Hong Kong airport to get HK$7 billion upgrade ahead of third runway
More check-in counters, shops and restaurants – and a 57pc rise in long-stay car parking fee
The Airport Authority will spend HK$7 billion on upgrading and expanding facilities to cope with growing traffic before the launch of the third runway in 2024.
While the runway project meant airlines faced charges and fees, the authority said no extra costs would be directly passed on to passengers.
“For the overall third runway project, we have made a separate financial arrangement with airline companies and they agree to implement new charges and fees by phases. This new investment will not affect the fee agreement made between us,” the authority’s executive director for corporate development, Wilson Fung Wing-yip, told lawmakers on Monday at a Legislative Council subcommittee meeting.
“As to the passengers, I believe this investment will not pose any direct impact on them.”
The new initiatives include expansion of Terminal 1, construction of a Sky Bridge linking Terminal 1 and the north satellite concourse, and completing the last phase of a scheme to add 33 aircraft parking stands.