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Finance

Expenditure

In the year of 2017-18, the departmental expenditure under the relevant Head of Government Budget amounted to $1,003 million, while the total operating expenditure (including costs of services provided by other government departments) for the same period amounted to $1,368 million according to the relevant accounting practice. Capital expenditure during the year amounted to $37 million mainly for systems and equipment.

Revenue

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 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 2017-18 amounted to $1,118 million. Separately, CAD assisted the Government to collect taxes through airlines under the Air Passenger Departure Tax Ordinance (Chapter 140), the tax revenue collected amounted to $2,737 million in 2017-18.

Analysis of Revenue (2017-18)



   
$(M)
   Air Traffic Services
675
   En-route Navigation Services
375
   Licences and Other Fees
68
1,118