Centrair's duty-free sales keep falling as China-route capacity stays cut
Chubu Centrair's passenger traffic returned to growth in July, but duty-free sales fell another 10 per cent, as reduced China-route capacity keeps squeezing the airport's highest-margin retail category.
Duty-free sales at Chubu Centrair airport fell 10 per cent year on year in July, to ¥1,118m, even as the airport's total passenger count returned to growth for the first time in four months, according to the operator's own monthly traffic and commercial results.