Jamdiver
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You guys know what this mean don't you........ no more rum from me .
Especially as it's a breakable item, I really don't see people checking alcohol into their checked luggage.
A lot of the inbond duty free shops whether they sell perfume, liquor or other trinkets will have their sales adversely affected by this.
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060811/lead/lead4.html
Especially as it's a breakable item, I really don't see people checking alcohol into their checked luggage.
A lot of the inbond duty free shops whether they sell perfume, liquor or other trinkets will have their sales adversely affected by this.
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060811/lead/lead4.html
jamaicagleaner.com:Airport liquor merchants hit hard
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Airport liquor merchants left high and dry [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]published: Friday | August 11, 2006[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner Writer[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]WESTERN BUREAU: [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Liquor[/FONT][/FONT] merchants at the Sangster International Airport reported significant loss in revenue yesterday as the United States Department of Homeland Security banned the carrying of liquids on to flights. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"It has had (an) adverse effect on us, because there were a lot of passengers who could not be bothered with purchasing liquor, then to have it taken at the gate and checked," David Topping, manager of Jamaica Farewell, one of the four liquor stores in the airport told The Gleaner. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Topping, who is also co-chair of the Airports Tenants Association, said the situation worsened about 4:00 p.m. when they were further advised that none of the 250 passengers on Thomson Holidays charter flight FC4244, which was scheduled for Manchester, England, was being allowed to make any purchase whatsoever. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"A woman just returned coffee and [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]cake[/FONT][/FONT] that she had purchased, the passengers going out on the England flight are not even being allowed to take gifts," he said. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Richard Reed, vice-president of operations, Sangster International Airport, told The Gleaner that the request for the Manchester-bound passengers not to make any purchase was a decision taken by Thomson Holidays.[/FONT]