Airport Experience® News - Leadership Issue 2024

DATA CHECK

2023 Top 5 Airports: Food & Beverage Sales

2023 Top 5 Airports: Specialty Retail Sales

2023 Top 5 Airports: Newsstand / Travel Retail Sales

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2023 Top 5 Airports: Duty Free Sales

2023 Top 5 Airports: Total Sales

FULL DATA ON ALL 85 AIRPORTS SURVEYED CAN BE FOUND IN THE 2024 AX FACT BOOK, ON SALE NOW.

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where it ranked third in sales at $372.9 million. The airport’s sales per enplaned passenger came in at $12.77. Denver International Airport (DEN) was also a food and beverage powerhouse, registering F&B sales of $402.2 million in 2023, second only to ATL. The airport also performed well in newsstand/ travel retail sales, ranking fifth among participating airports with sales of 91.34 million. Overall, DEN’s concessions sales came in at 553.74 million, placing it fifth among participating airports. Sales per enplaned passenger came in at $14.24, ranking 18 th among participating airports. Despite being in the top five in enplanements, Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) also was outside the leading airports in terms of sales per enplaned passenger. The airport ranked 21 st among participating airports with average sales of $13.44. ORD was among the leaders in overall food and

beverage sales, ranking fifth at $350.38 million, but otherwise was outside the top five in terms of total sales. In contrast, New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) was a leading performer in retail in 2023. The airport, which ranked sixth in overall enplanements, was second in total concessions sales at $698.34, slightly behind sales leader LAX. JFK ranked among the top five in the three retail categories but fell outside the top five in food and beverage. In duty free, JFK was the top performer with total sales of $164.7 million. Specialty retail sales at JFK came in at $67.4 million while newsstand/travel retail sales reached $143.61 million. JFK led the field in sales per enplaned passenger at $22.51 and was the only surveyed airport to exceed the $20 level. The average among the top 41 airports was $14.79. Full data on all 85 airports surveyed can be found in the 2024 AX Fact Book, on sale now.

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) had a much better showing in sales per enplaned passenger, ranking second with an average spent of $19.53. LAX served 37 million departing passengers in 2023. Total concessions sales for LAX came in at $723 million in 2023, and the airport ranked among the top five in three of four key concessions categories. LAX had the fourth-highest food and beverage sales among leading airports surveyed, turning in total sales of $367 million. LAX ranked first in newsstand/travel retail sales at $148.65, and second in duty free sales at $159.92. LAX missed the top five rankings in specialty retail sales. Ranking third in enplanements, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) reported concessions sales of $520.84 million in 2023, putting it fifth in concession revenue generation among surveyed airports. DFW shone in food and beverage concessions,

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AX NEWS DECEMBER 2024 / JANUARY 2025