24/10/2023

Dufry, soon to be Avolta, announces strategic partnership with Hubei Airport Group as master concessionaire at Wuhan Tianhe Airport’s Terminal 2

Dufry – soon to be named Avolta – strengthens its market presence and underlines its confidence in the China market by forming a joint venture with Hubei Airport Group to operate the Wuhan Tianhe Airport’s Terminal 2 as master concessionaire – an airport with over 27 million passengers in 2019. Within the partnership, Dufry fully leverages its newly enhanced capabilities resulting from the Dufry-Autogrill business combination to showcase innovative travel retail, F&B, convenience and hybrid concepts, optimizing revenue generation and elevating the travel experience across a footprint of 77 stores and 13,000 m².

20/10/2023

Invitation to Dufry’s Q3 Trading Update 2023

Dufry is delighted to invite you to our Q3 Trading Update 2023 Video Conference Webcast:Thursday, 02 November 2023at 14.30h CET

10/10/2023

Dufry Publishes Invitation to its Extraordinary General Meeting on November 03, 2023

Today, Dufry has published the invitation to its Extraordinary General Meeting 2023. The event will take place on November 3, 2023, at 09.30 a.m. CET (doors open at 09.00 a.m. CET), at Radisson Blu Hotel, Steinentorstrasse 25, 4051 Basel, Switzerland.The Extraordinary General Meeting invitation and agenda can be accessed here: 2023 Extraordinary General Meeting.

02/10/2023

Dufry Group to become Avolta: A unified brand, reflecting the Dufry-Autogrill business combination, taking the lead in the travel experience revolution across Retail and F&B

Dufry Group will transition to Avolta, a new brand identity representing the Dufry and Autogrill combination. More diversified and resilient together, both geographically and on business lines, Avolta reflects the company’s long-term vision by putting the travelers’ needs at its core. Unifying the travel retail and food & beverage (F&B) businesses under a single company name – the next step in an already effective integration, characterized by the company’s notable performance. 

20/09/2023

Dufry further increases financial flexibility, eliminates refinancing risk while continuing to focus on deleveraging

Dufry has successfully concluded the execution of the “Accordion” option for its current 2027-maturity Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) agreement. Based on strong interest from existing and new lending banks – teamed with long-standing Autogrill partners – Dufry achieved the maximum agreed increase, now securing access to EUR 2,750 million. Dufry maintains a well-balanced debt profile in regard to maturity, interest cost and flexibility with no refinancing risk in the near- and mid-term.  

04/08/2023 Ad hoc

Dufry delivers strong results with Turnover of CHF 5.7 billion, 31.5% Organic Growth, and successfully completes Autogrill combination

Dufry reports continued growth and strong performance with its first half 2023 results, delivering on all performance indicators. Autogrill was successfully delisted in July, coming together as One Team. Dufry reconfirms the announced synergies while executing its Destination 2027 strategy to deliver long-term sustainable performance.

27/07/2023

Dufry retains all relevant business in Spain, expanding floorspace by more than 30%

Dufry wins all bids tendered for in Spain Aena awards Dufry the lots of Andalusia-Mediterranean, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Catalonia and Madrid for twelve years, including 21 airports and 120 outlets covering around 60,000 m² and serving approximately 132 million travellers annually (2019)Space awarded represents an additional 30% compared to the previous setup, as well as a material increase in sales categories First time incorporation of F&B concepts into the Retail spaces signals big move towards Hybrid by one of the largest global airport operators The new contracts will be accretive to Dufry’s profitability and cash flow

12/07/2023

Dufry secures additional S&P Global Ratings Upgrade to BB with Outlook Stable, further increases its 2027 Revolving Credit Facility

Marking the second upgrade this year, after an earlier upgrade in March, S&P Global Ratings have now further upgraded Dufry’s credit rating to BB, Outlook Stable. S&P Global Ratings’ action was based on Dufry’s strong performance, the continued momentum in travel as well as the successful completion of the business combination with Autogrill. Additionally, Dufry increases its Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) to EUR 2’675 million.

10/07/2023

Invitation to Dufry’s Half Year Results 2023

Dufry is delighted to invite you to our Half Year Results 2023 Video Conference Webcast: Friday, 4^th August 2023 at 14.30h CEST

04/07/2023

Dufry opened its new duty-paid store at Vitória airport, after signing a ten year contract with Zurich Airport Brasil

Following the signing of a new ten year concession contract at Vitória airport, managed by Zurich Airport Brasil, to operate a duty-paid store, Dufry has now opened its new store.

01/07/2023

Combination between Dufry and Autogrill – Threshold of 95% of Autogrill’s share capital for the purposes of the squeeze-out has been crossed.

02/06/2023 Ad hoc

Combination between Dufry and Autogrill – Threshold of 90% of Autogrill’s share capital for the purposes of the delisting has been crossed

Based on the preliminary results of the reopening of the tender period commenced on May 26, 2023 and ended on June 1, 2023, additional 27,801,682 Autogrill shares (equal to 7.22% of the share capital of Autogrill) have been tendered in the Offer. Therefore, based on the preliminary results, taking into account the ordinary shares of Autogrill already held by Dufry and the treasury shares owned by Autogrill, Dufry will hold 94.50% of the share capital of Autogrill. Dufry will therefore be able to delist Autogrill.