COMPETITION will characterise the new airport at Chek Lap Kok, according to the Provisional Airport Authority's (PAA's) commercial and operations director.
''The more people that are involved in the delivery of any service, the more efficient it becomes, the less it costs, and the more profitable it can be for everyone,'' said Richard Judy.
In an interview last week, Mr Judy said he hoped three licences would be awarded for each of the four major ground-handling services at Chek Lap Kok: cargo, catering, maintenance, and fuel.
''We want to grow competition at the airport. The same pie will get twice as big,'' he said.
Mr Judy served as the director of Dade County Aviation Department, which runs Miami International Airport, from 1971 to 1989, becoming a well-known advocate of competition.
''When you run an airport at a low-cost structure, you have the ability for the air carriers serving the airport to expand their scheduled service and build highways in the skies,'' he said.