Hong Kong airport to increase security fee levied on every departing passenger
Every passenger leaving Hong Kong’s airport will pay an extra HK$5 in security fees from October, it was announced Monday. The charge at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) will increase from HK$45 to HK$50. The fee – collected by airlines – will rise again in 2021, to HK$55. HKIA’s operator, the Airport Authority, said the extra money would pay for things such as upgrading the airport’s CCTV and baggage screening systems, introducing new equipment with biometric technology and increasing manpower. Based on the estimated number of departing passengers – half of the 74m travellers both arriving at and departing HKIA in the year to last June – the increase could net the authority an extra HK$180m a year.<br/>
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Hong Kong airport to increase security fee levied on every departing passenger
Every passenger leaving Hong Kong’s airport will pay an extra HK$5 in security fees from October, it was announced Monday. The charge at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) will increase from HK$45 to HK$50. The fee – collected by airlines – will rise again in 2021, to HK$55. HKIA’s operator, the Airport Authority, said the extra money would pay for things such as upgrading the airport’s CCTV and baggage screening systems, introducing new equipment with biometric technology and increasing manpower. Based on the estimated number of departing passengers – half of the 74m travellers both arriving at and departing HKIA in the year to last June – the increase could net the authority an extra HK$180m a year.<br/>
