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Sales rise 18% for airport retailer Qatar Duty Free

Hamad International in Doha, Qatar. The airport had 52.7m passengers in 2024 Wuppertaler/Wikimedia/Creative Commons
Hamad International in Doha. The airport had 52.7m passengers in 2024

Airport retailer Qatar Duty Free has reported an 18 percent sales increase for 2024.

The rise was higher than passenger growth at Hamad International Airport in Doha, which increased 15 percent to 52.7 million. 

Qatar Duty Free, a subsidiary of Qatar Airways that owns and operates the airport’s shopping and food outlets, did not release a breakdown of its sales figures but said it had had a “record-breaking” year. 

Dubai Duty Free reported sales of AED7.9 billion ($2.2 billion) in 2024, almost exactly equalling its 2023 performance.

Qatar Duty Free operates more than 200 outlets at Hamad International. It said 18 units opened last year and 25 would open in 2025, which will be the retailer’s 25th anniversary.

Its performance was aided by an 87 percent surge in traffic to China and double-digit growth in traffic to European destinations, including the UK, Germany, Spain and France. 

The airport has 55 airlines operating to 197 destinations. It said point-to-point passenger volumes surpassed those during the Qatar World Cup. 

In July Qatar Airways reported record profits of more than QR6 billion (almost $2 billion) for the 2023-24 financial year.

Revenues at the state-backed company increased by 6 percent year on year to QR81 billion.