SAS have recently announced that they will be scrapping all on board duty free services in a bid to cut down on aircraft weight which will in the long run save fuel. They have said that this measure will be implemented in autumn with the goal of cutting emmisions by 25 percent by 2030.
According to the airline, the buying behaviour with is passengers has changed and sustainability has become more important. SAS’s targets for 2030 also include 17 percent use of biofuels.
It makes sense. I think Ryanair should scrap it. They sell lottery tickets on their planes. I think it is good. Not to mention that airports have duty free stores.
Depends. If airlines can make money from it then yes they should keep it but most don’t. I say keep the Airline merchandise and scrap everything else. If I want to buy something I will get it away from aviation ie in the air or at an airport. Much better that way personally.
A lot actually. One cart of duty free things is a little more or less than 100 pounds. Stack a bunch of these things on a plane and they can make a major difference.
I read this the other day, I believe that they are doing the right choice for the nature
We have bought things in the duty free service onboard, but the duty free at the airports are usually so much better than those on the plane
Anyways I think there also was a general factor of low sales anyways, and the less fuel cost will outweigh the profit (if it was) in the duty free products