SAUDI ARABIA. A partnership between Gebr. Heinemann, Jordanian Duty Free Shops and Astra has been chosen as preferred bidder for the duty free contract at Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA), The Moodie Davitt Report understands.
The contract encompasses both Terminal 1 (with a term of seven years) and the North Terminal (five years plus an extension option).
Terminal 1, opened in 2019, is the second largest single airport terminal in the world. The new duty free offering will feature almost 6,000sq m of retail space with a further 4,000sq m of walkway space that can be redesigned in part to increase the overall footprint. The airport company invites potential candidates to examine design recommendations for the use of this space and to create enhanced dwell time opportunities.
In the North Terminal, the retail offer, open to international travellers, is approximately 1,500sq m with what the airport company calls “a perfect walk-through experience for all passengers”.
This year KAIA is set be the fastest growing airport of its size in the world, and will serve around 50 million passengers in years to come. It served 31 million passengers in 2022 and 37 million in the peak year to date of 2019.
The airport company declined to comment. We will bring you further news soon. 
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