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GMR to develop, operate & manage duty-free outlets at Kannur Airport

Under the concession agreement, GAL would design, finance and operate the Duty-Free shops at Kannur International Airport for a period of 7 years, which is extendable by 3 more years

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Gireesh Babu Chennai
GMR Airports Limited (GAL) has signed concession agreement with Kannur International Airport Limited (KIAL) to develop, operate, maintain and  manage the duty-free outlets at Kannur International Airport on an exclusive basis.

Under the concession agreement, GAL would design, finance and operate the Duty-Free shops at Kannur International Airport for a period of 7 years, which is extendable by 3 more years. This is the first duty-free concession outside GMR’s airport portfolio.

At present, the company operates such outlets at major airports like Delhi and Hyderabad.

A significant number of diaspora from the Kannur region works in the Middle East, and