Airport Experience® News - Leadership Issue 2024

DATA CHECK RISING TIDES Concessions Sales, Sales Per Enplaned Passenger Gained Ground In 2023, AX Fact Book Data Shows

BY CAROL WARD

2023 Top 5 Airports: Newsstand / TR Sales/Enplaned Passenger 2023 Top 5 Airports: Newsstand / TR Sales/Enplaned Passenger

2023 Top 5 Airports: Food & Beverage Sales/Enplaned Passenger 2023 Top 5 Airports: Food & Beverage Sales/Enplaned Passenger

2023 Top 5 Airports: Specialty Retail Sales/Enplaned Passenger 2023 Top 5 Airports: Specialty Retail Sales/Enplaned Passenger

$25.00 $25.00 $20.00 $20.00 $15.00 $15.00 $10.00 $10.00

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$8.00 $8.00 $6.00 $6.00 $4.00 $4.00 $2.00 $2.00 $0.00 $0.00

$5.00 $5.00 $0.00 $0.00

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2023 Top 5 Airports: Duty Free Sales/Enplaned Passenger 2023 Top 5 Airports: Duty Free Sales/Enplaned Passenger

$6.00 $6.00 $4.00 $4.00 $2.00 $2.00 $0.00 $0.00

ata compiled from 41 leading North American airports showed combined airport food

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) had enplanements of 52.25 million in 2023 and total concessions sales (excluding lounges and passenger services) of $601 million. The world’s largest airport, ATL ranked third in concessions revenue generation among surveyed North American airports. It also led in overall food and beverage sales ($403.9 million) and specialty retail sales ($93.1 million). ATL trailed behind other leading airports, however, in newsstand/travel retail sales and duty free sales. In both categories. ATL did not rank among the top five. ATL’s high passenger volume put it among top performers in overall concessions sales, but the airport ranked 34 th in terms of sales per enplaned passenger. Travelers departing from ATL spent an average of $11.50 per person, well before the average of $14.79 recorded by the 41 leading airports in the rankings.

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and beverage and retail sales of just under $11 billion in 2023, according to new data released in the 2024 Airport Experience Fact Book. This marks the first time AX has recorded sales in excess of $10 billion. The date includes sales from food and beverage as well as specialty, duty free and newsstand/travel retail sales. It does not include sales from lounges/suites and passenger services. The average sales per enplaned passenger among those 41 airports rose to $14.79 in 2023, compared to $13.36 the year prior. In all, 85 airports shared date on enplanements, sales and contract expirations in the 2024 Airport Experience Fact Book. As expected, top performers in overall concessions sales were among the top 10 airports ranked by enplanements as well.

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2023 Top 5 Airports: Total Sales/Enplaned Passenger 2023 Top 5 Airports: Total Sales/Enplaned Passenger

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AX NEWS DECEMBER 2024 / JANUARY 2025