Expenditure

In the year of 2020-21, the departmental expenditure under the relevant Head of Government Budget amounted to $1,172 million, while the total operating expenditure (including costs of services provided by other government departments) for the same period amounted to $1,600 million according to the relevant accounting practice. Capital expenditure during the year amounted to $88 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 2020-21 amounted to $688 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 $101 million in 2020-21.

Analysis of Revenue (2020-21)