Our experience suggests arrivals stores could boost UK airport passenger spending by between 20 and 30 per cent.
The Coronavirus will punch a hole in Sunak’s sums sufficient to throw levelling-up, Boosterism, Brexit bonuses – what have you – off course.
Some MPs, such as Charlie Elphicke, have been pushing to bring it back not just to bring joy to passengers, but to help revitalise ports and other seaside towns.
It would be short-sighted in the extreme to deprive regional airports of this proven revenue-raiser just as other nations are adopting it.