Terminal 3 duty-free project first phase completion inaugurated at King Khalid International Airport : Moodie Davitt Report

SAUDI ARABIA. Riyadh Airports Company has this week inaugurated major duty-free projects for terminals 3 and 4 at King Khalid International Airport (KKIA).

**Entrance to the expanded Terminal 3 duty-free space** **(All images courtesy of Abdullah Al-Hudaib)**

Duty free at King Khalid International Airport is operated by Lagardère Travel Retail under a recent two-year extension to its contract, trading as Riyadh Duty Free.

كما دشن معالي رئيس الهيئة العامة للطيران المدني الأستاذ عبدالعزيز الدعيلج يرافقه الرئيس التنفيذي لـ #مطارات_الرياض الأستاذ أيمن أبوعباة السوق الحرة في صالة السفر الدولية 3 بـ #مطار_الملك_خالد الدولي، ليسهم في تعزيز تجربة مسافري المطار، كجزء من مستهدفات رؤية المملكة 2030 pic.twitter.com/O9f3QRDbao
— مطارات الرياض (@riyadhairports) April 2, 2024

**Officials and guests tour expansion space at King Khalid International Airport this week**

His Excellency the President of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) Abdulaziz Al-Duailej was accompanied by Riyadh Airports CEO Ayman Abdulaziz AboAbah to inaugurate the first of three phases of the expanded T3 duty-free shop and mark the start of duty-free development work in T4.

Riyadh Airports Business Development Senior Manager Commercial Abdullah Al-Hudaib told The Moodie Davitt Report both duty-free terminal projects – which will add more than 3,000sq m of duty-free space (55% of it in T4 and 45% in T3) – are to be completed by the end of this year.

**Inside the expanded Terminal 3 duty-free space, which features a much-extended range of categories and products**

Riyadh Airports said the duty-free projects will “contribute to enhancing the airport passenger experience”, as part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 objectives.

**The new duty-free space in Terminal 3 features this gondola, which invites shoppers to ‘Take back a piece of Arabia’ from a range of local products**

In a post on LinkedIn, Riyadh Airports Chief Commercial Officer Abdulaziz Al-Asaker noted the T3 duty-free expansion has seen the number of products available in-store rise from 4,000 to 6,000.

Riyadh Airports Business Development Senior Manager Commercial Abdullah Al-Hudaib pictured inside Terminal 3’s expanded duty-free space. Pictured below are Riyadh Airports commercial and engineering project team members, left to right: Saad Al-Fahad, Khalid Al-Qublan, Abdullah Al-Hudaib, Abdulaziz Al-Asaker (Chief Commercial Officer), Waleed Al-Dayel (Chief Procurement Officer), Nawaf Al-Qahtani, Amro Al-Sharif and Dakhel Al-Dakhil.

He added: “This enhances growth opportunities and contributes to improving the services provided to travellers and visitors, and with the completion of the project the number of products will reach 8,000 products, which will contribute to enhancing revenues with the strong growth witnessed by the travel sector.”

News of the latest duty-free developments follows an announcement earlier this week of the release of new tender packages for food & beverage operators across KKIA international terminals 1 and 2. Read our story here. ✈

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