Singapore Changi outlines SGD 3 billion six-year investment plan

Upgradation & modernisation of facilities in existing terminals
2024-11-16
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/ New Delhi
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Singapore Changi outlines SGD 3 billion six-year investment plan

Changi has confirmed that airport charges will be increased progressively between 2025 and 2030, to fund investments and higher operating costs (Photo: India Outbound)

Changi Airport in Singapore, a major aviation hub in South East Asia, has outlined a major investment plan for upgrading passenger facilities across all its existing terminals.
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Singapore Changi Airport, one of the busiest aviation hubs in Asia, has announced plans to invest SGD 3 billion (USD 2.24 billion) over the next six years, to improve services including baggage handling, check-in, immigration and Skytrain inter-terminal connections.

In a press statement, Changi Airport Group says that the investment would help the hub to stay competitive and meet rising demand for air travel before Terminal 5 is operational in the mid-2030s.

Changi’s Terminal 5 project had been put on hold as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, but was restarted in 2022. But with the new terminal still around a decade away, Changi says it will undertake a number of projects across its existing four terminals, following on from the expansion and upgrading of Terminal 2 which was completed last year.

Works will include the expansion of Terminal 1’s Arrival Immigration Halls, the refurbishment of Terminal 3, and the addition of more check-in rows at Terminal 4. The Baggage Handling System at Terminal 3 is also set to be upgraded, and a new rooftop Inter-Terminal Baggage Conveyance System will be constructed connecting Terminal 1 to Terminal 3.

The statement adds that the airport’s Skytrain system is also set to be rejuvenated, with new cars providing additional capacity, and subsystems including signalling and communications being replaced.

Selected taxiways will be reinforced and contact stands upgraded to ensure they can handle Boeing’s 779 family aircraft, when they enter service, and additional remote aircraft parking stands are set to be built for both passenger and cargo aircraft.

Changi has confirmed that airport charges will be increased progressively between 2025 and 2030, to fund investments and higher operating costs. 

The Passenger Service and Security Fee for departing customers will rise by SGD 3 annually for four years starting 1 April, 2027, from the current SGD 46.40. Changi said the fee increase per departing flight from April 2027 equates to around 1 pc of economy class tickets to Bangkok, and less than 0.5 pc of an economy class ticket to Tokyo or London.

Meanwhile the fee for transfer or transit passengers, which has remained unchanged since 2015, will increase by SGD 3 annually for three years starting April 1, 2025, from the current SGD 6.

Finally the Aviation Levy, which finances the work of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, will increase from SGD 8 to SGD 10 for each departing passenger in April 2027. Airlines charges for landing, parking and aerobridge will also increase annually from April 1, 2025.

For instance, the charges for Airbus A350 will increase from the current SGD 3,600 per landing by an average of SGD 290 for the first three years, and by SGD 190 for the next three years. However the airport will offer a 50 pc rebate on the increase for the first six months until September 30, 2025.

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