Milan , 27 February 2007 - Aldeasa S.A., a leading international airport retail operator and a 50-50 joint-venture between Autogrill S.p.A. (Milan: AGL IM) and Altadis S.A. (Madrid: ALT SM), is starting up in India, having won a contract to manage four duty-free stores in Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai (former Bombay), the country’s biggest airport in terms of passenger traffic. The operation is a further step in Autogrill’s expansion in Asia, where it is already active, through its American division HMSHost, in the airports of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and Bangalore in India.
The company Autogrill S.p.A. was merged into the company World Duty Free S.r.l. effective as from November 1st, 2023 .
At the same time, the company World Duty Free S.r.l. was transformed into a joint-stock company with the name World Duty Free S.p.A..