Israel Airports Authority issues F&B tender for new Ramon Airport

ISRAEL. Israel Airports Authority (IAA) today issued a tender for a food & beverage concession at the new Eilat Ilan and Assaf Ramon Airport near Eilat, which opens in 2017. This is the first of 30 commercial tenders, IAA confirmed to The Moodie Davitt Report. As reported, the new facility will replace Eilat and Ovda airports.

The tender covers 175sq m of space in the public hall of the terminal, with a further 305sq m available for seating.

IAA said that licence fees will be US$125,000 and only companies with turnover of more than US$375,000 will be eligible to bid.

The new airport will mainly serve domestic and international incoming tourism to the city of Eilat and the southern resorts of Mitzpe Ramon and the Dead Sea. Ilan and Assaf Ramon Airport is described by the IAA as a “unique national project” as it is the first domestic/international airport in Israel to be planned and constructed from top to bottom. It is located in the spectacular Timna Valley and has been widely described in the Israeli press as one of the world’s most beautiful airports.

The airport is named after Ilan Ramon, Israel’s first astronaut and a national hero, who was killed in the 2003 Colombia space disaster, and his son Asaf Ramon, who died in a 2009 flight training accident. It will handle around 1.3 million passengers in its first full year (around 150,000 international), rising to 4 million in the near term.

Speaking to The Moodie Davitt Report in August, IAA Deputy Director General – Commerce and Business Development Yoram Shapira said: “Everything [at Ramon] is going to tender: duty free shopping, F&B, parking lot operators, advertising – everything you can imagine in an airport.”

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The new Eilat Ilan and Assaf Ramon Airport, located in the desert, honours two treasured sons of Israel. It is being described as one of the world’s most beautiful gateways.

IAA is promising a range of high-quality services and various commercial, catering and duty free shopping areas.

Eilat is a tax free zone and the airport services will operate on a common-usage basis for both international and domestic passengers. All will be able to buy duty free goods such as liquor, at the same price, IAA said, and other goods on a VAT-free basis (as in the local market). Details are still being finalised for a model that, if implemented, could impact duty free sales to outbound passengers from Tel Aviv Ben Gurion.

In the case of a domestic passenger the IAA will take a lower concession fee with the difference going to Customs. The concession will cover liquor, tobacco, beauty products, confectionery, destination merchandise and accessories.

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