their airport hosts while also increasing federal tax revenue,” said CAC President and CEO Jim Facette”

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]]> Comment on One bag rule severely impacting retail revenues by Steve http://www.airport-business.com/2010/07/one-bag-rule-severely-impacting-retail-revenues/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Steve Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:58:26 +0000 http://www.airport-business.com/?p=2444#comment-375 Couldn't agree more - there is general confusion surrouding "one bag", and many are just not buying. Close on 70% of the questions put into us are on "limits allowed on departure" and "why am I not allowed to buy it when I arrive." Couldn’t agree more - there is general confusion surrouding “one bag”, and many are just not buying. Close on 70% of the questions put into us are on “limits allowed on departure” and “why am I not allowed to buy it when I arrive.”

]]> Comment on One bag rule severely impacting retail revenues by Slaney http://www.airport-business.com/2010/07/one-bag-rule-severely-impacting-retail-revenues/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Slaney Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:55:38 +0000 http://www.airport-business.com/?p=2444#comment-374 It makes perfect sense (particularly for the passenger who never gets asked) to device a "facility" for customers to pick up their goods (duty free or duty paid) on ARRIVAL thus helping the customer (hauling the goods around with them), the airline (flammable liquor on board and the cost of flying the weight of the duty free goods) and the airport authority (revenue earner for arrival shops)..... it is only the incumbent cartel of duty free owners who do not wish to look into this scenario! What out boys.... your D-Day is fast arriving! It makes perfect sense (particularly for the passenger who never gets asked) to device a “facility” for customers to pick up their goods (duty free or duty paid) on ARRIVAL thus helping the customer (hauling the goods around with them), the airline (flammable liquor on board and the cost of flying the weight of the duty free goods) and the airport authority (revenue earner for arrival shops)….. it is only the incumbent cartel of duty free owners who do not wish to look into this scenario! What out boys…. your D-Day is fast arriving!

]]> Comment on One bag rule severely impacting retail revenues by Smith http://www.airport-business.com/2010/07/one-bag-rule-severely-impacting-retail-revenues/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Smith Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:53:58 +0000 http://www.airport-business.com/?p=2444#comment-357 Sales made outbound from airports within the EU for intra EU travellers are not duty-free at all and for this reason there is no legal reason why these sales need to be made outbound and carried on board for "export". The business is conducted in this manner due to tradition only. LCC's who dominate the EU traffic make huge ancillary revenues from baggage and also they like on-board carry on restrictions as it improves the turn round/boarding time of aircraft. Perhaps airlines, retailers and airports should think creatively to not only generate more sales, but to overcome these problems with on the ground delivery and pre-order, rather than create rules to protect a practice which is not really necessary due to the lack of requirement for the exportation of EU purchased goods. Many EU retailers are already opening "arrivals" shops in baggage halls of EU airports, WDF have lead the way in The UK and Spain is now following this example, as are other airports. Much as this is a radical way forward, it does provide a solution to this impasse as it overcomes many negatives such as security, LAGS, convenience and weight. Furthermore, the customer should be king.....what would they like? Sales made outbound from airports within the EU for intra EU travellers are not duty-free at all and for this reason there is no legal reason why these sales need to be made outbound and carried on board for “export”. The business is conducted in this manner due to tradition only. LCC’s who dominate the EU traffic make huge ancillary revenues from baggage and also they like on-board carry on restrictions as it improves the turn round/boarding time of aircraft. Perhaps airlines, retailers and airports should think creatively to not only generate more sales, but to overcome these problems with on the ground delivery and pre-order, rather than create rules to protect a practice which is not really necessary due to the lack of requirement for the exportation of EU purchased goods.

Many EU retailers are already opening “arrivals” shops in baggage halls of EU airports, WDF have lead the way in The UK and Spain is now following this example, as are other airports.

Much as this is a radical way forward, it does provide a solution to this impasse as it overcomes many negatives such as security, LAGS, convenience and weight. Furthermore, the customer should be king…..what would they like?

]]> Comment on Exploring the airport of 2030 by Techmaster http://www.airport-business.com/2010/07/exploring-the-airport-of-2030/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Techmaster Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:08:13 +0000 http://www.airport-business.com/?p=2650#comment-326 Great article! Great article!

]]> Comment on Rutten of the Schiphol Group becomes President of ACI EUROPE by Reflecting on ACI World meeting « Airport Check-In http://www.airport-business.com/2009/10/rutten-of-the-schiphol-group-becomes-president-of-aci-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Reflecting on ACI World meeting « Airport Check-In Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:57:14 +0000 http://www.airport-business.com/?p=1956#comment-98 [...] presenters included Catherine Mayer of SITA (someone with more energy than any two other people), Ad Rutten of Amsterdam and also the CEO of Abu Dhabi Airport, John [...] [...] presenters included Catherine Mayer of SITA (someone with more energy than any two other people), Ad Rutten of Amsterdam and also the CEO of Abu Dhabi Airport, John [...]

]]> Comment on Rutten of the Schiphol Group becomes President of ACI EUROPE by Defining the airport-airline relationship « Airport Check-In http://www.airport-business.com/2009/10/rutten-of-the-schiphol-group-becomes-president-of-aci-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Defining the airport-airline relationship « Airport Check-In Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:44:46 +0000 http://www.airport-business.com/?p=1956#comment-97 [...] Ad Rutten from Amsterdam talked about how they built a terminal to meet the stated needs of a specific low cost carrier. But passengers hated it and started booking away; it was also increasing costs in other less visible ways. The airline missed the forest for the trees.  [...] [...] Ad Rutten from Amsterdam talked about how they built a terminal to meet the stated needs of a specific low cost carrier. But passengers hated it and started booking away; it was also increasing costs in other less visible ways. The airline missed the forest for the trees.  [...]

]]> Comment on Making RFID work - the most effective solution to lost baggage? by Paul Chartier http://www.airport-business.com/2009/03/making-rfid-work-the-most-effective-solution-to-lost-baggage/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Paul Chartier Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:19:11 +0000 http://www.airport-business.com/?p=937#comment-46 I was surprised to see the statement from IATA that there are many choices with RFID for baggage handling. In December 2005 IATA published its RP 1740C standard that specifies the air protocol, data set, and encoding rules for RFID for baggage handling. This was absolutely essential to achieve the interoperability for transfer baggage. The Baggage Improvement Programme is a next step towards implementation. The work by ODIN (see other comments) is about conformance of the technology. We have software products - used by IATA - for the conformance of the data, see http://www.convergent-software.co.uk/BaggageHandling.htm I was surprised to see the statement from IATA that there are many choices with RFID for baggage handling. In December 2005 IATA published its RP 1740C standard that specifies the air protocol, data set, and encoding rules for RFID for baggage handling. This was absolutely essential to achieve the interoperability for transfer baggage.

The Baggage Improvement Programme is a next step towards implementation. The work by ODIN (see other comments) is about conformance of the technology. We have software products - used by IATA - for the conformance of the data, see http://www.convergent-software.co.uk/BaggageHandling.htm

]]> Comment on Making RFID work - the most effective solution to lost baggage? by Patrick Sweeney http://www.airport-business.com/2009/03/making-rfid-work-the-most-effective-solution-to-lost-baggage/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Patrick Sweeney Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:54:09 +0000 http://www.airport-business.com/?p=937#comment-45 IATA put out a global tender and hired ODIN technologies (<a href="http://odintechnologies.com/solutions/aerospace-rfid" rel="nofollow">http://odintechnologies.com/solutions/aerospace-rfid</a>) to perform a detailed scientific study for quality and performance optimization on baggage tracking. The study is available to all IATA members. RFID baggage systems can also be part of a certified green system as they are the first step in reducing the vast baggage tags printed on paper. IATA put out a global tender and hired ODIN technologies (http://odintechnologies.com/solutions/aerospace-rfid) to perform a detailed scientific study for quality and performance optimization on baggage tracking. The study is available to all IATA members.

RFID baggage systems can also be part of a certified green system as they are the first step in reducing the vast baggage tags printed on paper.

]]> Comment on BAA remains industrious despite order to sell three airports by mr b burns http://www.airport-business.com/2009/06/baa-remains-industrious-despite-order-to-sell-three-airports/comment-page-1/#comment-38 mr b burns Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:24:12 +0000 http://www.airport-business.com/?p=1451#comment-38 I think that it would be a good idea to sell Glasgow Airport in Paisley scotland because it would help Glasgow Airport alot with tourist passing through the Airport and it mite atract more plane companys flying from Glasgow Airport to all around the world and it may bring more tourist in to the area and scotland as a whole and it mite bring new jobs into the area wich is badly needed. I think that it would be a good idea to sell Glasgow Airport in Paisley scotland because it would help Glasgow Airport alot with tourist passing through the Airport and it mite atract more plane companys flying from Glasgow Airport to all around the world and it may bring more tourist in to the area and scotland as a whole and it mite bring new jobs into the area wich is badly needed.

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