Economic Performance1

Unit 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
Economic value generated
Revenue HK$ million 14,810 16,367 18,184 18,627 21,994
Economic value distribution
Operating costs HK$ million 4,872 5,053 5,848 5,796 6,058
Employee wages and benefits HK$ million 1,669 1,786 2,082 2,360 2,825
Payments to providers of funds [2] HK$ million 4,613 5,434 132 138 75
Payments to government [3] HK$ million 785 1,099 1,512 1,093 1,810
Financial donations HK$ million 3 2 3 5 4
Economic value retained* HK$ million 4,540 4,781 10,692 11,600 14,051
  1. [1]Economic performance data was extracted from AAHK’s audited consolidated financial statements.
  2. [2]Since the year ended 31 March 2015, no dividend has been declared pursuant to the financial arrangement plan for the three-runway system project.
  3. [3]Hong Kong Profits Tax paid to the HKSAR Government.
  4. *'Economic value retained' is derived by subtracting 'Operating costs', 'Payments to providers of funds' and 'Payments to government' from 'Economic value generated', given that 'Operating costs' includes 'Employee wages and benefits' and 'Financial donations'.

Operational Performance

Unit 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
Passenger traffic Millions of passengers 60.7 64.7 69.7 70.5 73.6
  1. [1]Total number of passengers includes originating, terminating, transfer and transit passengers. Transfer and transit passengers are counted twice. The number of passengers broken down by passengers on international and domestic flights is not relevant for AAHK as all passengers are classified as international. Origin-and-destination and transfer and transit data is not reported as it is considered commercially sensitive.

Environmental Performance

Unit 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
Waste sent to landfill (absolute) Tonnes 21,167 21,934 23,422 25,373 26,642
Waste sent to landfill (intensity) kg per passenger 0.349 0.339 0.336 0.360 0.362

Workplace Performance

Unit 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
Total employees Number 1,372 1,472 1,609 1,929 2,314
By employee category
Senior management Number 34 38 45 49 57
Professional / Managerial staff Number 463 507 565 722 908
Supporting staff Number 875 927 999 1,158 1,349
  1. [1]The scope of total employees in 2017/18 has been revised to include temporary staff and exclude employees of AAHK's wholly owned subsidiary, HKIA Precious Metals Depository Limited, in order to align the scope and numbers as disclosed in AAHK's Annual Report. The figures between 2013/14 and 2016/17 remain unchanged and the scope included employees of HKIA Precious Metals Depository Limited and excluded temporary staff.

Social Performance

Unit 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
Employee volunteers Number 104 90 225 237 210
Volunteer hours contributed Hours 1,406 1,165 1,767 1,154 998
Volunteer activities organised Number 9 5 9 9 5
  1. AAHK employees serve the community by participating in the volunteer activities organised by AAHK’s social service group. Volunteer hours include the hours contributed by employees and their guests.