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The new Airport Outlet offers fashion, food and wine at greatly reduced prices |
SWITZERLAND. A discount fashion and food store began trading in Zürich Airport on 1 December.
The Airport Outlet, located landside next to Check-in 3, covers more than 1,000sq m and offers a broad range of clothing, accessories and jewellery from famous brand names, at discounts of up to -50%. Brands include Guess, Calvin Klein, Versace, Sand and Mexx.
The shop also stocks a variety of foodstuffs and wines at greatly reduced prices.
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A new service introduced at Zürich Airport’s Airside Center means passengers who buy bulky items before their departure can have them put aside free of charge and collect them upon their return |
Shop and Drop service
In other Zürich Airport news, the shops at Airside Center have introduced a new service called ‘Shop & Drop’. Passengers who buy an item before their departure can have it put aside free of charge and collect it upon their return. The scheme enables passengers who buy a bulky item of clothing, such as a winter coat before a trip to a sun-kissed destination, to leave it at the airport during their trip overseas. Users pick up their purchase from the Travelex desk in Arrivals 2 by presenting a receipt.
The new service is free of charge and can be used for all items purchased at Airside Center that are not classified as duty free goods.
Traffic news
In November 1,284,855 passengers were handled at Zürich Airport, an increase of +3.4% compared with November 2004. Passenger growth for the year to date was +3.7%.
O/D, or local passengers originating or departing from Zürich, rose by +1.9% to 876,540 versus November last year. Numbers edged up +1.0% for the year to date.
The year-to-date low-cost market share was at 7.9%, below last year’s figure of 8.8%.
Air traffic movements were -3.7% lower at 20,305 in November against the previous year and up +0.5% for the year to date.
The monthly average passenger per movement figure was at 73.3, +11.3% higher than in the previous year. This was due to more available seats per average aircraft and higher seat load factors, according to Flughafen Zürich (Unique).
Airport award
Zürich was voted Best European Airport at this year’s World Travel Awards in London on 13 November. The airport has received this prestigious award for two years in succession.
MORE STORIES ON ZÜRICH AIRPORT
The Nuance Group expands Zurich Airside Center retail offer with new Bally-Burberry shop – 08/11/05
Soft duty free performance dampens Unique Airport Zurich’s first-half results – 26/08/05
