Editing Airport (section)

===Products and services===
[[File:HFX Airport 5.jpg|left|thumb|Food court and shops, [[Halifax Stanfield International Airport]], Canada]]
[[File:Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (Ank Kumar) 01.jpg|thumb|Duty-free shop at [[Kempegowda International Airport]], [[Bengaluru]], [[India]]]]

Most major airports provide commercial outlets for products and services. Most of these companies, many of which are internationally known brands, are located within the departure areas. These include clothing boutiques and restaurants and in the US amounted to $4.2&nbsp;billion in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gross|first1=Daniel|title=Your Misery at the Airport Is Great for Business|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/business/metropolis/2017/09/why_airport_retail_is_booming.html|access-date=September 8, 2017|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=September 7, 2017|archive-date=September 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907225602/http://www.slate.com/articles/business/metropolis/2017/09/why_airport_retail_is_booming.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Prices charged for items sold at these outlets are generally higher than those outside the airport. However, some airports now regulate costs to keep them comparable to "street prices". This term is misleading as prices often match the [[manufacturers' suggested retail price]] (MSRP) but are almost never discounted.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crockett |first=Zachary |date=2019-07-20 |title=Why is airport food so expensive? |url=https://thehustle.co/airport-food-expensive/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=The Hustle}}</ref>

Many new airports include walkthrough duty-free stores that require air passengers to enter a retail store upon exiting security.<ref>Menno Hubregtse, [https://books.google.com/books?id=U77RDwAAQBAJ ''Wayfinding, Consumption, and Air Terminal Design''] (London: Routledge, 2020), 44-47.</ref>

[[File:Smoking room at Abu Dhabi International Airport 07.jpg|thumb|upright|Smoking area inside Abu Dhabi airport.]]
Apart from major fast food chains, some airport restaurants offer regional cuisine specialties for those in transit so that they may sample local food without leaving the airport.<ref>USA Today newspaper, October 17, 2006, p. 2D</ref>