Airport prices

I have to disagree with a recent correspondent: The biggest rip-off is not on the price of a bottle of water. It is the price of a bottle of spirits in the so-called duty-free shop. Arriving on an Emirates flight from Australia last month, I was...

I have to disagree with a recent correspondent: The biggest rip-off is not on the price of a bottle of water. It is the price of a bottle of spirits in the so-called duty-free shop.

Arriving on an Emirates flight from Australia last month, I was charged €23.95 for a litre of vodka. This seemed too much to me but I was assured by the cashier that it was the price for an international passenger. It is also the price charged at local supermarkets!

Thus the duty-free shop offers the first rip-off to travellers arriving in Malta.

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