Dufry has signed a duty free concession contract to retail at Tom Jobim International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The contract, signed with RIOgaleão, gives Dufry the rights to operate duty free retail until 2020 at the airport. Dufry already operates six duty free shops in the airport, four in departures and two in arrivals, totalling 4,000sqm. The new agreement will see Dufry double its retail area to 8,000sqm from March 2016, by which time RIOgaleão will have completed its airport refurbishment and remodelling plans; until then Dufry will operate within the existing retail space.
Tom Jobim International Airport is the second largest airport in the country and saw 17 million passengers walking through its doors in 2013, of which 4 million were international. The airport is operated by a consortium led by Changi, Odebrecht and Infraero since August 2014.
The airport is undergoing a substantial improvement programme ahead of the Olympic Games in 2016.
