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Better airport shopping
Not so long ago, the best you could hope for in terms ofin punctoin terms of airport shopping was a pair of sunglasses and a souvenir baseball cap. Those days are gone, though, as more and more airports to update sth.hier: etw. modernisierenupdate their terminals to provide sophisticated shops, restaurants and even upmarket (UK)exklusivupmarket grocery storeLebensmittelgeschäftgrocery stores.
Increased security means that passengers are having to show up earlier for flights — a drawbackNachteildrawback for travellers, but a boonSegenboon for retailEinzelhandelretail and food outletLadenoutlets. People are now spending more time browsesich umsehenbrowsing, and buying — as much as 30 per cent more than in the past, according to OTG airport concessions. Angela Gittens, director general of Airports Council International, told The New York Times that by improving their services, airports “can keep their aeronautical chargesFlughafengebührenaeronautical charges down and to entice sb.jmdn. anlockenentice more airlines”.
The trend of making airports more attractive began 20 years ago, in places like Hong Kong, BeijingPekingBeijing, Doha and Singapore. US airports are only now starting to to catch upaufholen, nachziehencatch up, according to Rick Cotton, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. “Our airports cannot compare in their present state to the major international airports in Europe or Asia,” Cotton commented. The Port Authority operates, for example, the John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport, as well as LaGuardia and New York Stewart International Airport.