Airport bottled water price cap reduced further
Friday, April 6, 2018 @ 10:10 AM
A PRICE cap of €1.60 on bottled water in Spanish airports has been reviewed, and vending machines and bars will charge no more than €1 from now on, says aviation infrastructure body AENA.
It announced two-and-a-half weeks ago that in accordance with recommendations from the national ombudsman and in response to one of the main sources of passenger complaints that water would cost no more than €1.60 a bottle in any terminal in Spain, but has now opted to follow 2015 guidelines by the International Airports Council (ACI), which says bottles should be a maximum of €1 – or that, at least, plenty of available sources of water no more expensive than this should be on site both airside and in arrivals and departures.
With no sign of controversial liquids rules being reviewed any time soon, airports worldwide have often taken advantage of the fact that passengers cannot bring their own water bottles onto the plane and need to buy them airside, enabling retailers to charge excessively high prices.
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