Airlines delay paying airport fees
18 November 2008
Shanghai Hongqiao airport The China Civil Airport Association said 29 domestic airlines had failed to pay on time RMB4.2 billion ($61.7 million) in airport charges by the end of October this year. The Shanghai Morning Post reported that most of the payments were delayed for at least three months, and some for a year. The China Civil Airports Association lists 29 domestic aviation companies that have not paid up their airport fees this year, with the defaulted sum The list includes the private-owned UEAIR, as well as China Eastern Airlines, and Hainan Airlines as the top three offenders. The association regards these three companies' unpaid airport fees amount to 40% of the total amount in the past over three months. The association named some the country's biggest airlines — China Southern, China Eastern and Air China — on its official website, but later withdrew it.
of 17 airports reaching RMB4.2 billion ($615 million) up until October
of this year, according to today's edition of National Business Daily.
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Source: China Daily
