Expenditure
In the year of 2023-24, the departmental expenditure under the relevant Head of Government Budget amounted to $1,322 million, while the total operating expenditure (including costs of services provided by other government departments) for the same period amounted to $1,733 million according to the relevant accounting practice. Capital expenditure during the year amounted to $292 million mainly for systems and equipment.
Revenue
The Civil Aviation Department (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 2023-24 amounted to $1,287 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 $1,943 million in 2023-24.
Analysis of Revenue (2023-24)
| $(M) | |
| Air Traffic Services | 824(64%) |
| En-route Navigation Services | 412(32%) |
| Licences and Other Fees | 51(4%) |
| 1,287(100%) | |