Record Sale: on Christmas Eve, a Chinese Passenger Shattered the SalesRecordof Aéroports de Paris Shops with a 46, 428 Euros Purchase

Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:36pm EST
 
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PARIS--(Business Wire)--
Aéroports de Paris (Paris:ADP) (Pink Sheets:AEOPF) 

On Christmas Eve, a Chinese passenger flying to Beijing from Paris-Charles de
Gaulle airport spent a record 46, 423 euros in a duty-free shop of Terminal 2E
(la Galerie Parisienne)! The passenger bought several grand cru French wines
including: 

- two Burgundy wine bottles: a 1991 La Tâche Jeroboam costing 19, 990 euros and
a 2002 Romanée Conti (4, 950€). 

- Several Bordeaux wines including a 1947 Lafite Rothschild (9, 000€), a 1986
Pétrus double magnum bottle (8, 200€), a 1982 Vieux Certan (390€), two Château
Palmer magnum 1994 (279€), a 1982 Château Margaux (1900€), a 1976 Château Latour
(890€), and a 1958 Haut Brion (550€). 

"The sale took place in two phases : a first purchase of 43, 088 euros, then the
passenger came back after a few minutes of reflection and bought three other
bottles for the sum of 3,340 euros" declared Lynda Chong, a salesperson in
terminal 2 E duty-free shop. 

The previous record was set March 20, 2007 when another Chinese passenger spent
the record sum of 23, 000 euros on several grand cru French wines in a duty-free
shop of terminal 2C at Paris- Charles de Gaulle airport. 

With an exceptional geographic location and a major trading area, the Group is
pursuing its strategy of modernizing its terminal facilities and upgrading the
quality of services, and also intends to develop its retail and real estate
business. In 2007, Aéroports de Paris Group had revenues of €2,292.4 million and
handled 86.4 million passengers. 

www.aeroportsdeparis.fr





Aéroports de Paris
Press contact:
Jérôme Dutrieux - +33 1 43 35 70 70
or
Analysts / Investor Relations:
Charlotte Guyot- +33 1 43 35 70 58 



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