Oneworld member Finnair has announced that it is discontinuing both in-flight and pre-order retail sales of cosmetics, accessories, gifts and other retail products this spring.
In-flight duty free sales will end on all flights on 28th February, but pre-orders will still be delivered until 18th April. After that, passengers will not longer be able to purchase popular Finnish items including Marimekko amenity kits and Iittala whiskey tumblers.
“Onboard and pre-order shopping has become a less important service among our customers”, says Valtteri Helve, Head of Product Offering at Finnair. And furthered “In spring 2020, we announced that we discontinue in-flight sales on our flights within EU as part of our goal to reduce the overall weight of the aircraft, and now it is time to take the next step.”
There is some good news however, the airline is offering 40% off all in-flight and pre-order shopping products of the 30 best-selling products from the retail catalogue before end of February.
In-flight shopping is available on Finnair's long-haul flights, and flights to the Canary Islands, Dubai, Egypt, Iceland, Israel, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. Customers can pre-order products for all flights with a duration of over 2 hours. Travel retail is not available on its Doha route.
Finland's national carrier will still sell food & beverages onboard and promises to “continue to develop” its service.
Qantas, United, KLM and American Airlines have all - in recent years - dispensed with inflight sales but there are rumours that Cathay Pacific will bring back its service later this year.
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