Shops & Restaurants

Passenger satisfaction is high for RAK Abela, a new venture between well established Albert Abela Co. in Ras Al Khaimah and RAK Airways. Albert Abela Co. has over 35,000 employees working in 45 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Far East, providing catering services for a number of the world's major airlines and airports. Catering for the myriad gastronomic needs of a plane-full of passengers on a long-haul flight needs a lot of expertise and RAK Abela has just that! There's a need to accommodate a spectrum of cultures, sensibilities and diets.

The meals are constantly appraised and the menus are changed each month. RAK Abela offers passengers a range of meals to cater for as many different tastes and cultures as possible. Each meal must meet the rigid requirements of the airlines. Meals vary from Asian vegetarian, vegan, special meals for Muslim and Hindu customers, babies and children, while a seafood meal can be ordered by passengers who can eat only fish or products of the sea.

In addition to supplying food to the aircraft, RAK Abela provides a wide selection of products and services, including laundry, beverages, dry store and duty free items, newspapers, magazines and other airline amenities. After over 27 very successful years at the airport, RAK Abela continues to grow from strength to strength as the airport expands.

Duty Free Shopping

The duty free shops at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport have been operated by Albert Abela Co. since 1975.

The shops carry prestigious fashion labels, the world's leading urban lifestyle brands with a selection of apparel and accessories including shoes, watches and handbags for men and women. The store is open round the clock and offers a complete range of duty free goods at competitive prices to incoming, outgoing and transit passengers.

Albert Abela Co. offers a range of perfumes, a variety of clocks and watches, leather, travel and sports goods, electronics, cameras, hi-fi equipment, televisions, toys, gifts, souvenirs, gold and diamond jewelry and certain domestic appliances. The top 10 best selling duty free lines at the airport are beverages, cigarettes, food, fragrances, cosmetics, jewelry, watches, electronics, leather, textiles and toys.

Fashion is an alluring medium, a social and political mirror and important conduit for change. Keeping this in mind, Albert Abela Co. caters to a very discerning clientele of passengers. The duty free shop and the shopping complex have been recently given a face lift. Major changes have been undertaken which have catapulted the duty free area and made it one of the most sought after places to shop. It now has a wider product assortment, better product presentation, better shop illumination and easier movement of passengers.