Duty free shops sans permits closed

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Aviation Project Minister Faizer Mustapha today suspended operations of all duty free shops operating without permits and outside tender procedure at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and instructed officials to call for fresh tenders.

Aviation Ministry spokesman said many of the duty free shops were operating with political patronage and did not pay the relevant fees to the BIA management. He said tenders for duty free shops had not been called since 2001.(Sadun A. Jayasekara)

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