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Norwegian airport operator Avinor has launched tenders for 38 contracts totalling €830m for retail, food and beverage (F&B) and convenience opportunities across Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Bergen and Trondheim airports in Norway.
The announcement marks the first time Avinor has offered such a wide-ranging portfolio of contracts across its airports at the same time. While smaller operators will have the opportunity to bid for individual outlets, large international operators can bid on multiple contracts in order to achieve economies of scale.
Lasting up to five years, the contracts feature risk reduction mechanisms including the removal of fixed rents on retail premises and the implementation of exclusively turnover-based rent and operating costs.
Joachim Lupnaav Johnsen, Avinor’s Executive Vice President Commercial, said: “During normal operations, Avinor’s airports are among the largest and most attractive marketplaces in Norway, with a broad and diverse group of customers with strong purchasing power.”
Johnsen added that Avinor is seeking both local and international partners with sustainable concepts to enhance the passenger experience and appeal to a broad spectrum of travellers.
“We aim to create a wider selection of concepts at each airport and across our portfolio of sites, and we want to strengthen the regional sense of place,.” he said. “For example, we want it to be obvious that you have arrived in Bergen – rather than just any other European airport. We want there to be a good balance between the global and the local providers, and we thereby hope to see new, interesting constellations as a result.”
