Originally Posted by
AAEXP
One of the first things Infraero needs to do in 2011 is review the concessions of Dufry....they are grossly overpriced...but so are most concessions at the airports in Brazil. Hope Dilma will do something about this, now that she is in charge. Also the 500US$ limit has not been looked at in decades.....
LOL. We're in Brazil. I doubt that Dilma (who was hand-picked by her successor-- who may well run again in the future-- and is not about to break with his administration's policies), her Workers Party, and Infraero, will feel that lower prices and looseining restrictions at duty free stores, patronized by those with enough money for international travel (not the Workers Party core constituency), is a top priority.
Infraero is going to need big, big bucks to make quick reforms to many airports in order to accommodate the big crowds expected for the World Cup and Olympics. Many of the country's airports are too small, and outdated. Some are in real bad shape. Brazil is quite confident it will have plenty of tourists for the foreseeable future. But now they need to update the woefully inadequate infrastructure. I think you can forget about any lessening of fees at duty free stores. Some cynics might even feel there's cronyism, if not corruption, involved in awarding such contracts, so changing the concessionaire for efficiency's sake is unlikely.