“Already we have seen a double-digit drop in passengers in August compared to last year and we expect this to worsen in the remaining months of the year, ” BAR chairman Ronald Lam, a senior executive at Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, said
SINGAPORE: Scores of airlines wrote jointly to the Hong Kong government earlier this month to seek airport fee waivers as they struggle to deal with the financial fallout from anti-government protests that have led to a sharp drop in traveller demand.
The Board of Airline Representatives (BAR) of Hong Kong, which represents more than 70 airlines that fly to and from the Asian financial centre, wrote to the government asking for temporary relief from landing and parking fees as well as rent and other operational costs, according to a letter seen by Reuters.“Already we have seen a double-digit drop in passengers in August compared to last year and we expect this to worsen in the remaining months of the year, ” BAR chairman Ronald Lam, a senior executive at Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, said in the letter dated Sept 16, which was first reported by the South China Morning Post yesterday.
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