Management of Taoyuan Airport to be Transferred
to State-owned Company
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The Legislative Yuan has passed the International Air Park
Development Act (tentative translation) to facilitate the development of
Taoyuan International Airport into the first air park in Taiwan. The Act
calls for the establishment of a state-owned airport management company which
will be developed, operated, and managed under the supervision of the
Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC). The Act also reduces
the requirement for hiring indigenous people from 5% to 3% for enterprises in
the air park’s free trade zone; to protect the job rights of local citizens,
however, free trade zone service companies will not be allowed to hire
foreign or mainland Chinese workers. |
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The MOTC notes that the Taoyuan Airport air park will be divided
into three zones: a special airport zone, an international air park, and an
air city. Its management will be modeled on that of the science parks, with
the state-owned airport company carrying out construction, operation, and
management. The company’s rights and obligations will be worked out in the
future. |
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At the same time, the MOTC reported that the government will, as
quickly as possible, formulate a “Draft Bill for the Establishment of an
International Air Park Company,” laying out development and operating models
and standards. After the company is established, the lease and licensing fees
it pays will go into a civil aviation operating fund; 18% of the profit that
it generates minus surplus reserves will be given to local governments, and
the remainder of its profit will also be paid into the civil aviation
enterprise operating fund. |
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The International Air Park Development Act was originally known
as the Taoyuan International Airport Zone Development Act. Its name was
changed to leave flexibility for other airports (such as QingQuangang and
Xiaogang) to develop air cities. |
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News Lexicon |
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Special airport zone: The airport area that has been designated
by the authorities for the provision of aviation transportation services. |
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International air park: The special airport zone together with a
free trade zone within or adjacent to the special airport zone. |
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Air city: The area around the international air park containing
businesses, manufacturing and processing, convention and exhibition
facilities, recreational facilities, and housing that derive from airport
activities. |
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