Airport Authority Hong Kong extends commercial relief packages

HONG KONG, CHINA. Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) has extended its relief package for commercial and other business partners for a further two months to the end of March, continuing its support to the airport community against the prolonged impact of COVID-19.

Rental relief for retail and catering tenants will continue. Most of the shops and restaurants in the terminal have suspended business and their rental is waived, AAHK pointed out. The base rent is also waived for those that remain open to provide essential services.

With Hong Kong battling a recent worrying surge in Omicron cases, its gateway airport looks set for an extended period of very low passenger traffic {Photo: Airport Authority Hong Kong}

Various other fee waiver or concession policies will continue from February to March. These include rental reduction for terminal tenants covering lounges and offices; fee waviers for terminal licencees including ancillary passenger services, commercial services counters and cross-border transport operators; and concessions on fees for aviation support services such as into-plane fuelling, aircraft maintenance and inflight catering services.

The measures include the full waiver of parking charges for idle passenger aircraft and airbridge fees; reduction of passenger aircraft landing charges; fee reduction related to ramp handling, maintenance and airside vehicles.

The relief measures will be adjusted to respond to the changing circumstances accordingly, AAHK said.

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