Singapore Changi Airport

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Singapore Changi Airport
Image:Changi airport terminal interior.jpg
Summary
Type of airport		commercial
Run by		CAAS
Opened		1 July 1981
Closest city		Singapore
Distance from city		20 km (12 mi)
Coordinates		Template:Coor dms
Total area		13 km²
IATA	SIN	ICAO	WSSS
Runways
Direction	Dimensions		Surface
	Length (m)	Width (m)
02L/20R	4,000	60	Bituminous concrete
02C/20C	4,000	60	Bituminous concrete
02R/20L	2,750	60	Bituminous concrete (Changi Airbase (East))
Taxiways
Length		25,300 m
Width		30 m
Passenger terminal buildings
Current totals
Floor area		634,100 m²
Handling capacity		44 million
Parking bays		68 (aerobridge) 30 (remote)
Terminal One
Opened		1 July 1981 (operational) 29 December 1981 (official)
Floor area		276,100 m²
Handling capacity		21 million
Parking bays		32 (aerobridge) 16 (remote)
Terminal Two
Opened		22 November 1990 (operational) 1 June 1991 (official)
Floor area		358,000 m²
Handling capacity		23 million
Parking bays		34 (aerobridge) 10 (remote)
Terminal Three
Opened		2008 (estimated)
Floor area
Handling capacity		20 million
Parking bays		28 (aerobridge) 1 (remote)
Low Cost Terminal
Opened		2006 (estimated)
Floor area
Handling capacity		2.7 million
Parking bays		(remote)
Operational statistics
Passenger movements
1998	23,803,180	2002	28,979,344
1999	26,064,645	2003	24,664,137
2000	28,618,200	2004	30,353,565
2001	28,093,759	2005
Airfreight movements (tonnes)
1998	1,283,660	2002	1,637,797
1999	1,500,393	2003	1,611,407
2000	1,682,489	2004	1,775,092
2001	1,507,062	2005
Aircraft movements
1998	165,242	2002	174,820
1999	165,961	2003	154,346
2000	173,947	2004	184,932
2001	179,359	2005
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Singapore Changi Airport (Chinese: ��a��::; Malay: Lapangan Terbang Changi Singapura; Tamil: ���͕�ͪ°� ���͕� ��������ȯ��) Template:Airport codes is a major aviation hub in Asia. It is located in Changi, about 20 km (12 miles) from the city centre. Operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), Changi Airport is the home base of Singapore Airlines and is served by 79 airlines that operate more than 3972 weekly flights to 177 cities in the world.

In 2004, Changi Airport received a record 30,400,000 passengers, a year-on-year growth of 23.1% in passenger traffic. Similarly, a record 1,780,000 tonnes of cargo was moved, representing a year-on-year increase of 10.2% in airfreight volume. In addition, nine new airlines started operations at Changi Airport.

Changi's rise to become Asia's 4th largest hub has fuelled Singapore's thriving aerospace industry, which employs over 13,000 people and accounts for over S$4.5 billion in output. Changi hub has also made Singapore an attractive pan-Asian logistics hub and supply chain management nerve centre. But Changi is not sitting idly by in the face of competition. Incentives like the Air Hub Development Fund, first introduced in 2003, have proven effective in attracting airlines here. A new S$300 million fund to strengthen Changi's hub status will kick in next year when the current $210 million fund expires this year. Changi has also been courting low cost airlines with its $45 million Low Cost Terminal, which will be ready next year. But the real ace in its pack is Singapore Airlines. As long as SIA remains the world beater that it is, and provides the kind of hub-spoke connectivity out of Changi which no other airline or airport can match, Changi will remain a leading Asian hub

Contents 1 History 1.1 The replacement vs. expansion debate 1.2 Preparing the land 1.3 Phase 1 1.4 Opening 1.5 Phase 2 2 Awards and accolades 3 Airlines 3.1 Terminal 1 3.2 Terminal 2 3.3 Low cost terminal (2006) 3.4 New airlines in 2005/2006 3.5 Former users 3.6 Notes 4 Infrastructure, facilities & services 4.1 Runways 4.2 Ground handlers 4.3 Terminals 4.4 Terminal facilities 4.5 Inter-terminal transportation services 4.5.1 SkyTrain 4.6 Land transportation services 4.6.1 Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) 4.6.2 Public bus 4.6.3 Taxi 4.6.4 Limousine taxi 4.6.5 Airport shuttle 4.6.6 Car rental 5 See also 6 External links 7 History 7.1 The replacement vs. expansion debate 7.2 Preparing the land 7.3 Phase 1 7.4 Opening 7.5 Phase 2 8 Awards and accolades 9 Airlines 9.1 Terminal 1 9.2 Terminal 2 9.3 Low cost terminal (2006) 9.4 New airlines in 2005/2006 9.5 Former users 9.6 Notes 10 Infrastructure, facilities & services 10.1 Runways 10.2 Ground handlers 10.3 Terminals 10.4 Terminal facilities 10.5 Inter-terminal transportation services 10.5.1 SkyTrain 10.6 Land transportation services 10.6.1 Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) 10.6.2 Public bus 10.6.3 Taxi 10.6.4 Limousine taxi 10.6.5 Airport shuttle 10.6.6 Car rental 11 See also 12 External links 13 History 13.1 The replacement vs. expansion debate 13.2 Preparing the land 13.3 Phase 1 13.4 Opening 13.5 Phase 2 14 Awards and accolades 15 Airlines 15.1 Terminal 1 15.2 Terminal 2 15.3 Low cost terminal (2006) 15.4 New airlines in 2005/2006 15.5 Former users 15.6 Notes 16 Infrastructure, facilities & services 16.1 Runways 16.2 Ground handlers 16.3 Terminals 16.4 Terminal facilities 16.5 Inter-terminal transportation services 16.5.1 SkyTrain 16.6 Land transportation services 16.6.1 Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) 16.6.2 Public bus 16.6.3 Taxi 16.6.4 Limousine taxi 16.6.5 Airport shuttle 16.6.6 Car rental 17 See also 18 External links 19 History 19.1 The replacement vs. expansion debate 19.2 Preparing the land 19.3 Phase 1 19.4 Opening 19.5 Phase 2 20 Awards and accolades 21 Airlines 21.1 Terminal 1 21.2 Terminal 2 21.3 Low cost terminal (2006) 21.4 New airlines in 2005/2006 21.5 Former users 21.6 Notes 22 Infrastructure, facilities & services 22.1 Runways 22.2 Ground handlers 22.3 Terminals 22.4 Terminal facilities 22.5 Inter-terminal transportation services 22.5.1 SkyTrain 22.6 Land transportation services 22.6.1 Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) 22.6.2 Public bus 22.6.3 Taxi 22.6.4 Limousine taxi 22.6.5 Airport shuttle 22.6.6 Car rental 23 See also 24 External links

[edit] History

[edit] The replacement vs. expansion debate

Rapid growth in aviation transportation in the world was also felt in Singapore, where the Singapore International Airport at Paya Lebar, Singapore's third civilian airport after Kallang Airport and Seletar Airport, was facing congestion problems. Opened in 1955, the airport had a single runway and a small passenger terminal building. Its inability to cope with rising traffic became critical by the 1970s when passenger numbers rose dramatically from 300,000 to 1,700,000 passengers annually by 1970, before leaping to 4 million annually in 1975.

The government had two options available: expand the existing airport or build a completely new airport at another location. Concerned that the existing airport was located in an area with potential for urban growth and was physically helmed in on all sides, the government decided in 1975 to build a new airport at the eastern tip of the main island at Changi, where the airport can be expanded by reclaiming land. In addition, the airplanes can fly over the sea, avoiding issues of noise pollution within residential areas experienced at Paya Lebar.

[edit] Preparing the land

Land reclamation works involving the use of over 52,000,000 m³ of landfill and seafill began in Changi, even as the airport at Paya Lebar was still in the midst of expansion works. About 2 km² of swamp land were cleared and filled with 12,000,000 m³ of earth from nearby hills, while another 40,000,000 m³ of sand were used to fill up the seabed, creating half of the airport's total land area.

[edit] Phase 1

Phase 1 of construction included work on the first passenger terminal building, the first runway, 45 aircraft parking bays and supporting facilities and structures, including a huge maintenance hangar, the first fire station, workshops and administrative offices, an airfreight complex, two cargo agents buildings, in-flight catering kitchens and a 80 m high control tower.

[edit] Opening

Phase 1 opened for commercial operation on 1 July 1981 and was officially opened with much fanfare on 29 December 1981. It ended its first year of operations with 8.1 million passengers, almost 200,000 tonnes of air freight handled, and 63,100 aircraft movements.

[edit] Phase 2

Phase 2 of construction commenced immediately after the completion of Phase 1 and included the completion of a second runway, 23 more aircraft parking bays, the second fire station and the third cargo agent building.

[edit] Awards and accolades

The airport is known for its excellent services and security, winning numerous worldwide accolades since its opening. Despite competition from much newer airports in the region, the airport continues to maintain its reputation for setting standards in airport service quality. It received 16 best airport awards in the year 2000, 20 in 2001, 23 in 2002, 20 in 2003 and 19 in 2004. It has garnered 6 so far in the year 2005.

Some notable awards and allocades the airport has received include:

• The only airport in the world to be currently classified as a 5 star airport, the highest category in Skytrax's "World Airport Star Ranking" [1]. In the "World Airport Survey" conducted by the same organisation, the airport came in second place for four consecutive years from 2002 to 2005 and was third in 2001, with a narrowing gap between itself and first placed Hong Kong International Airport in each successive year.
• "Best Airport in Asia" award by AETRA 2004, a new award by Airport World based on the "AETRA Customer Satisfaction Survey" launched in 2004 and replacing the "IATA Global Airport Monitor", a collaboration between the Airports Council International and the International Air Transport Association. Prior to this, the airport has won both the "Best Airport - Worldwide" and the "Best Airport - Asia/Pacific" awards in the 25-40 million passengers category four times consecutively from 2000 to 2003.
• "IATA Eagle Award - Airport" award from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for four years from 2001 to 2003 and 2005
• "Best Airport in the World" from the UK/Europe edition of Business Traveller for 17 consecutive times from 1988 to 2004. It was also awarded the "Best Airport in the World" from the Asia Pacific edition of the same magazine for 13 consecutive times since 1992. The German edition conferred the same award for 12 consecutive years since 1993, while the United States edition gave the award 12 times since 1991. It won the award for the first time in the Middle East edition in 2004, and again in 2005.
• The World Travel Awards [2] was organised since 1994 and considered the "Oscars" of the travel industry, it awarded the "World's Leading Airport" title to Changi in 1994, the "Asia/Pacific's Leading Airport" title in 2001 and 2002, the "World's Leading Airport Lounge" award in 2003 and the "Asia's Leading Airport" award in 2004.
• "Airport Authority in Asia/ Pacific with the most supportive approach in Travel Retail" award from the Duty Free News International and Travel Retailer International's highly prestigious "Raven Fox Awards for Travel Retail Excellence in Asia Pacific" for seven consecutive times since 1998.
• "Best Airport - Asia" by Cargonews Asia in the 2005 Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards for 19 consecutive times from 1987 to 2005.
• "Deficiency-free airport" by the International Federation of Airline Pilots Association for 24 consecutive years since 1981.
• "World's Best Airport" by the United Kingdom edition of Condé Nast Traveller in the 2004 Travel Awards, four times since 1999 except 2001.
• "Favorite Asian Airport" by the Asian edition of TIME magazine in the TIME Readers' Travel Choice Awards for four consecutive years since 2001.
• "Best International Airport" by the Daily Telegraph (United Kingdom) and the Sunday Telegraph in the Telegraph Travel Awards for six consecutive years since 1998.
• "Best International Airport" by OAG Worldwide's [3] Airline of the Year Awards for nine years from 1996 to 2003 and in 2005.
• "TTG Travel Awards" by the Travel Trade Gazette. The airport was entered into a special category called the "Hall of Fame" since 2002 for being nominated in the "Best Airport" category for more than a decade. Inaugurated in 2002, this special award is conferred every year the award ceremony is conducted and elevates the airport from the voting process. Singapore Airlines was similarly entered into the Hall of Fame for the "Best Airline" category in 2002.

[edit] Airlines

[edit] Terminal 1

Airline	Code	Since	Operated destinations	Flights	Codeshared destinations
Air China	CA	17 June1985 / 01 January1994	Beijing Chengdu Hangzhou Xiamen	56	Jinan Shenzhen
Air France	AF	20 July1964	Paris	14	Adelaide Amsterdam Brisbane Darwin Jakarta Melbourne Perth Sydney
Air Hong Kong	LD	fill in	fill in	fill in	fill in
Air India	AI	16 July1954	Chennai Delhi Jakarta Kuala Lumpur Mumbai	32	Bangalore Hyderabad Los Angeles San Francisco Cochin
Air Mauritius	MK	31 May1985	Kuala Lumpur Mauritius	6	NA
Air Niugini	PX	5 July1979	Port Moresby	4	NA
Air Sahara	S2	12 May 2005	Delhi	14	NA
Air Seychelles	HM	25 November1987	Mahe	2	NA
Air Zimbabwe	UM	22 November 2004	Beijing Harare	8	NA
All Nippon Airways	NH	3 December1991	Tokyo	14	Fukuoka Osaka Tokyo Nagoya
Asiana Airlines	OZ	14 January1991	Seoul	10	Seoul
Australian Airlines	AO	29 October2000 3 June2004	Cairns Darwin Denpasar Melbourne Sydney	16	NA
Bangkok Airways	PG	27 March1997	Koh Samui	12	NA
Biman Bangladesh	BG	6 April1977	Bangkok Dhaka	8	NA
British Airways	BA	fill in	London Melbourne Sydney	56	Adelaide Brisbane Darwin Frankfurt London Melbourne Perth Sydney
Cargolux	CV	fill in	Luxembourg	fill in	fill in
Cathay Pacific	CX	1947	Bangkok Colombo Hong Kong Jakarta	104	NA
China Airlines	CI	5 October1967	Hong Kong Kaohsiung Taipei	34	NA
China Eastern Airlines	MU	31 March1993 24 April1993	Harbin Kunming Qingdao Shanghai Shenyang	48	NA
China Southern Airlines	CZ	17 March1993	Guangzhou Xian	28	NA
Emirates	EK	17 June1990	Auckland Brisbane Christchurch Colombo Dubai Jakarta Melbourne	72	Colombo
EVA Air	BR	8 july1991	Taipei	14	NA
Federal Express	FX	fill in	Subic Bay Jakarta Newark Anchorage Tokyo Cebu	fill in	fill in
Finnair	AY	4 December1985	Bangkok Helsinki	14	Brisbane
Garuda Indonesia	GA	1966	Bangkok Beijing Denpasar Ho Chi Minh City Jakarta Medan Padang Pekanbaru Semarang Shanghai Surabaya Yogyakarta	240	Balikpapan Palembang
Gulf Air	GF	1 December 1990	Bahrain Sydney	28	NA
Indian Airlines	IC	4 June 1987	Bangalore Bangkok Chennai Delhi Hyderabad Jaipur	62	NA
Japan Airlines	JL	8 May 1958	Kuala Lumpur Osaka Tokyo	56	NA
Jet Airways	9W	15 April 2005	Mumbai	14	NA
Jetstar Asia Airways	3K	13 December 2004	Bangalore Bangkok Hong Kong Kolkata Manila Phuket Taipei	90	NA
KLM	KL	1927	Amsterdam Jakarta	18	NA
Korean Air	KE	24 February1982	Seoul	14	NA
Lufthansa Cargo	LH	fill in	Cologne Bahrain	fill in	fill in
Merpati Nusantara Airlines	MZ	25 May2005	Bandung	8	Solo
Myanmar Airways	8M	fill in	Kuala Lumpur Yangon	6	NA
Nippon Cargo Airlines	KZ	fill in	Tokyo Osaka Nagoya		fill in
Northwest Airlines	NW	6 September1984	Portland Tokyo	14	NA
Lion Air	JT	18 November2003	Jakarta	14	NA
Pakistan International Airlines	PK	3 November1972 / 28 June 2005	Islamabad Karachi Kuala Lumpur	fill in	NA
PT Republic Express Airlines	RH	fill in	Jakarta Makassar Surabaya	fill in	fill in
Qantas	QF	fill in	Adelaide Brisbane Darwin Frankfurt London Melbourne Perth Sydney	138	Bahrain Bangkok Helsinki London Melbourne Paris Sydney
Qatar Airways	QR	10 November 2003	Cebu Doha Jakarta	20	NA
Royal Nepal Airlines	RA	15 October1984 31 March2003	Kathmandu Kuala Lumpur	4	NA
Saudi Arabian Airlines	SV	30 March1982	Jakarta Jeddah Kuala Lumpur Riyadh	4	NA
Scandinavian Airlines System	SK	4 November1967	Bangkok Copenhagen	12	NA
Shandong Airlines	SC	19 January2004	Jinan Shenzhen	4	NA
Sri Lankan Airlines	UL	14 September1975	Colombo Kuala Lumpur	24	Brisbane Colombo Melbourne
Swiss International Airlines	LX	1 April1969 14 June2002	Bangkok Zurich	12	NA
Thai AirAsia	FD	13 February2004	Bangkok	42	NA
Thai Airways International	TG	5 May1960	Bangkok Jakarta	98	NA
Tiger Airways	TR	15 September 2004	Bangkok Chiang Mai Clark Hanoi Hat Yai Ho Chi Minh City Kolkata Krabi Macau Padang Phuket	122	NA
Transaero Airlines	UN	31 October 2004	Moscow	2	NA
Turkish Airlines	TK	2 June1986	Bangkok Istanbul	10	NA
United Airlines	UA	13 February1986	Chicago Hong Kong Philadelphia San Francisco Tokyo Washington	28	NA
United Parcel Service	KZ	fill in	Clark Hong Kong	fill in	fill in
Valuair	VF	May 52004	Bangkok Denpasar Hong Kong Jakarta Surabaya	100	NA
Vietnam Airlines	VN	4 February1992	Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City	22	NA
Xiamen Airlines	MF	12 January2003	Fuzhou Penang Xiamen	10	NA

[edit] Terminal 2

Airline	Code	Since	Operated destinations	Flights	Codeshared destinations
Air New Zealand	NZ	6 April1966	Auckland	14	Auckland Bangkok Christchurch Dubai Frankfurt London Manchester Melbourne Rome Vienna Zurich
Austrian Airlines	OS	29 October2000 / 03 June2004	Melbourne Vienna	12	Auckland Bangkok
Lufthansa	LH	4 April1965	Frankfurt	14	Adelaide Auckland Bangkok Brisbane Frankfurt Melbourne Perth Sydney Vienna
Malaysia Airlines	MH	1 July 1981	Kota Kinabalu Kuala Lumpur Kuching Langkawi Penang	156	Langkawi Penang
Philippine Airlines	PR	1 November1965	Jakarta Manila	36	NA
Royal Brunei Airlines	BI	14 May 1975	Bandar Seri Begawan	24	Bandar Seri Begawan
Silkair	MI	fill in	Balikpapan Cebu Chengdu Chiang Mai Chongqing Danang Davao Fuzhou Hyderabad Kochi Kuching Kunming Langkawi Lombok Manado Medan Padang Palembang Phnom Penh Phuket Shenzhen Siem Reap Solo Surabaya Thiruvananthapuram Xiamen Yangon	fill in	Kota Kinabalu Kuching
Singapore Airlines	SQ	1 July 1981	See: Singapore Airlines Destinations	fill in	Yangon Kuching Manado Medan Danang Padang Trivandrum Kochi Phuket Chiang Mai Phnom Penh Siem Reap Kota Kinabalu Penang Bandar Seri Begawan Frankfurt Seoul Tokyo Auckland Vienna
Singapore Airlines Cargo	SQ	1 July 2001	See: Singapore Airlines Destinations and Dallas Brussels Dublin Sharjah Xiamen Chicago	fill in	fill in

[edit] Low cost terminal (2006)

• Tiger Airways (Will move from Terminal 1 to the low cost terminal in 2006)

[edit] New airlines in 2005/2006

• Jet Airways (15 April 2005)
• Merpati Nusantara Airlines (30 April 2005)
• Air Sahara (11 May 2005)
• Pakistan International Airlines (28 June 2005)
• Adam Air (28 October2005)
• Uzbekistan Airways (2005)
• Shenzhen Airlines (2005)
• Etihad Airways (2005)
• Hainan Airlines (2005)
• Sriwijaya Air (2005)
• Lao Airlines (2005)
• Air India Express (Flying together with sister airline Air India to Changi)
• Star Air
• Phuket Air
• Royal Khmer Airlines

[edit] Former users

• Aeroflot (stopped flights due to poor load)
• Air Macau
• Alitalia (now codeshares flights with Air France)
• Ansett Australia (due to bankruptcy and liquidation)
• Cebu Pacific Air (from 6 November 2002 to January 2003) (due to poor load)
• Evergreen International Airlines (from 12 April 2000)
• Egypt Air (now codeshares flights with Singapore Airlines)
• First Cambodia Airlines (terminated on 25 February 2004 due to financial problems)
• Jatayu Airlines
• Kuwait Airways (consolidated all flights to Jakarta via Bangkok)
• Lauda Air (taken over by fellow Austrian Airlines Group member Austrian Airlines)
• PT. Bouraq Indonesia Airlines (Terminated flights since March, continuing operations to Changi through codeshare with Silkair)
• Riau Airlines
• Swissair (ceased operations on 31 March 2002 and services restored by Swiss International Air Lines)

[edit] Notes

• AWAir planned to commence flights from 19 January 2005, but was forced to abandon plans to fly to Singapore at the last minute due to administrative issues.

[edit] Infrastructure, facilities & services

[edit] Runways

The airport currently has two parallel runways, 02L/20R and 02C/20C. A new parallel runway 02R/20L was built 1.8 km to the east of 02C/20C, currently used only for Republic of Singapore Air Force aircraft as part of Changi Airbase (East). The new runway is expected to be extended and eventually be turned into a third runway for the airport in its future expansion plans.

[edit] Ground handlers

• Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS)
• Changi International Airport Services (CIAS)
• Swissport Operations commenced on 2 March 2005 when CAAS issued a third ground handling license to foster a more competitive market. Its ground handling licence is valid for 10 years, and it offers passenger handling services (eg. check-in), apron handling services (eg. baggage loading /unloading) and cargo handling services. Presently its only customer in Changi is Swiss International Airlines.

[edit] Terminals

• Singapore Changi Airport has two terminals connected by a people mover system, with a third terminal currently under construction and due for completion in 2008. Another terminal for low cost carriers is due for completion in 2006.

• On Tuesday August 16 2005, Changi Airport unveiled the first of eleven specially-built gates capable of handling the giant Airbus A380 aircraft.

Costing some S$15 million, the gates or 'fingers' enable passengers to get on the upper cabin of the new 555-seater aircraft directly from the gate holdrooms. The holdrooms themselves have been enlarged and appointed to cater for the larger number of passengers flying the A380s. Besides the 11 new gates at Terminal 1 and 2, there will eight more A380-capable gates at the new Terminal 3, ready in 2008. Singapore Airlines will be the launch customer for the giant aircraft. It has placed an order worth up to US$8.6 billion for 10 planes, with an option for 15 more. In all, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, which operates Changi Airport, is spending S$60 million in upgrading its terminal buildings and airport infrastructure ahead of the arrival of the first A380 late next year. At the terminal buildings, besides enlarged gate holdrooms and new fingers, the airport is also extending the baggage belt carousels at the A380 gates to 90 metres (from 70 metres currently). The airport does not expect embarking and disembarking passengers and baggage from the A380 to take any more time than it does for the largest Boeing 747-400s, which carry just over 400 passengers.

[edit] Terminal facilities

In addition to a wide array of duty free shops and eating outlets, Changi Airport has six open air garden areas. Open to customers of the airport, each garden represents a different group of plants: cactus, bamboo, heliconia, sunflower, fern, and orchid. Changi Airport also has numerous business centres located throughout the airport.

[edit] Inter-terminal transportation services

[edit] SkyTrain

SkyTrain services are available at the SkyTrain stations located at the departure halls of both airport terminals. The SkyTrain is currently being upgraded to conform to the latest standards, incorporating the most advanced technological features in its new fleet of vehicles and expanded to serve the new Terminal 3 due to open in 2008.

• Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 & vice versa
  • Free
  • 0600 to 0130 daily

[edit] Land transportation services

[edit] Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)

The airport is connected to the Mass Rapid Transit network, with a station located underground between Terminal 2 & the future Terminal 3.

• Changi Airport (CG2) to City Hall (EW13) via a cross platform transfer at Tanah Merah (EW4)
  • S$1.40 on a standard ticket | S$1.39 on an adult EZ-Link card
  • 26 minutes (excluding waiting & transfer times)

[edit] Public bus

Bus services are available at the bus terminals located at the basement of both airport terminals.

• Service 24 | To Ang Mo Kio via Bedok, Geylang & Serangoon
• Service 27 | To Hougang via Tampines & Sengkang
• Service 34 | To Punggol via Tampines (effective 31 July 2005)
• Service 36 | To Tomlinson Road via Marine Parade, Marina Centre & Orchard Road
• Service 53 | To Bishan via Pasir Ris, Hougang & Serangoon
• Service 858 | To Woodlands via Yishun & Sembawang

[edit] Taxi

Taxi stands are located within the arrival halls of both terminals.

• Changi Airport to any destination in Singapore
  • Fare shown on meter + S$5.00 surcharge (Fri-Sun, 1700 to midnight) for every trip leaving the airport
  • Fare shown on meter + S$3.00 surcharge (all other times) for every trip leaving the airport

[edit] Limousine taxi

Limousine taxi services are readily available at the limousine taxi counters located at the arrival halls of both airport terminals.

• Changi Airport to any destination in Singapore
  • S$35.00 + surcharges (if applicable)

[edit] Airport shuttle

A 6-seater MaxiCab is used for this 2-way service which goes to anywhere within the Central Business District and any hotel in Singapore, excluding hotels in Changi Village and Sentosa Island. Booking is made at the counters in the arrival hall and the fare paid in cash to the driver.

• • S$7.00 - Adult
  • S$5.00 - Child
• Leaves every 30 minutes from 0600 to 1800
• Leaves every 15 minutes from 1815 to midnight
• Leaves every 30 minutes from 0030 to 0200

[edit] Car rental

Car rental services are provided at the car rental counters located at Terminal 2.

[edit] See also

• Singapore Changi Airport passenger traffic by airline
• Singapore Changi Airport passenger traffic by destination

[edit] External links

• Aviation landscape in Singapore
• Changi Airport Homepage
• Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Homepage
• Introduction to Singapore Changi Airport
• Strategic Infrastructure Investment Decisions in Airport and Rail development: The Case of Singaporede: Flughafen Singapur

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[edit] History

[edit] The replacement vs. expansion debate

Rapid growth in aviation transportation in the world was also felt in Singapore, where the Singapore International Airport at Paya Lebar, Singapore's third civilian airport after Kallang Airport and Seletar Airport, was facing congestion problems. Opened in 1955, the airport had a single runway and a small passenger terminal building. Its inability to cope with rising traffic became critical by the 1970s when passenger numbers rose dramatically from 300,000 to 1,700,000 passengers annually by 1970, before leaping to 4 million annually in 1975.

The government had two options available: expand the existing airport or build a completely new airport at another location. Concerned that the existing airport was located in an area with potential for urban growth and was physically helmed in on all sides, the government decided in 1975 to build a new airport at the eastern tip of the main island at Changi, where the airport can be expanded by reclaiming land. In addition, the airplanes can fly over the sea, avoiding issues of noise pollution within residential areas experienced at Paya Lebar.

[edit] Preparing the land

Land reclamation works involving the use of over 52,000,000 m³ of landfill and seafill began in Changi, even as the airport at Paya Lebar was still in the midst of expansion works. About 2 km² of swamp land were cleared and filled with 12,000,000 m³ of earth from nearby hills, while another 40,000,000 m³ of sand were used to fill up the seabed, creating half of the airport's total land area.

[edit] Phase 1

Phase 1 of construction included work on the first passenger terminal building, the first runway, 45 aircraft parking bays and supporting facilities and structures, including a huge maintenance hangar, the first fire station, workshops and administrative offices, an airfreight complex, two cargo agents buildings, in-flight catering kitchens and a 80 m high control tower.

[edit] Opening

Phase 1 opened for commercial operation on 1 July 1981 and was officially opened with much fanfare on 29 December 1981. It ended its first year of operations with 8.1 million passengers, almost 200,000 tonnes of air freight handled, and 63,100 aircraft movements.

[edit] Phase 2

Phase 2 of construction commenced immediately after the completion of Phase 1 and included the completion of a second runway, 23 more aircraft parking bays, the second fire station and the third cargo agent building.

[edit] Awards and accolades

The airport is known for its excellent services and security, winning numerous worldwide accolades since its opening. Despite competition from much newer airports in the region, the airport continues to maintain its reputation for setting standards in airport service quality. It received 16 best airport awards in the year 2000, 20 in 2001, 23 in 2002, 20 in 2003 and 19 in 2004. It has garnered 6 so far in the year 2005.

Some notable awards and allocades the airport has received include:

• The only airport in the world to be currently classified as a 5 star airport, the highest category in Skytrax's "World Airport Star Ranking" [4]. In the "World Airport Survey" conducted by the same organisation, the airport came in second place for four consecutive years from 2002 to 2005 and was third in 2001, with a narrowing gap between itself and first placed Hong Kong International Airport in each successive year.
• "Best Airport in Asia" award by AETRA 2004, a new award by Airport World based on the "AETRA Customer Satisfaction Survey" launched in 2004 and replacing the "IATA Global Airport Monitor", a collaboration between the Airports Council International and the International Air Transport Association. Prior to this, the airport has won both the "Best Airport - Worldwide" and the "Best Airport - Asia/Pacific" awards in the 25-40 million passengers category four times consecutively from 2000 to 2003.
• "IATA Eagle Award - Airport" award from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for four years from 2001 to 2003 and 2005
• "Best Airport in the World" from the UK/Europe edition of Business Traveller for 17 consecutive times from 1988 to 2004. It was also awarded the "Best Airport in the World" from the Asia Pacific edition of the same magazine for 13 consecutive times since 1992. The German edition conferred the same award for 12 consecutive years since 1993, while the United States edition gave the award 12 times since 1991. It won the award for the first time in the Middle East edition in 2004, and again in 2005.
• The World Travel Awards [5] was organised since 1994 and considered the "Oscars" of the travel industry, it awarded the "World's Leading Airport" title to Changi in 1994, the "Asia/Pacific's Leading Airport" title in 2001 and 2002, the "World's Leading Airport Lounge" award in 2003 and the "Asia's Leading Airport" award in 2004.
• "Airport Authority in Asia/ Pacific with the most supportive approach in Travel Retail" award from the Duty Free News International and Travel Retailer International's highly prestigious "Raven Fox Awards for Travel Retail Excellence in Asia Pacific" for seven consecutive times since 1998.
• "Best Airport - Asia" by Cargonews Asia in the 2005 Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards for 19 consecutive times from 1987 to 2005.
• "Deficiency-free airport" by the International Federation of Airline Pilots Association for 24 consecutive years since 1981.
• "World's Best Airport" by the United Kingdom edition of Condé Nast Traveller in the 2004 Travel Awards, four times since 1999 except 2001.
• "Favorite Asian Airport" by the Asian edition of TIME magazine in the TIME Readers' Travel Choice Awards for four consecutive years since 2001.
• "Best International Airport" by the Daily Telegraph (United Kingdom) and the Sunday Telegraph in the Telegraph Travel Awards for six consecutive years since 1998.
• "Best International Airport" by OAG Worldwide's [6] Airline of the Year Awards for nine years from 1996 to 2003 and in 2005.
• "TTG Travel Awards" by the Travel Trade Gazette. The airport was entered into a special category called the "Hall of Fame" since 2002 for being nominated in the "Best Airport" category for more than a decade. Inaugurated in 2002, this special award is conferred every year the award ceremony is conducted and elevates the airport from the voting process. Singapore Airlines was similarly entered into the Hall of Fame for the "Best Airline" category in 2002.

[edit] Airlines

[edit] Terminal 1

Airline	Code	Since	Operated destinations	Flights	Codeshared destinations
Air China	CA	17 June1985 / 01 January1994	Beijing Chengdu Hangzhou Xiamen	56	Jinan Shenzhen
Air France	AF	20 July1964	Paris	14	Adelaide Amsterdam Brisbane Darwin Jakarta Melbourne Perth Sydney
Air Hong Kong	LD	fill in	fill in	fill in	fill in
Air India	AI	16 July1954	Chennai Delhi Jakarta Kuala Lumpur Mumbai	32	Bangalore Hyderabad Los Angeles San Francisco Cochin
Air Mauritius	MK	31 May1985	Kuala Lumpur Mauritius	6	NA
Air Niugini	PX	5 July1979	Port Moresby	4	NA
Air Sahara	S2	12 May 2005	Delhi	14	NA
Air Seychelles	HM	25 November1987	Mahe	2	NA
Air Zimbabwe	UM	22 November 2004	Beijing Harare	8	NA
All Nippon Airways	NH	3 December1991	Tokyo	14	Fukuoka Osaka Tokyo Nagoya
Asiana Airlines	OZ	14 January1991	Seoul	10	Seoul
Australian Airlines	AO	29 October2000 3 June2004	Cairns Darwin Denpasar Melbourne Sydney	16	NA
Bangkok Airways	PG	27 March1997	Koh Samui	12	NA
Biman Bangladesh	BG	6 April1977	Bangkok Dhaka	8	NA
British Airways	BA	fill in	London Melbourne Sydney	56	Adelaide Brisbane Darwin Frankfurt London Melbourne Perth Sydney
Cargolux	CV	fill in	Luxembourg	fill in	fill in
Cathay Pacific	CX	1947	Bangkok Colombo Hong Kong Jakarta	104	NA
China Airlines	CI	5 October1967	Hong Kong Kaohsiung Taipei	34	NA
China Eastern Airlines	MU	31 March1993 24 April1993	Harbin Kunming Qingdao Shanghai Shenyang	48	NA
China Southern Airlines	CZ	17 March1993	Guangzhou Xian	28	NA
Emirates	EK	17 June1990	Auckland Brisbane Christchurch Colombo Dubai Jakarta Melbourne	72	Colombo
EVA Air	BR	8 july1991	Taipei	14	NA
Federal Express	FX	fill in	Subic Bay Jakarta Newark Anchorage Tokyo Cebu	fill in	fill in
Finnair	AY	4 December1985	Bangkok Helsinki	14	Brisbane
Garuda Indonesia	GA	1966	Bangkok Beijing Denpasar Ho Chi Minh City Jakarta Medan Padang Pekanbaru Semarang Shanghai Surabaya Yogyakarta	240	Balikpapan Palembang
Gulf Air	GF	1 December 1990	Bahrain Sydney	28	NA
Indian Airlines	IC	4 June 1987	Bangalore Bangkok Chennai Delhi Hyderabad Jaipur	62	NA
Japan Airlines	JL	8 May 1958	Kuala Lumpur Osaka Tokyo	56	NA
Jet Airways	9W	15 April 2005	Mumbai	14	NA
Jetstar Asia Airways	3K	13 December 2004	Bangalore Bangkok Hong Kong Kolkata Manila Phuket Taipei	90	NA
KLM	KL	1927	Amsterdam Jakarta	18	NA
Korean Air	KE	24 February1982	Seoul	14	NA
Lufthansa Cargo	LH	fill in	Cologne Bahrain	fill in	fill in
Merpati Nusantara Airlines	MZ	25 May2005	Bandung	8	Solo
Myanmar Airways	8M	fill in	Kuala Lumpur Yangon	6	NA
Nippon Cargo Airlines	KZ	fill in	Tokyo Osaka Nagoya		fill in
Northwest Airlines	NW	6 September1984	Portland Tokyo	14	NA
Lion Air	JT	18 November2003	Jakarta	14	NA
Pakistan International Airlines	PK	3 November1972 / 28 June 2005	Islamabad Karachi Kuala Lumpur	fill in	NA
PT Republic Express Airlines	RH	fill in	Jakarta Makassar Surabaya	fill in	fill in
Qantas	QF	fill in	Adelaide Brisbane Darwin Frankfurt London Melbourne Perth Sydney	138	Bahrain Bangkok Helsinki London Melbourne Paris Sydney
Qatar Airways	QR	10 November 2003	Cebu Doha Jakarta	20	NA
Royal Nepal Airlines	RA	15 October1984 31 March2003	Kathmandu Kuala Lumpur	4	NA
Saudi Arabian Airlines	SV	30 March1982	Jakarta Jeddah Kuala Lumpur Riyadh	4	NA
Scandinavian Airlines System	SK	4 November1967	Bangkok Copenhagen	12	NA
Shandong Airlines	SC	19 January2004	Jinan Shenzhen	4	NA
Sri Lankan Airlines	UL	14 September1975	Colombo Kuala Lumpur	24	Brisbane Colombo Melbourne
Swiss International Airlines	LX	1 April1969 14 June2002	Bangkok Zurich	12	NA
Thai AirAsia	FD	13 February2004	Bangkok	42	NA
Thai Airways International	TG	5 May1960	Bangkok Jakarta	98	NA
Tiger Airways	TR	15 September 2004	Bangkok Chiang Mai Clark Hanoi Hat Yai Ho Chi Minh City Kolkata Krabi Macau Padang Phuket	122	NA
Transaero Airlines	UN	31 October 2004	Moscow	2	NA
Turkish Airlines	TK	2 June1986	Bangkok Istanbul	10	NA
United Airlines	UA	13 February1986	Chicago Hong Kong Philadelphia San Francisco Tokyo Washington	28	NA
United Parcel Service	KZ	fill in	Clark Hong Kong	fill in	fill in
Valuair	VF	May 52004	Bangkok Denpasar Hong Kong Jakarta Surabaya	100	NA
Vietnam Airlines	VN	4 February1992	Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City	22	NA
Xiamen Airlines	MF	12 January2003	Fuzhou Penang Xiamen	10	NA

[edit] Terminal 2

Airline	Code	Since	Operated destinations	Flights	Codeshared destinations
Air New Zealand	NZ	6 April1966	Auckland	14	Auckland Bangkok Christchurch Dubai Frankfurt London Manchester Melbourne Rome Vienna Zurich
Austrian Airlines	OS	29 October2000 / 03 June2004	Melbourne Vienna	12	Auckland Bangkok
Lufthansa	LH	4 April1965	Frankfurt	14	Adelaide Auckland Bangkok Brisbane Frankfurt Melbourne Perth Sydney Vienna
Malaysia Airlines	MH	1 July 1981	Kota Kinabalu Kuala Lumpur Kuching Langkawi Penang	156	Langkawi Penang
Philippine Airlines	PR	1 November1965	Jakarta Manila	36	NA
Royal Brunei Airlines	BI	14 May 1975	Bandar Seri Begawan	24	Bandar Seri Begawan
Silkair	MI	fill in	Balikpapan Cebu Chengdu Chiang Mai Chongqing Danang Davao Fuzhou Hyderabad Kochi Kuching Kunming Langkawi Lombok Manado Medan Padang Palembang Phnom Penh Phuket Shenzhen Siem Reap Solo Surabaya Thiruvananthapuram Xiamen Yangon	fill in	Kota Kinabalu Kuching
Singapore Airlines	SQ	1 July 1981	See: Singapore Airlines Destinations	fill in	Yangon Kuching Manado Medan Danang Padang Trivandrum Kochi Phuket Chiang Mai Phnom Penh Siem Reap Kota Kinabalu Penang Bandar Seri Begawan Frankfurt Seoul Tokyo Auckland Vienna
Singapore Airlines Cargo	SQ	1 July 2001	See: Singapore Airlines Destinations and Dallas Brussels Dublin Sharjah Xiamen Chicago	fill in	fill in

[edit] Low cost terminal (2006)

• Tiger Airways (Will move from Terminal 1 to the low cost terminal in 2006)

[edit] New airlines in 2005/2006

• Jet Airways (15 April 2005)
• Merpati Nusantara Airlines (30 April 2005)
• Air Sahara (11 May 2005)
• Pakistan International Airlines (28 June 2005)
• Adam Air (28 October2005)
• Uzbekistan Airways (2005)
• Shenzhen Airlines (2005)
• Etihad Airways (2005)
• Hainan Airlines (2005)
• Sriwijaya Air (2005)
• Lao Airlines (2005)
• Air India Express (Flying together with sister airline Air India to Changi)
• Star Air
• Phuket Air
• Royal Khmer Airlines

[edit] Former users

• Aeroflot (stopped flights due to poor load)
• Air Macau
• Alitalia (now codeshares flights with Air France)
• Ansett Australia (due to bankruptcy and liquidation)
• Cebu Pacific Air (from 6 November 2002 to January 2003) (due to poor load)
• Evergreen International Airlines (from 12 April 2000)
• Egypt Air (now codeshares flights with Singapore Airlines)
• First Cambodia Airlines (terminated on 25 February 2004 due to financial problems)
• Jatayu Airlines
• Kuwait Airways (consolidated all flights to Jakarta via Bangkok)
• Lauda Air (taken over by fellow Austrian Airlines Group member Austrian Airlines)
• PT. Bouraq Indonesia Airlines (Terminated flights since March, continuing operations to Changi through codeshare with Silkair)
• Riau Airlines
• Swissair (ceased operations on 31 March 2002 and services restored by Swiss International Air Lines)

[edit] Notes

• AWAir planned to commence flights from 19 January 2005, but was forced to abandon plans to fly to Singapore at the last minute due to administrative issues.

[edit] Infrastructure, facilities & services

[edit] Runways

The airport currently has two parallel runways, 02L/20R and 02C/20C. A new parallel runway 02R/20L was built 1.8 km to the east of 02C/20C, currently used only for Republic of Singapore Air Force aircraft as part of Changi Airbase (East). The new runway is expected to be extended and eventually be turned into a third runway for the airport in its future expansion plans.

[edit] Ground handlers

• Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS)
• Changi International Airport Services (CIAS)
• Swissport Operations commenced on 2 March 2005 when CAAS issued a third ground handling license to foster a more competitive market. Its ground handling licence is valid for 10 years, and it offers passenger handling services (eg. check-in), apron handling services (eg. baggage loading /unloading) and cargo handling services. Presently its only customer in Changi is Swiss International Airlines.

[edit] Terminals

• Singapore Changi Airport has two terminals connected by a people mover system, with a third terminal currently under construction and due for completion in 2008. Another terminal for low cost carriers is due for completion in 2006.

• On Tuesday August 16 2005, Changi Airport unveiled the first of eleven specially-built gates capable of handling the giant Airbus A380 aircraft.

Costing some S$15 million, the gates or 'fingers' enable passengers to get on the upper cabin of the new 555-seater aircraft directly from the gate holdrooms. The holdrooms themselves have been enlarged and appointed to cater for the larger number of passengers flying the A380s. Besides the 11 new gates at Terminal 1 and 2, there will eight more A380-capable gates at the new Terminal 3, ready in 2008. Singapore Airlines will be the launch customer for the giant aircraft. It has placed an order worth up to US$8.6 billion for 10 planes, with an option for 15 more. In all, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, which operates Changi Airport, is spending S$60 million in upgrading its terminal buildings and airport infrastructure ahead of the arrival of the first A380 late next year. At the terminal buildings, besides enlarged gate holdrooms and new fingers, the airport is also extending the baggage belt carousels at the A380 gates to 90 metres (from 70 metres currently). The airport does not expect embarking and disembarking passengers and baggage from the A380 to take any more time than it does for the largest Boeing 747-400s, which carry just over 400 passengers.

[edit] Terminal facilities

In addition to a wide array of duty free shops and eating outlets, Changi Airport has six open air garden areas. Open to customers of the airport, each garden represents a different group of plants: cactus, bamboo, heliconia, sunflower, fern, and orchid. Changi Airport also has numerous business centres located throughout the airport.

[edit] Inter-terminal transportation services

[edit] SkyTrain

SkyTrain services are available at the SkyTrain stations located at the departure halls of both airport terminals. The SkyTrain is currently being upgraded to conform to the latest standards, incorporating the most advanced technological features in its new fleet of vehicles and expanded to serve the new Terminal 3 due to open in 2008.

• Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 & vice versa
  • Free
  • 0600 to 0130 daily

[edit] Land transportation services

[edit] Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)

The airport is connected to the Mass Rapid Transit network, with a station located underground between Terminal 2 & the future Terminal 3.

• Changi Airport (CG2) to City Hall (EW13) via a cross platform transfer at Tanah Merah (EW4)
  • S$1.40 on a standard ticket | S$1.39 on an adult EZ-Link card
  • 26 minutes (excluding waiting & transfer times)

[edit] Public bus

Bus services are available at the bus terminals located at the basement of both airport terminals.

• Service 24 | To Ang Mo Kio via Bedok, Geylang & Serangoon
• Service 27 | To Hougang via Tampines & Sengkang
• Service 34 | To Punggol via Tampines (effective 31 July 2005)
• Service 36 | To Tomlinson Road via Marine Parade, Marina Centre & Orchard Road
• Service 53 | To Bishan via Pasir Ris, Hougang & Serangoon
• Service 858 | To Woodlands via Yishun & Sembawang

[edit] Taxi

Taxi stands are located within the arrival halls of both terminals.

• Changi Airport to any destination in Singapore
  • Fare shown on meter + S$5.00 surcharge (Fri-Sun, 1700 to midnight) for every trip leaving the airport
  • Fare shown on meter + S$3.00 surcharge (all other times) for every trip leaving the airport

[edit] Limousine taxi

Limousine taxi services are readily available at the limousine taxi counters located at the arrival halls of both airport terminals.

• Changi Airport to any destination in Singapore
  • S$35.00 + surcharges (if applicable)

[edit] Airport shuttle

A 6-seater MaxiCab is used for this 2-way service which goes to anywhere within the Central Business District and any hotel in Singapore, excluding hotels in Changi Village and Sentosa Island. Booking is made at the counters in the arrival hall and the fare paid in cash to the driver.

• • S$7.00 - Adult
  • S$5.00 - Child
• Leaves every 30 minutes from 0600 to 1800
• Leaves every 15 minutes from 1815 to midnight
• Leaves every 30 minutes from 0030 to 0200

[edit] Car rental

Car rental services are provided at the car rental counters located at Terminal 2.

[edit] See also

• Singapore Changi Airport passenger traffic by airline
• Singapore Changi Airport passenger traffic by destination

[edit] External links

• Aviation landscape in Singapore
• Changi Airport Homepage
• Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Homepage
• Introduction to Singapore Changi Airport
• Strategic Infrastructure Investment Decisions in Airport and Rail development: The Case of Singaporede: Flughafen Singapur

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[edit] History

[edit] The replacement vs. expansion debate

Rapid growth in aviation transportation in the world was also felt in Singapore, where the Singapore International Airport at Paya Lebar, Singapore's third civilian airport after Kallang Airport and Seletar Airport, was facing congestion problems. Opened in 1955, the airport had a single runway and a small passenger terminal building. Its inability to cope with rising traffic became critical by the 1970s when passenger numbers rose dramatically from 300,000 to 1,700,000 passengers annually by 1970, before leaping to 4 million annually in 1975.

The government had two options available: expand the existing airport or build a completely new airport at another location. Concerned that the existing airport was located in an area with potential for urban growth and was physically helmed in on all sides, the government decided in 1975 to build a new airport at the eastern tip of the main island at Changi, where the airport can be expanded by reclaiming land. In addition, the airplanes can fly over the sea, avoiding issues of noise pollution within residential areas experienced at Paya Lebar.

[edit] Preparing the land

Land reclamation works involving the use of over 52,000,000 m³ of landfill and seafill began in Changi, even as the airport at Paya Lebar was still in the midst of expansion works. About 2 km² of swamp land were cleared and filled with 12,000,000 m³ of earth from nearby hills, while another 40,000,000 m³ of sand were used to fill up the seabed, creating half of the airport's total land area.

[edit] Phase 1

Phase 1 of construction included work on the first passenger terminal building, the first runway, 45 aircraft parking bays and supporting facilities and structures, including a huge maintenance hangar, the first fire station, workshops and administrative offices, an airfreight complex, two cargo agents buildings, in-flight catering kitchens and a 80 m high control tower.

[edit] Opening

Phase 1 opened for commercial operation on 1 July 1981 and was officially opened with much fanfare on 29 December 1981. It ended its first year of operations with 8.1 million passengers, almost 200,000 tonnes of air freight handled, and 63,100 aircraft movements.

[edit] Phase 2

Phase 2 of construction commenced immediately after the completion of Phase 1 and included the completion of a second runway, 23 more aircraft parking bays, the second fire station and the third cargo agent building.

[edit] Awards and accolades

The airport is known for its excellent services and security, winning numerous worldwide accolades since its opening. Despite competition from much newer airports in the region, the airport continues to maintain its reputation for setting standards in airport service quality. It received 16 best airport awards in the year 2000, 20 in 2001, 23 in 2002, 20 in 2003 and 19 in 2004. It has garnered 6 so far in the year 2005.

Some notable awards and allocades the airport has received include:

• The only airport in the world to be currently classified as a 5 star airport, the highest category in Skytrax's "World Airport Star Ranking" [7]. In the "World Airport Survey" conducted by the same organisation, the airport came in second place for four consecutive years from 2002 to 2005 and was third in 2001, with a narrowing gap between itself and first placed Hong Kong International Airport in each successive year.
• "Best Airport in Asia" award by AETRA 2004, a new award by Airport World based on the "AETRA Customer Satisfaction Survey" launched in 2004 and replacing the "IATA Global Airport Monitor", a collaboration between the Airports Council International and the International Air Transport Association. Prior to this, the airport has won both the "Best Airport - Worldwide" and the "Best Airport - Asia/Pacific" awards in the 25-40 million passengers category four times consecutively from 2000 to 2003.
• "IATA Eagle Award - Airport" award from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for four years from 2001 to 2003 and 2005
• "Best Airport in the World" from the UK/Europe edition of Business Traveller for 17 consecutive times from 1988 to 2004. It was also awarded the "Best Airport in the World" from the Asia Pacific edition of the same magazine for 13 consecutive times since 1992. The German edition conferred the same award for 12 consecutive years since 1993, while the United States edition gave the award 12 times since 1991. It won the award for the first time in the Middle East edition in 2004, and again in 2005.
• The World Travel Awards [8] was organised since 1994 and considered the "Oscars" of the travel industry, it awarded the "World's Leading Airport" title to Changi in 1994, the "Asia/Pacific's Leading Airport" title in 2001 and 2002, the "World's Leading Airport Lounge" award in 2003 and the "Asia's Leading Airport" award in 2004.
• "Airport Authority in Asia/ Pacific with the most supportive approach in Travel Retail" award from the Duty Free News International and Travel Retailer International's highly prestigious "Raven Fox Awards for Travel Retail Excellence in Asia Pacific" for seven consecutive times since 1998.
• "Best Airport - Asia" by Cargonews Asia in the 2005 Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards for 19 consecutive times from 1987 to 2005.
• "Deficiency-free airport" by the International Federation of Airline Pilots Association for 24 consecutive years since 1981.
• "World's Best Airport" by the United Kingdom edition of Condé Nast Traveller in the 2004 Travel Awards, four times since 1999 except 2001.
• "Favorite Asian Airport" by the Asian edition of TIME magazine in the TIME Readers' Travel Choice Awards for four consecutive years since 2001.
• "Best International Airport" by the Daily Telegraph (United Kingdom) and the Sunday Telegraph in the Telegraph Travel Awards for six consecutive years since 1998.
• "Best International Airport" by OAG Worldwide's [9] Airline of the Year Awards for nine years from 1996 to 2003 and in 2005.
• "TTG Travel Awards" by the Travel Trade Gazette. The airport was entered into a special category called the "Hall of Fame" since 2002 for being nominated in the "Best Airport" category for more than a decade. Inaugurated in 2002, this special award is conferred every year the award ceremony is conducted and elevates the airport from the voting process. Singapore Airlines was similarly entered into the Hall of Fame for the "Best Airline" category in 2002.

[edit] Airlines

[edit] Terminal 1

Airline	Code	Since	Operated destinations	Flights	Codeshared destinations
Air China	CA	17 June1985 / 01 January1994	Beijing Chengdu Hangzhou Xiamen	56	Jinan Shenzhen
Air France	AF	20 July1964	Paris	14	Adelaide Amsterdam Brisbane Darwin Jakarta Melbourne Perth Sydney
Air Hong Kong	LD	fill in	fill in	fill in	fill in
Air India	AI	16 July1954	Chennai Delhi Jakarta Kuala Lumpur Mumbai	32	Bangalore Hyderabad Los Angeles San Francisco Cochin
Air Mauritius	MK	31 May1985	Kuala Lumpur Mauritius	6	NA
Air Niugini	PX	5 July1979	Port Moresby	4	NA
Air Sahara	S2	12 May 2005	Delhi	14	NA
Air Seychelles	HM	25 November1987	Mahe	2	NA
Air Zimbabwe	UM	22 November 2004	Beijing Harare	8	NA
All Nippon Airways	NH	3 December1991	Tokyo	14	Fukuoka Osaka Tokyo Nagoya
Asiana Airlines	OZ	14 January1991	Seoul	10	Seoul
Australian Airlines	AO	29 October2000 3 June2004	Cairns Darwin Denpasar Melbourne Sydney	16	NA
Bangkok Airways	PG	27 March1997	Koh Samui	12	NA
Biman Bangladesh	BG	6 April1977	Bangkok Dhaka	8	NA
British Airways	BA	fill in	London Melbourne Sydney	56	Adelaide Brisbane Darwin Frankfurt London Melbourne Perth Sydney
Cargolux	CV	fill in	Luxembourg	fill in	fill in
Cathay Pacific	CX	1947	Bangkok Colombo Hong Kong Jakarta	104	NA
China Airlines	CI	5 October1967	Hong Kong Kaohsiung Taipei	34	NA
China Eastern Airlines	MU	31 March1993 24 April1993	Harbin Kunming Qingdao Shanghai Shenyang	48	NA
China Southern Airlines	CZ	17 March1993	Guangzhou Xian	28	NA
Emirates	EK	17 June1990	Auckland Brisbane Christchurch Colombo Dubai Jakarta Melbourne	72	Colombo
EVA Air	BR	8 july1991	Taipei	14	NA
Federal Express	FX	fill in	Subic Bay Jakarta Newark Anchorage Tokyo Cebu	fill in	fill in
Finnair	AY	4 December1985	Bangkok Helsinki	14	Brisbane
Garuda Indonesia	GA	1966	Bangkok Beijing Denpasar Ho Chi Minh City Jakarta Medan Padang Pekanbaru Semarang Shanghai Surabaya Yogyakarta	240	Balikpapan Palembang
Gulf Air	GF	1 December 1990	Bahrain Sydney	28	NA
Indian Airlines	IC	4 June 1987	Bangalore Bangkok Chennai Delhi Hyderabad Jaipur	62	NA
Japan Airlines	JL	8 May 1958	Kuala Lumpur Osaka Tokyo	56	NA
Jet Airways	9W	15 April 2005	Mumbai	14	NA
Jetstar Asia Airways	3K	13 December 2004	Bangalore Bangkok Hong Kong Kolkata Manila Phuket Taipei	90	NA
KLM	KL	1927	Amsterdam Jakarta	18	NA
Korean Air	KE	24 February1982	Seoul	14	NA
Lufthansa Cargo	LH	fill in	Cologne Bahrain	fill in	fill in
Merpati Nusantara Airlines	MZ	25 May2005	Bandung	8	Solo
Myanmar Airways	8M	fill in	Kuala Lumpur Yangon	6	NA
Nippon Cargo Airlines	KZ	fill in	Tokyo Osaka Nagoya		fill in
Northwest Airlines	NW	6 September1984	Portland Tokyo	14	NA
Lion Air	JT	18 November2003	Jakarta	14	NA
Pakistan International Airlines	PK	3 November1972 / 28 June 2005	Islamabad Karachi Kuala Lumpur	fill in	NA
PT Republic Express Airlines	RH	fill in	Jakarta Makassar Surabaya	fill in	fill in
Qantas	QF	fill in	Adelaide Brisbane Darwin Frankfurt London Melbourne Perth Sydney	138	Bahrain Bangkok Helsinki London Melbourne Paris Sydney
Qatar Airways	QR	10 November 2003	Cebu Doha Jakarta	20	NA
Royal Nepal Airlines	RA	15 October1984 31 March2003	Kathmandu Kuala Lumpur	4	NA
Saudi Arabian Airlines	SV	30 March1982	Jakarta Jeddah Kuala Lumpur Riyadh	4	NA
Scandinavian Airlines System	SK	4 November1967	Bangkok Copenhagen	12	NA
Shandong Airlines	SC	19 January2004	Jinan Shenzhen	4	NA
Sri Lankan Airlines	UL	14 September1975	Colombo Kuala Lumpur	24	Brisbane Colombo Melbourne
Swiss International Airlines	LX	1 April1969 14 June2002	Bangkok Zurich	12	NA
Thai AirAsia	FD	13 February2004	Bangkok	42	NA
Thai Airways International	TG	5 May1960	Bangkok Jakarta	98	NA
Tiger Airways	TR	15 September 2004	Bangkok Chiang Mai Clark Hanoi Hat Yai Ho Chi Minh City Kolkata Krabi Macau Padang Phuket	122	NA
Transaero Airlines	UN	31 October 2004	Moscow	2	NA
Turkish Airlines	TK	2 June1986	Bangkok Istanbul	10	NA
United Airlines	UA	13 February1986	Chicago Hong Kong Philadelphia San Francisco Tokyo Washington	28	NA
United Parcel Service	KZ	fill in	Clark Hong Kong	fill in	fill in
Valuair	VF	May 52004	Bangkok Denpasar Hong Kong Jakarta Surabaya	100	NA
Vietnam Airlines	VN	4 February1992	Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City	22	NA
Xiamen Airlines	MF	12 January2003	Fuzhou Penang Xiamen	10	NA

[edit] Terminal 2

Airline	Code	Since	Operated destinations	Flights	Codeshared destinations
Air New Zealand	NZ	6 April1966	Auckland	14	Auckland Bangkok Christchurch Dubai Frankfurt London Manchester Melbourne Rome Vienna Zurich
Austrian Airlines	OS	29 October2000 / 03 June2004	Melbourne Vienna	12	Auckland Bangkok
Lufthansa	LH	4 April1965	Frankfurt	14	Adelaide Auckland Bangkok Brisbane Frankfurt Melbourne Perth Sydney Vienna
Malaysia Airlines	MH	1 July 1981	Kota Kinabalu Kuala Lumpur Kuching Langkawi Penang	156	Langkawi Penang
Philippine Airlines	PR	1 November1965	Jakarta Manila	36	NA
Royal Brunei Airlines	BI	14 May 1975	Bandar Seri Begawan	24	Bandar Seri Begawan
Silkair	MI	fill in	Balikpapan Cebu Chengdu Chiang Mai Chongqing Danang Davao Fuzhou Hyderabad Kochi Kuching Kunming Langkawi Lombok Manado Medan Padang Palembang Phnom Penh Phuket Shenzhen Siem Reap Solo Surabaya Thiruvananthapuram Xiamen Yangon	fill in	Kota Kinabalu Kuching
Singapore Airlines	SQ	1 July 1981	See: Singapore Airlines Destinations	fill in	Yangon Kuching Manado Medan Danang Padang Trivandrum Kochi Phuket Chiang Mai Phnom Penh Siem Reap Kota Kinabalu Penang Bandar Seri Begawan Frankfurt Seoul Tokyo Auckland Vienna
Singapore Airlines Cargo	SQ	1 July 2001	See: Singapore Airlines Destinations and Dallas Brussels Dublin Sharjah Xiamen Chicago	fill in	fill in

[edit] Low cost terminal (2006)

• Tiger Airways (Will move from Terminal 1 to the low cost terminal in 2006)

[edit] New airlines in 2005/2006

• Jet Airways (15 April 2005)
• Merpati Nusantara Airlines (30 April 2005)
• Air Sahara (11 May 2005)
• Pakistan International Airlines (28 June 2005)
• Adam Air (28 October2005)
• Uzbekistan Airways (2005)
• Shenzhen Airlines (2005)
• Etihad Airways (2005)
• Hainan Airlines (2005)
• Sriwijaya Air (2005)
• Lao Airlines (2005)
• Air India Express (Flying together with sister airline Air India to Changi)
• Star Air
• Phuket Air
• Royal Khmer Airlines

[edit] Former users

• Aeroflot (stopped flights due to poor load)
• Air Macau
• Alitalia (now codeshares flights with Air France)
• Ansett Australia (due to bankruptcy and liquidation)
• Cebu Pacific Air (from 6 November 2002 to January 2003) (due to poor load)
• Evergreen International Airlines (from 12 April 2000)
• Egypt Air (now codeshares flights with Singapore Airlines)
• First Cambodia Airlines (terminated on 25 February 2004 due to financial problems)
• Jatayu Airlines
• Kuwait Airways (consolidated all flights to Jakarta via Bangkok)
• Lauda Air (taken over by fellow Austrian Airlines Group member Austrian Airlines)
• PT. Bouraq Indonesia Airlines (Terminated flights since March, continuing operations to Changi through codeshare with Silkair)
• Riau Airlines
• Swissair (ceased operations on 31 March 2002 and services restored by Swiss International Air Lines)

[edit] Notes

• AWAir planned to commence flights from 19 January 2005, but was forced to abandon plans to fly to Singapore at the last minute due to administrative issues.

[edit] Infrastructure, facilities & services

[edit] Runways

The airport currently has two parallel runways, 02L/20R and 02C/20C. A new parallel runway 02R/20L was built 1.8 km to the east of 02C/20C, currently used only for Republic of Singapore Air Force aircraft as part of Changi Airbase (East). The new runway is expected to be extended and eventually be turned into a third runway for the airport in its future expansion plans.

[edit] Ground handlers

• Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS)
• Changi International Airport Services (CIAS)
• Swissport Operations commenced on 2 March 2005 when CAAS issued a third ground handling license to foster a more competitive market. Its ground handling licence is valid for 10 years, and it offers passenger handling services (eg. check-in), apron handling services (eg. baggage loading /unloading) and cargo handling services. Presently its only customer in Changi is Swiss International Airlines.

[edit] Terminals

• Singapore Changi Airport has two terminals connected by a people mover system, with a third terminal currently under construction and due for completion in 2008. Another terminal for low cost carriers is due for completion in 2006.

• On Tuesday August 16 2005, Changi Airport unveiled the first of eleven specially-built gates capable of handling the giant Airbus A380 aircraft.

Costing some S$15 million, the gates or 'fingers' enable passengers to get on the upper cabin of the new 555-seater aircraft directly from the gate holdrooms. The holdrooms themselves have been enlarged and appointed to cater for the larger number of passengers flying the A380s. Besides the 11 new gates at Terminal 1 and 2, there will eight more A380-capable gates at the new Terminal 3, ready in 2008. Singapore Airlines will be the launch customer for the giant aircraft. It has placed an order worth up to US$8.6 billion for 10 planes, with an option for 15 more. In all, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, which operates Changi Airport, is spending S$60 million in upgrading its terminal buildings and airport infrastructure ahead of the arrival of the first A380 late next year. At the terminal buildings, besides enlarged gate holdrooms and new fingers, the airport is also extending the baggage belt carousels at the A380 gates to 90 metres (from 70 metres currently). The airport does not expect embarking and disembarking passengers and baggage from the A380 to take any more time than it does for the largest Boeing 747-400s, which carry just over 400 passengers.

[edit] Terminal facilities

In addition to a wide array of duty free shops and eating outlets, Changi Airport has six open air garden areas. Open to customers of the airport, each garden represents a different group of plants: cactus, bamboo, heliconia, sunflower, fern, and orchid. Changi Airport also has numerous business centres located throughout the airport.

[edit] Inter-terminal transportation services

[edit] SkyTrain

SkyTrain services are available at the SkyTrain stations located at the departure halls of both airport terminals. The SkyTrain is currently being upgraded to conform to the latest standards, incorporating the most advanced technological features in its new fleet of vehicles and expanded to serve the new Terminal 3 due to open in 2008.

• Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 & vice versa
  • Free
  • 0600 to 0130 daily

[edit] Land transportation services

[edit] Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)

The airport is connected to the Mass Rapid Transit network, with a station located underground between Terminal 2 & the future Terminal 3.

• Changi Airport (CG2) to City Hall (EW13) via a cross platform transfer at Tanah Merah (EW4)
  • S$1.40 on a standard ticket | S$1.39 on an adult EZ-Link card
  • 26 minutes (excluding waiting & transfer times)

[edit] Public bus

Bus services are available at the bus terminals located at the basement of both airport terminals.

• Service 24 | To Ang Mo Kio via Bedok, Geylang & Serangoon
• Service 27 | To Hougang via Tampines & Sengkang
• Service 34 | To Punggol via Tampines (effective 31 July 2005)
• Service 36 | To Tomlinson Road via Marine Parade, Marina Centre & Orchard Road
• Service 53 | To Bishan via Pasir Ris, Hougang & Serangoon
• Service 858 | To Woodlands via Yishun & Sembawang

[edit] Taxi

Taxi stands are located within the arrival halls of both terminals.

• Changi Airport to any destination in Singapore
  • Fare shown on meter + S$5.00 surcharge (Fri-Sun, 1700 to midnight) for every trip leaving the airport
  • Fare shown on meter + S$3.00 surcharge (all other times) for every trip leaving the airport

[edit] Limousine taxi

Limousine taxi services are readily available at the limousine taxi counters located at the arrival halls of both airport terminals.

• Changi Airport to any destination in Singapore
  • S$35.00 + surcharges (if applicable)

[edit] Airport shuttle

A 6-seater MaxiCab is used for this 2-way service which goes to anywhere within the Central Business District and any hotel in Singapore, excluding hotels in Changi Village and Sentosa Island. Booking is made at the counters in the arrival hall and the fare paid in cash to the driver.

• • S$7.00 - Adult
  • S$5.00 - Child
• Leaves every 30 minutes from 0600 to 1800
• Leaves every 15 minutes from 1815 to midnight
• Leaves every 30 minutes from 0030 to 0200

[edit] Car rental

Car rental services are provided at the car rental counters located at Terminal 2.

[edit] See also

• Singapore Changi Airport passenger traffic by airline
• Singapore Changi Airport passenger traffic by destination

[edit] External links

• Aviation landscape in Singapore
• Changi Airport Homepage
• Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Homepage
• Introduction to Singapore Changi Airport
• Strategic Infrastructure Investment Decisions in Airport and Rail development: The Case of Singaporede: Flughafen Singapur

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[edit] History

[edit] The replacement vs. expansion debate

Rapid growth in aviation transportation in the world was also felt in Singapore, where the Singapore International Airport at Paya Lebar, Singapore's third civilian airport after Kallang Airport and Seletar Airport, was facing congestion problems. Opened in 1955, the airport had a single runway and a small passenger terminal building. Its inability to cope with rising traffic became critical by the 1970s when passenger numbers rose dramatically from 300,000 to 1,700,000 passengers annually by 1970, before leaping to 4 million annually in 1975.

The government had two options available: expand the existing airport or build a completely new airport at another location. Concerned that the existing airport was located in an area with potential for urban growth and was physically helmed in on all sides, the government decided in 1975 to build a new airport at the eastern tip of the main island at Changi, where the airport can be expanded by reclaiming land. In addition, the airplanes can fly over the sea, avoiding issues of noise pollution within residential areas experienced at Paya Lebar.

[edit] Preparing the land

Land reclamation works involving the use of over 52,000,000 m³ of landfill and seafill began in Changi, even as the airport at Paya Lebar was still in the midst of expansion works. About 2 km² of swamp land were cleared and filled with 12,000,000 m³ of earth from nearby hills, while another 40,000,000 m³ of sand were used to fill up the seabed, creating half of the airport's total land area.

[edit] Phase 1

Phase 1 of construction included work on the first passenger terminal building, the first runway, 45 aircraft parking bays and supporting facilities and structures, including a huge maintenance hangar, the first fire station, workshops and administrative offices, an airfreight complex, two cargo agents buildings, in-flight catering kitchens and a 80 m high control tower.

[edit] Opening

Phase 1 opened for commercial operation on 1 July 1981 and was officially opened with much fanfare on 29 December 1981. It ended its first year of operations with 8.1 million passengers, almost 200,000 tonnes of air freight handled, and 63,100 aircraft movements.

[edit] Phase 2

Phase 2 of construction commenced immediately after the completion of Phase 1 and included the completion of a second runway, 23 more aircraft parking bays, the second fire station and the third cargo agent building.

[edit] Awards and accolades

The airport is known for its excellent services and security, winning numerous worldwide accolades since its opening. Despite competition from much newer airports in the region, the airport continues to maintain its reputation for setting standards in airport service quality. It received 16 best airport awards in the year 2000, 20 in 2001, 23 in 2002, 20 in 2003 and 19 in 2004. It has garnered 6 so far in the year 2005.

Some notable awards and allocades the airport has received include:

• The only airport in the world to be currently classified as a 5 star airport, the highest category in Skytrax's "World Airport Star Ranking" [10]. In the "World Airport Survey" conducted by the same organisation, the airport came in second place for four consecutive years from 2002 to 2005 and was third in 2001, with a narrowing gap between itself and first placed Hong Kong International Airport in each successive year.
• "Best Airport in Asia" award by AETRA 2004, a new award by Airport World based on the "AETRA Customer Satisfaction Survey" launched in 2004 and replacing the "IATA Global Airport Monitor", a collaboration between the Airports Council International and the International Air Transport Association. Prior to this, the airport has won both the "Best Airport - Worldwide" and the "Best Airport - Asia/Pacific" awards in the 25-40 million passengers category four times consecutively from 2000 to 2003.
• "IATA Eagle Award - Airport" award from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for four years from 2001 to 2003 and 2005
• "Best Airport in the World" from the UK/Europe edition of Business Traveller for 17 consecutive times from 1988 to 2004. It was also awarded the "Best Airport in the World" from the Asia Pacific edition of the same magazine for 13 consecutive times since 1992. The German edition conferred the same award for 12 consecutive years since 1993, while the United States edition gave the award 12 times since 1991. It won the award for the first time in the Middle East edition in 2004, and again in 2005.
• The World Travel Awards [11] was organised since 1994 and considered the "Oscars" of the travel industry, it awarded the "World's Leading Airport" title to Changi in 1994, the "Asia/Pacific's Leading Airport" title in 2001 and 2002, the "World's Leading Airport Lounge" award in 2003 and the "Asia's Leading Airport" award in 2004.
• "Airport Authority in Asia/ Pacific with the most supportive approach in Travel Retail" award from the Duty Free News International and Travel Retailer International's highly prestigious "Raven Fox Awards for Travel Retail Excellence in Asia Pacific" for seven consecutive times since 1998.
• "Best Airport - Asia" by Cargonews Asia in the 2005 Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards for 19 consecutive times from 1987 to 2005.
• "Deficiency-free airport" by the International Federation of Airline Pilots Association for 24 consecutive years since 1981.
• "World's Best Airport" by the United Kingdom edition of Condé Nast Traveller in the 2004 Travel Awards, four times since 1999 except 2001.
• "Favorite Asian Airport" by the Asian edition of TIME magazine in the TIME Readers' Travel Choice Awards for four consecutive years since 2001.
• "Best International Airport" by the Daily Telegraph (United Kingdom) and the Sunday Telegraph in the Telegraph Travel Awards for six consecutive years since 1998.
• "Best International Airport" by OAG Worldwide's [12] Airline of the Year Awards for nine years from 1996 to 2003 and in 2005.
• "TTG Travel Awards" by the Travel Trade Gazette. The airport was entered into a special category called the "Hall of Fame" since 2002 for being nominated in the "Best Airport" category for more than a decade. Inaugurated in 2002, this special award is conferred every year the award ceremony is conducted and elevates the airport from the voting process. Singapore Airlines was similarly entered into the Hall of Fame for the "Best Airline" category in 2002.

[edit] Airlines

[edit] Terminal 1

Airline	Code	Since	Operated destinations	Flights	Codeshared destinations
Air China	CA	17 June1985 / 01 January1994	Beijing Chengdu Hangzhou Xiamen	56	Jinan Shenzhen
Air France	AF	20 July1964	Paris	14	Adelaide Amsterdam Brisbane Darwin Jakarta Melbourne Perth Sydney
Air Hong Kong	LD	fill in	fill in	fill in	fill in
Air India	AI	16 July1954	Chennai Delhi Jakarta Kuala Lumpur Mumbai	32	Bangalore Hyderabad Los Angeles San Francisco Cochin
Air Mauritius	MK	31 May1985	Kuala Lumpur Mauritius	6	NA
Air Niugini	PX	5 July1979	Port Moresby	4	NA
Air Sahara	S2	12 May 2005	Delhi	14	NA
Air Seychelles	HM	25 November1987	Mahe	2	NA
Air Zimbabwe	UM	22 November 2004	Beijing Harare	8	NA
All Nippon Airways	NH	3 December1991	Tokyo	14	Fukuoka Osaka Tokyo Nagoya
Asiana Airlines	OZ	14 January1991	Seoul	10	Seoul
Australian Airlines	AO	29 October2000 3 June2004	Cairns Darwin Denpasar Melbourne Sydney	16	NA
Bangkok Airways	PG	27 March1997	Koh Samui	12	NA
Biman Bangladesh	BG	6 April1977	Bangkok Dhaka	8	NA
British Airways	BA	fill in	London Melbourne Sydney	56	Adelaide Brisbane Darwin Frankfurt London Melbourne Perth Sydney
Cargolux	CV	fill in	Luxembourg	fill in	fill in
Cathay Pacific	CX	1947	Bangkok Colombo Hong Kong Jakarta	104	NA
China Airlines	CI	5 October1967	Hong Kong Kaohsiung Taipei	34	NA
China Eastern Airlines	MU	31 March1993 24 April1993	Harbin Kunming Qingdao Shanghai Shenyang	48	NA
China Southern Airlines	CZ	17 March1993	Guangzhou Xian	28	NA
Emirates	EK	17 June1990	Auckland Brisbane Christchurch Colombo Dubai Jakarta Melbourne	72	Colombo
EVA Air	BR	8 july1991	Taipei	14	NA
Federal Express	FX	fill in	Subic Bay Jakarta Newark Anchorage Tokyo Cebu	fill in	fill in
Finnair	AY	4 December1985	Bangkok Helsinki	14	Brisbane
Garuda Indonesia	GA	1966	Bangkok Beijing Denpasar Ho Chi Minh City Jakarta Medan Padang Pekanbaru Semarang Shanghai Surabaya Yogyakarta	240	Balikpapan Palembang
Gulf Air	GF	1 December 1990	Bahrain Sydney	28	NA
Indian Airlines	IC	4 June 1987	Bangalore Bangkok Chennai Delhi Hyderabad Jaipur	62	NA
Japan Airlines	JL	8 May 1958	Kuala Lumpur Osaka Tokyo	56	NA
Jet Airways	9W	15 April 2005	Mumbai	14	NA
Jetstar Asia Airways	3K	13 December 2004	Bangalore Bangkok Hong Kong Kolkata Manila Phuket Taipei	90	NA
KLM	KL	1927	Amsterdam Jakarta	18	NA
Korean Air	KE	24 February1982	Seoul	14	NA
Lufthansa Cargo	LH	fill in	Cologne Bahrain	fill in	fill in
Merpati Nusantara Airlines	MZ	25 May2005	Bandung	8	Solo
Myanmar Airways	8M	fill in	Kuala Lumpur Yangon	6	NA
Nippon Cargo Airlines	KZ	fill in	Tokyo Osaka Nagoya		fill in
Northwest Airlines	NW	6 September1984	Portland Tokyo	14	NA
Lion Air	JT	18 November2003	Jakarta	14	NA
Pakistan International Airlines	PK	3 November1972 / 28 June 2005	Islamabad Karachi Kuala Lumpur	fill in	NA
PT Republic Express Airlines	RH	fill in	Jakarta Makassar Surabaya	fill in	fill in
Qantas	QF	fill in	Adelaide Brisbane Darwin Frankfurt London Melbourne Perth Sydney	138	Bahrain Bangkok Helsinki London Melbourne Paris Sydney
Qatar Airways	QR	10 November 2003	Cebu Doha Jakarta	20	NA
Royal Nepal Airlines	RA	15 October1984 31 March2003	Kathmandu Kuala Lumpur	4	NA
Saudi Arabian Airlines	SV	30 March1982	Jakarta Jeddah Kuala Lumpur Riyadh	4	NA
Scandinavian Airlines System	SK	4 November1967	Bangkok Copenhagen	12	NA
Shandong Airlines	SC	19 January2004	Jinan Shenzhen	4	NA
Sri Lankan Airlines	UL	14 September1975	Colombo Kuala Lumpur	24	Brisbane Colombo Melbourne
Swiss International Airlines	LX	1 April1969 14 June2002	Bangkok Zurich	12	NA
Thai AirAsia	FD	13 February2004	Bangkok	42	NA
Thai Airways International	TG	5 May1960	Bangkok Jakarta	98	NA
Tiger Airways	TR	15 September 2004	Bangkok Chiang Mai Clark Hanoi Hat Yai Ho Chi Minh City Kolkata Krabi Macau Padang Phuket	122	NA
Transaero Airlines	UN	31 October 2004	Moscow	2	NA
Turkish Airlines	TK	2 June1986	Bangkok Istanbul	10	NA
United Airlines	UA	13 February1986	Chicago Hong Kong Philadelphia San Francisco Tokyo Washington	28	NA
United Parcel Service	KZ	fill in	Clark Hong Kong	fill in	fill in
Valuair	VF	May 52004	Bangkok Denpasar Hong Kong Jakarta Surabaya	100	NA
Vietnam Airlines	VN	4 February1992	Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City	22	NA
Xiamen Airlines	MF	12 January2003	Fuzhou Penang Xiamen	10	NA

[edit] Terminal 2

Airline	Code	Since	Operated destinations	Flights	Codeshared destinations
Air New Zealand	NZ	6 April1966	Auckland	14	Auckland Bangkok Christchurch Dubai Frankfurt London Manchester Melbourne Rome Vienna Zurich
Austrian Airlines	OS	29 October2000 / 03 June2004	Melbourne Vienna	12	Auckland Bangkok
Lufthansa	LH	4 April1965	Frankfurt	14	Adelaide Auckland Bangkok Brisbane Frankfurt Melbourne Perth Sydney Vienna
Malaysia Airlines	MH	1 July 1981	Kota Kinabalu Kuala Lumpur Kuching Langkawi Penang	156	Langkawi Penang
Philippine Airlines	PR	1 November1965	Jakarta Manila	36	NA
Royal Brunei Airlines	BI	14 May 1975	Bandar Seri Begawan	24	Bandar Seri Begawan
Silkair	MI	fill in	Balikpapan Cebu Chengdu Chiang Mai Chongqing Danang Davao Fuzhou Hyderabad Kochi Kuching Kunming Langkawi Lombok Manado Medan Padang Palembang Phnom Penh Phuket Shenzhen Siem Reap Solo Surabaya Thiruvananthapuram Xiamen Yangon	fill in	Kota Kinabalu Kuching
Singapore Airlines	SQ	1 July 1981	See: Singapore Airlines Destinations	fill in	Yangon Kuching Manado Medan Danang Padang Trivandrum Kochi Phuket Chiang Mai Phnom Penh Siem Reap Kota Kinabalu Penang Bandar Seri Begawan Frankfurt Seoul Tokyo Auckland Vienna
Singapore Airlines Cargo	SQ	1 July 2001	See: Singapore Airlines Destinations and Dallas Brussels Dublin Sharjah Xiamen Chicago	fill in	fill in

[edit] Low cost terminal (2006)

• Tiger Airways (Will move from Terminal 1 to the low cost terminal in 2006)

[edit] New airlines in 2005/2006

• Jet Airways (15 April 2005)
• Merpati Nusantara Airlines (30 April 2005)
• Air Sahara (11 May 2005)
• Pakistan International Airlines (28 June 2005)
• Adam Air (28 October2005)
• Uzbekistan Airways (2005)
• Shenzhen Airlines (2005)
• Etihad Airways (2005)
• Hainan Airlines (2005)
• Sriwijaya Air (2005)
• Lao Airlines (2005)
• Air India Express (Flying together with sister airline Air India to Changi)
• Star Air
• Phuket Air
• Royal Khmer Airlines

[edit] Former users

• Aeroflot (stopped flights due to poor load)
• Air Macau
• Alitalia (now codeshares flights with Air France)
• Ansett Australia (due to bankruptcy and liquidation)
• Cebu Pacific Air (from 6 November 2002 to January 2003) (due to poor load)
• Evergreen International Airlines (from 12 April 2000)
• Egypt Air (now codeshares flights with Singapore Airlines)
• First Cambodia Airlines (terminated on 25 February 2004 due to financial problems)
• Jatayu Airlines
• Kuwait Airways (consolidated all flights to Jakarta via Bangkok)
• Lauda Air (taken over by fellow Austrian Airlines Group member Austrian Airlines)
• PT. Bouraq Indonesia Airlines (Terminated flights since March, continuing operations to Changi through codeshare with Silkair)
• Riau Airlines
• Swissair (ceased operations on 31 March 2002 and services restored by Swiss International Air Lines)

[edit] Notes

• AWAir planned to commence flights from 19 January 2005, but was forced to abandon plans to fly to Singapore at the last minute due to administrative issues.

[edit] Infrastructure, facilities & services

[edit] Runways

The airport currently has two parallel runways, 02L/20R and 02C/20C. A new parallel runway 02R/20L was built 1.8 km to the east of 02C/20C, currently used only for Republic of Singapore Air Force aircraft as part of Changi Airbase (East). The new runway is expected to be extended and eventually be turned into a third runway for the airport in its future expansion plans.

[edit] Ground handlers

• Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS)
• Changi International Airport Services (CIAS)
• Swissport Operations commenced on 2 March 2005 when CAAS issued a third ground handling license to foster a more competitive market. Its ground handling licence is valid for 10 years, and it offers passenger handling services (eg. check-in), apron handling services (eg. baggage loading /unloading) and cargo handling services. Presently its only customer in Changi is Swiss International Airlines.

[edit] Terminals

• Singapore Changi Airport has two terminals connected by a people mover system, with a third terminal currently under construction and due for completion in 2008. Another terminal for low cost carriers is due for completion in 2006.

• On Tuesday August 16 2005, Changi Airport unveiled the first of eleven specially-built gates capable of handling the giant Airbus A380 aircraft.

Costing some S$15 million, the gates or 'fingers' enable passengers to get on the upper cabin of the new 555-seater aircraft directly from the gate holdrooms. The holdrooms themselves have been enlarged and appointed to cater for the larger number of passengers flying the A380s. Besides the 11 new gates at Terminal 1 and 2, there will eight more A380-capable gates at the new Terminal 3, ready in 2008. Singapore Airlines will be the launch customer for the giant aircraft. It has placed an order worth up to US$8.6 billion for 10 planes, with an option for 15 more. In all, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, which operates Changi Airport, is spending S$60 million in upgrading its terminal buildings and airport infrastructure ahead of the arrival of the first A380 late next year. At the terminal buildings, besides enlarged gate holdrooms and new fingers, the airport is also extending the baggage belt carousels at the A380 gates to 90 metres (from 70 metres currently). The airport does not expect embarking and disembarking passengers and baggage from the A380 to take any more time than it does for the largest Boeing 747-400s, which carry just over 400 passengers.

[edit] Terminal facilities

In addition to a wide array of duty free shops and eating outlets, Changi Airport has six open air garden areas. Open to customers of the airport, each garden represents a different group of plants: cactus, bamboo, heliconia, sunflower, fern, and orchid. Changi Airport also has numerous business centres located throughout the airport.

[edit] Inter-terminal transportation services

[edit] SkyTrain

SkyTrain services are available at the SkyTrain stations located at the departure halls of both airport terminals. The SkyTrain is currently being upgraded to conform to the latest standards, incorporating the most advanced technological features in its new fleet of vehicles and expanded to serve the new Terminal 3 due to open in 2008.

• Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 & vice versa
  • Free
  • 0600 to 0130 daily

[edit] Land transportation services

[edit] Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)

The airport is connected to the Mass Rapid Transit network, with a station located underground between Terminal 2 & the future Terminal 3.

• Changi Airport (CG2) to City Hall (EW13) via a cross platform transfer at Tanah Merah (EW4)
  • S$1.40 on a standard ticket | S$1.39 on an adult EZ-Link card
  • 26 minutes (excluding waiting & transfer times)

[edit] Public bus

Bus services are available at the bus terminals located at the basement of both airport terminals.

• Service 24 | To Ang Mo Kio via Bedok, Geylang & Serangoon
• Service 27 | To Hougang via Tampines & Sengkang
• Service 34 | To Punggol via Tampines (effective 31 July 2005)
• Service 36 | To Tomlinson Road via Marine Parade, Marina Centre & Orchard Road
• Service 53 | To Bishan via Pasir Ris, Hougang & Serangoon
• Service 858 | To Woodlands via Yishun & Sembawang

[edit] Taxi

Taxi stands are located within the arrival halls of both terminals.

• Changi Airport to any destination in Singapore
  • Fare shown on meter + S$5.00 surcharge (Fri-Sun, 1700 to midnight) for every trip leaving the airport
  • Fare shown on meter + S$3.00 surcharge (all other times) for every trip leaving the airport

[edit] Limousine taxi

Limousine taxi services are readily available at the limousine taxi counters located at the arrival halls of both airport terminals.

• Changi Airport to any destination in Singapore
  • S$35.00 + surcharges (if applicable)

[edit] Airport shuttle

A 6-seater MaxiCab is used for this 2-way service which goes to anywhere within the Central Business District and any hotel in Singapore, excluding hotels in Changi Village and Sentosa Island. Booking is made at the counters in the arrival hall and the fare paid in cash to the driver.

• • S$7.00 - Adult
  • S$5.00 - Child
• Leaves every 30 minutes from 0600 to 1800
• Leaves every 15 minutes from 1815 to midnight
• Leaves every 30 minutes from 0030 to 0200

[edit] Car rental

Car rental services are provided at the car rental counters located at Terminal 2.

[edit] See also

• Singapore Changi Airport passenger traffic by airline
• Singapore Changi Airport passenger traffic by destination

[edit] External links

• Aviation landscape in Singapore
• Changi Airport Homepage
• Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Homepage
• Introduction to Singapore Changi Airport
• Strategic Infrastructure Investment Decisions in Airport and Rail development: The Case of Singaporede: Flughafen Singapur

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