Teddy Sagi’s Layam to open obligation free retailer at Haifa airport

A major milestone has been reached in efforts to rework Haifa Airport right into a busy and improved worldwide gateway for residents of the north. The Israel Airports Authority has introduced that Layam, an organization owned by Teddy Sagi Group, has received a young to arrange and function a brand new duty-free gross sales space inside the airport, a improvement that may considerably improve the flight expertise for passengers flying out from Haifa.

The choice to determine the shop got here as a direct response to the airport’s return to routine worldwide operations and the rising variety of passengers. Layam is a veteran firm within the duty-free shops sector, which operates related shops at Ben Gurion Airport and Haifa and Ashdod seaports. Layam will start building work on the Haifa obligation free space within the coming days. Based on estimates, the official opening of the shop to passengers will happen inside a couple of weeks, and can present an international-quality procuring expertise.

Unfold over tons of of sq. meters, a procuring space will likely be constructed, providing passengers a variety of duty-free merchandise. On the cabinets would be the best-known fragrance and cosmetics manufacturers, a wealthy number of alcoholic drinks, tobacco merchandise and cigarettes, in addition to electrical and electronics merchandise. One other main benefit for passengers at Haifa airport would be the availability of the “Hold and Fly” service, which permits them to make purchases earlier than takeoff and conveniently acquire the merchandise upon their return to Israel, with out having to hold them with them throughout the journey. The settlement with Layam ensures exercise for a interval of as much as 4 years, with the choice of an additional extension, which signifies a long-term dedication to growing the service on the airport.

The transfer to determine the duty-free retailer matches properly with the renewal and development of Haifa Airport, which is the third largest in Israel and was established by the British in 1934. Lately, the Israel Airports Authority has invested main sources to improve the infrastructure of the airport, and it has resumed full operations, each on the home path to Eilat and on worldwide flights.

The airport’s exercise has been considerably strengthened by changing into the hub of the Air Haifa airline. This service at the moment operates direct flights to Larnaca in Cyprus and Athens in Greece. The airport additionally serves extra wants, similar to helicopter flights to the offshore gasoline rigs and small-scale personal and govt flights to worldwide locations.

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Layam was based in 1936 and has two foremost actions: working duty-free shops and supplying tools and items to ships in Israeli ports. Obligation-free actions embody duty-free shops at Ben Gurion airport, duty-free shops in Israeli ports, a duty-free retailer for diplomats in Tel Aviv, duty-free shops on passenger ships and supplying duty-free merchandise to numerous entities similar to airways, United Nations forces and business our bodies.

Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on June 4, 2025.