Duty Free World Council
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2013)
Reporting Period: 2013
Environmental Metrics
Social Achievements
- Generated around 107,000 jobs in 2013, some 6% of the total direct aviation-related jobs generated at or in the vicinity of European airports.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Airline policies and regulations more appropriate to domestic markets.
- Rise of online shopping.
- Economic factors, new airline hand luggage rules, and the growing challenge from online retailing.
- Market maturity, shifting consumer behaviour, competition from online retail, off-site parking options, and more restrictive airline cabin bag rules.
Mitigation Strategies
- Governments should seek to encourage duty free & travel retail, and be cautious about potentially damaging new regulations. Such a policy approach must entail the cost/benefit analysis of regulatory changes, not only against their impact on duty free and travel retail directly, but also the potential effect on transport financing and connectivity.