PAC Kingston Airport Limited (PACKAL) will next month invite bids for a major expansion of shops, restaurants, and duty-free concessions at Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) as the airport operator looks to tap growing traffic from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe to offset weaker arrivals from the United States.

The request for proposals, scheduled for release beginning June, will cover dozens of concession spaces across the airport, including new food and beverage outlets, retail stores, bars, and a significantly larger walk-through duty-free operation in the arrivals area. The tender marks the most substantial commercial offering at the airport in years and signals the start of a broader push to increase non-aeronautical revenues.

“We’ve been saying this for the past three years, but it is really coming to fruition this year. I promise,” Chief Executive Officer Sitara English-Byfield told stakeholders during PACKAL’s annual airport forum at the S Hotel in Kingston on Tuesday.