前不久,国内一家航空公司因为经营不善、资不抵债,并拖欠了国内某些机场巨额的机场服务费用,在该航空公司进入破产清算程序之前,为了获得优先受偿的机会,某机场扣留了该航空公司所租赁运营的两架飞机。对此,该飞机的出租人提出异议,认为机场当局没有权利因航空公司欠缴机场费用而扣留其飞机。那么机场是否享有留置或扣留欠缴机场费用的飞机的权利呢?本文试图对上述问题做出论述。一、机场是否可以行使留置权有关航空器留置权,我国民航领域的 Not long ago, an airline in China was insolvent because of poor management and was in arrears with the huge airport service charges of some domestic airports. Before the airline entered the bankruptcy liquidation process, an airport was detained for priority compensation. The airline leased two aircraft for operation. In response, the aircraft’s lessor challenged that the airport authorities did not have the right to detain its aircraft because of the airlines’ non-payment of airport fees. Does the airport have the right to retain or detain an aircraft that owes the airport? This article attempts to address the above issues. First, whether the airport can exercise liens on the aircraft lien, China’s civil aviation field