EXPENDITURE

In the year of 2019-20, the departmental expenditure under the relevant Head of Government Budget amounted to $1,147 million, while the total operating expenditure (including costs of services provided by other government departments) for the same period amounted to $1,570 million according to the relevant accounting practice. Capital expenditure during the year amounted to $207 million mainly for systems and equipment.

REVENUE

The CAD provides services according to the “user-pay” principle, i.e., the relevant fees and charges should recover the full cost of service provision. Fee-charging services provided by the CAD include: the provision of air traffic services, en-route navigation services and licensing of local airlines, aircrews, maintenance organisations, aeronautical engineers, training organisations and the Hong Kong International Airport, and total revenue in 2019-20 amounted to $567 million. Separately, the CAD assisted the Government to collect taxes through airlines under the Air Passenger Departure Tax Ordinance (Chapter 140), the tax revenue collected amounted to $2,347 million in 2019-20.

Analysis of Revenue (2019-20)

$(million)
Air Traffic Services	52(9%)
En-route Navigation Services	443(78%)
Licences and Other Fees	72(13%)
567(100%)