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Setur Duty Free wins Istanbul SGI Airport Contract

Published by Ozgur Tore
Monday, 16 June 2008
Turkish duty free retailer Setur Duty Free, part of the Setur Service Turistik Group, has captured the 20-year duty free contract at Istanbul’s second airport, Sabiha Gökçen International. Malaysia Airports Holdings, Limak and India's GMR Infrastructure has won the bid to expand and operate Sabiha Gokçen airport for 20 years. The consortium will operate the existing terminals at SGIA. It will also construct a new integrated domestic and international terminal capable of handling 10 million passengers per annum. The new terminal that will house 4,500sq m of duty free space, 3,300sq m in Departures and 1,200sq m in Arrivals will be ready by 2009. The existing international terminal building has 324sq m in Departures and 71sq m in Arrivals. Setur, which operates duty free outlets at Istanbul Atatürk International Airport as well as various border checkpoints, plus ports and inflight shops, will make an infrastructure investment of €10 million in the stores. The product portfolio at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Duty Free, operated by Setur, will include wine and spirits, tobacco, fragrances and cosmetics, as well as fashion accessories and electronics. “We are glad to work with one of Turkey’s most distinguished business establishments” said Yetik Mert, CEO of Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Investment Development and Operation (ISG), speaking at the signing of the agreement. He added: “Setur is a leading company in duty free retail operations with a service record of almost 50 years. I have every confidence that Setur’s service quality will help enhance the passenger experience at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen, and thus contribute to our efforts to become a leading airport not only in Turkey, but also at a global level.” Üstün Özbey, General Manager of Setur Servis Turistik A.Ş. expressed his delight at winning the tender and the opportunity of a 20 year-long partnership with the consortium. He said that Setur’s experience of almost 50 years in duty free operations, combined with the vision of its new partner, would create a first-class environment for duty free shopping.
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