AUSTRALIA. National carrier Qantas is removing duty free on its Sydney to Buenos Aires Ezeiza Airport route from this week in order to focus on what “customers value most”.
The airline said in a statement, first reported by local travel website “˜e travel blackboard’, that flights on that route, regardless of aircraft type, will no longer offer inflight duty fee shopping.
Qantas said that the integration of its flagship A380 product onto the B747-400 used on the route provides customers with a range of facilities and services, including:
• Panasonic eX2 InFlight Entertainment system
• Fully flat Skybed in business
• Award-winning design economy seats
• Self-service bar
It noted: “To implement these enhancements, we have prioritised the use of space on the aircraft based upon what our customers value most. This means that In Sky Shopping has been removed from these aircraft.
“To ensure consistency of service, In Sky Shoppingwill not be offered on any non-reconfigured aircraft operating the SYD-EZE-SYD route.”
Duty free will also not be available on the reconfigured B747-400 serving the Santiago, Chile route from 26 March, Qantas said.
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