{"id":28155,"date":"2017-12-06T10:51:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T10:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=28155"},"modified":"2017-12-06T10:51:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T10:51:14","slug":"end-era-duty-free-shopping-qantas-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/end-era-duty-free-shopping-qantas-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"End of an era for duty-free shopping on Qantas flights"},"content":{"rendered":"
On December 31 we\u2019ll all say goodbye to the year 2017 \u2014 as well as a common feature that\u2019s long been part of Qantas flights.<\/p>\n
Many of us have even spent time on flights flicking through the duty-free magazine in the seat pocket, eyeballing the luxury watches, wines, perfumes and aftershaves we could buy from the comfort of our seats. But that looks to be a thing of the past \u2014 on Qantas flights, at least. And it ends on the last day of this year. Qantas will be shutting down its in-flight duty-free shopping service, including its In Sky Shopping catalogue, due to a decline in interest in the feature.<\/p>\n
Lenelle Williams from Alpha Flight Services, which was contracted to oversee Qantas\u2019 in-flight duty-free operation, confirmed the axing of the service to trade publication TRBusiness.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can confirm that Qantas have made the decision to discontinue their traditional offering of in-flight duty free and are taking the opportunity to realign their retail channels in response to changes in customer demand and retail-buying patterns,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe offering of In Sky Shopping Duty Free will cease from 1st January 2018, with the last flight departing the Australian ports on 31st December 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n
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