CHANGI Airport Group (CAG) will invest S$1.3 billion (US$1 billion) to develop a new terminal and enhance airfield capacity at Singapore’s airport.
Construction of the new Terminal 4 (T4) will begin this year and is expected to be ready in 2017. To be built on the old Budget Terminal site, T4 will be a two-storey building with a height of 25m and a gross floor area of about 160,000m2. With a planned capacity of 16 million passenger movements a year, the new terminal will raise Changi Airport’s handling capacity to 82 million a year.
Designed with the flexibility to meet the operational needs of both regional full service and LCCs, T4 will primarily handle narrow-body aircraft. Aerobridges will be available at the boarding gates, while the airside transfer of passengers and baggage between T4 and the other terminals will also be provided for. The look, feel and ambience of T4 will be comparable to T1 and T2.
T4 will also feature initiatives that increase productivity of resources and improve efficiency of processes. Departure and arrival immigration control as well as pre-boarding security screening will be centralised, baggage sortation will be fully automated while more kiosks will be provided for self check-in, self bag-tagging and self bag-drops.
Meanwhile, additional parking stands as well as supporting airfield infrastructure, security requirements, specialised airport systems, ancillary buildings, and road and drainage works will be constructed.
A 38-hectare land plot south of T3, housing the airport nursery as well as a reservoir, will be converted into an aircraft parking area to house 17 narrow-body and nine wide-body aircraft stands. When completed, the total number of parking stands at Changi Airport will be increased by 24 per cent to more than 180.
