Friday, June 19, 2015

How Singapore's airport is making its economy fly...

It already contains a butterfly garden, swimming pool and cinema, but for Changi airport in Singapore the sky appears to be the limit -- with new terminals and complexes in construction and planning for the next decade.

The airport has long set the precedent for others worldwide -- ranking at number one in the World Airport Awards for three consecutive years.

With a current capacity of 66 million passengers a year, the opening of terminal four in 2017 will see this number rise to 82 million.

And it doesn't stop there.

Developers want Changi to eventually handle at least 130 million people a year.

"We think we are sitting in a sweet spot in Changi," says Poh Li San, Vice President of the Terminal 4 Program Management Office at Changi Airport Group. "We are looking at the growth of the whole region with China, India, and Indonesia growing rapidly," he says. Full story...

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