New Skytrain (2006) Serving Terminal 1, Terminal 2 & Terminal 3

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Upgraded Terminal 2 (Upgraded September 2006)

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New JetQuay Terminal (2006) Serving Commercially Important Passengers

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New Budget Terminal (Opened 26 March 2006) Serving Budget Airlines

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At this point, the Skytrain Terminals are only temporaray structures, which is why they may look a little tacky. They will eventually be rebuilt to complement the architecture of the newly upgraded terminals.

WOW, the new Terminal upgrade looks VERY nice!

The upgrade was neatly done.......it looks like another new terminal......The Low cost terminal is also nice...very straight forward....

I have yet to use the low cost terminal, but it does look rather refreshing

I have yet to use the low cost terminal, but it does look rather refreshing

Will be using it soon......expect it to be simple and good.....:D

Some night pictures of the budget terminal

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^^ sexy !!!!!! impressive Changi ....

Business Times - 05 Dec 2006

Norelco to invest US$20m in new Changi plant

Aerospace parts factory expected to generate US$100m revenue in 5 years

By CONRAD TAN

NORELCO UMS Holdings, an equipment manufacturer for the disk-drive and electronics industries, is to invest US$20 million in a new plant at Changi to make parts for the aerospace industry.

The 80,000 sq ft factory is expected to generate US$100 million in annual revenue in five years. Construction of the new facility is scheduled to be completed in the second half of next year, with operations expected to start in January 2008.

It will initially employ 30 people, and eventually expand to 180 by 2012, comprising mainly technical staff. Norelco will lease the factory for an initial period of eight years from Boustead Projects Pte Ltd, a unit of engineering group Boustead Singapore, which is building the facility.

'This investment is part of our concerted effort to extend our core competencies in precision machining into the aerospace industry, which has robust growth potential,' said Norelco UMS chairman and chief executive Andy Luong at the groundbreaking for the plant yesterday.

'It is also part of our group's strategy to expand into higher margin, value-added businesses. We are not new to the aerospace industry as we are already working with first-tier aerospace suppliers such as Hamilton Sundstrand and Honeywell Aerospace.

'We expect the new plant to contribute to our bottomline in 2008. Together with the semiconductor industry, the aerospace business will be a key growth driver going forward. The current worldwide supply shortage of aerospace parts and components coupled with Asia expecting to double its fleet of aircraft by 2015, means the aerospace industry is set to fly even higher,' he said.

The expansion into aerospace manufacturing is also expected to make the company less vulnerable to downturns in any one industry, he added. 'Aerospace contracts last from one to five years and earnings from the aerospace business are more predictable. Our company will enjoy a more stable income stream.'

Last month, the company reported a 15 per cent increase in revenue for the third quarter, to $43.9 million. Excluding a $7.9 million gain from disposal of its recycling business, its core earnings grew 70 per cent to $5.2 million. The company was formed in 2004 through a merger of listed Norelco Centreline and privately-owned UMS Semiconductor.

Its share price closed unchanged at 45 cents yesterday.

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Business Times - 12 Dec 2006

Changi's 10-month passenger traffic up 7.8%

Increasing tourists, airlines boost traffic growth to highest in 5 years

(SINGAPORE) Passenger traffic at Singapore's Changi Airport, Asia's fifth-busiest, rose 7.8 per cent in the 10 months to October from a year earlier, helped by increased travel growth.

The 10-month passenger traffic growth is one of the highest Changi Airport has seen in the past five years, Singapore's Transport Minister Raymond Lim said yesterday at a forum of the world's civil aviation chief executives.

Changi Airport handled 28.6 million passengers in the first 10 months, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said in a statement.

Increasing numbers of tourists and airlines in the region have boosted traffic at Changi Airport, estimated to account for almost 10 per cent of Singapore's economy.

Visitor arrivals in Singapore have been rising every month this year, boosted by conferences and events such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank annual meetings, which drew more than 20,000 participants.

Traffic rate at Changi Airport, which has achieved a record of about 4,150 weekly scheduled flights, is in line with the pace of global traffic growth, Mr Lim said.

In October, the airport handled 2.97 million passengers and 162,000 tons of cargo, CAAS said in the statement, responding to Bloomberg News queries.

Changi Airport has completed a US$152 million makeover of its second terminal and the first facility will be upgraded next year, Mr Lim said.

A new US$1.1 billion third terminal will open in early 2008, boosting passenger handling capacity to 64 million, almost 15 times Singapore's population of 4.4 million people.

'At Changi Airport, our policy is to keep growing our capacity ahead of demand,' Mr Lim said. Singapore also opened a terminal for budget airlines and a luxury terminal this year.

International passenger traffic for the first 10 months of this year by member airlines of the International Air Transport Association (Iata) rose 5.8 per cent from last year, Mr Lim said.

Iata represents an estimated 250 carriers, comprising 94 per cent of international scheduled air traffic.

Traffic at Changi Airport is set to reach 35 million passengers this year, outstripping the previous record of 32.4 million in 2005, Minister of State for Finance and Transport Lim Hwee Hua said on Oct 13. - Bloomberg

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Changi wins deal to manage Abu Dhabi airport

Wednesday • December 13, 2006

Singapore's Changi Airports International has won an 18-month contract to manage the Abu Dhabi International Airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Changi will manage terminals, apron operations, customer services and emergency services at the airport, state-run Abu Dhabi Airports said in a statement.

The selection of Changi "fits well with Abu Dhabi Airports' commitment to operate its airport facilities to the best international standards", said Abu Dhabi Airports chairman Khalifa Al Mazrouei.

The value of Changi's contract was not disclosed. But a typical investment would be between US$100 million ($154 million) and US$200 million, its chief executive Chow Kok Fong had said previously in an interview with Dow Jones Newswires.

Abu Dhabi is the biggest sheikhdom in the UAE and the third-largest Middle Eastern oil producer. The emirate is spending US$6.8 billion ($10.5 billion) to expand its international airport in a bid to more than double the passengers it handles annually to 20 million by 2010.

Changi's contract is for 18 months because Abu Dhabi wants to test the operator's competence before signing a longer-term agreement, Bloomberg reported a Changi official, who asked not to be identified, as saying. Mr Al Mazrouei had said that Abu Dhabi aimed to hire a management partner on a 20- to 25-year contract. — agencies

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Dec 23, 2006
Lum Chang venture wins $75m deal for airport hotel

By Gabriel Chen

THE contract to build the first hotel at Changi Airport's Terminal 3 has been won by a local firm in partnership with a Japanese company.

Lum Chang Holdings announced yesterday that a joint venture involving its wholly owned unit Lum Chang Building Contractors and Nishimatsu Construction has secured the $74.9 million deal.

The 307-room hotel has been designed by architectural firm Woha and will be managed by InterContinental Hotels (Singapore) under the Crowne Plaza brand name.

The nine-storey hotel will include facilities such as a spa, swimming pool, gymnasium, conference rooms, business centre, restaurants and retail shops.

The joint venture secured the contract in a public tender by virtue of it submitting the lowest bid - $74.9 million - as opposed to rival bids of $77.2 million and $77.5 million.

It was also able to commit to a shorter construction time, according to a filing with the Singapore Exchange.

The joint venture was also considered the most appropriate party as it has extensive construction experience, particularly in hotel building.

As well, Lum Chang Building Contractors is graded an A1 contractor by the Building and Construction Authority, which means it can participate in a government tender of any value.

The contract dictates that the project must be finished within 65 weeks from the day the building starts.

The transaction is not expected to have a material impact on Lum Chang Holdings' financial results for the current year.

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Top execs won over by services at luxury terminal

21 Feb 07

Over 100 firms, individuals have become members since Sept opening

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CHANGI Airport's luxury VVIP terminal has attracted a steady stream of mainly top-level executives and businessmen since opening last September.
So far, more than 100 travellers and companies have signed up for membership in JetQuay, paying up to $1,000 a pop - excluding joining fees - for the ultimate luxury of being picked up straight from the plane in a limousine and whisked through a special immigration and Customs facility at the terminal.

More popular with users like businessman Bill Rosenthal, 46, is the $250 electric buggy ride from the aircraft gate to the two-storey terminal, which is next to Terminal 2.

It even has its own check-in counters.

For the fee, the jet-setting American, who owns an apartment in Singapore and travels frequently to Hong Kong, China and the United States, also gets to enjoy use of a five-star lounge, a gym, a business centre, nap rooms and shower facilities.

An in-house restaurant dishes up meals, while meeting rooms and spa services are available at extra cost.

Like many other users, Mr Rosenthal likes the privacy, as well as attentive and personalised service JetQuay offers.

He said: 'I travel frequently - up to 50 times a year - and I like to spend minimum time in transit. JetQuay allows me to arrive at the airport nearer to my flight time and to exit the airport quickly upon arrival back in Singapore, which makes part of the travel process far less stressful.'

It is also 'very nice to avoid baggage reclaim', said Mr Rosenthal, who uses the service four to six times a month.

There are three tiers of membership: individual, group and corporate.

On top of the one-time joining fee of $1,000, there is an annual membership charge of $1,000 for individuals, $2,000 for group membership and $4,000 for companies.

The opening of the 2,000 sq m facility - the first of its kind in Asia - is part of Singapore's strategy to offer a full spectrum of services to travellers, in order to stay ahead in the race to become the region's premier aviation hub.

The opening of the Budget Terminal last March, at the other end of the scale, was part of the same strategy.

Mr Raymond Howe, 43, general manager of JetQuay - a joint venture between air cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services, VIP club operator Superior Travellers Services and logistics company Sembawang Kimtrans - has big plans.

A hospitality veteran, the Singaporean worked for 22 years in resorts and hotels around the world before returning home recently. He was headhunted to run JetQuay about a month ago.

Mr Howe aims to double daily passenger traffic from the current average of between 30 and 50 now to about 100 in the next few months.

He is particularly excited about Singapore's two integrated resorts (IRs) in Marina Bay and Sentosa.

'The opening of the IRs will provide an important market for us to tap on. With just about two years before the 2009 opening, we need to lay the foundation now by increasing awareness.'


By Karamjit Kaur, Aviation Correspondent

March 10, 2007
Expansion plans to keep Changi soaring

By Karamjit Kaur

SINGAPORE is pushing ahead with plans to make sure Changi Airport remains a premier aviation hub.

Even before Terminal 3 opens early next year, master planners are set to start work soon on the next phase of expansion to take Changi beyond 2020.

The Budget Terminal, which celebrates its first birthday on March 26, is also slated for expansion later this year, Transport Minister Raymond Lim told the House yesterday.

It is now about 60 per cent utilised.

Responding to Mr Cedric Foo (West Coast GRC) and Mr Wee Siew Kim (Ang Mo Kio GRC), who asked about plans to keep Changi soaring in the face of threats from other air hubs in Bangkok and Dubai, Mr Lim said building capacity ahead of demand was a key strategy.

Equally important: Enhancing the airport's 'software' so that customers kept coming back, as well as strengthening Changi's connectivity by attracting new airlines and encouraging those that already fly here to increase the number of flights.

The Government would also continue work to further liberalise air services between Singapore and other countries.

On the Air Services Agreement (ASA) between Singapore and Malaysia, Mr Lim said he was pleased to inform the House that he and his Malaysian counterpart, Mr Chan Kong Choy, had agreed to work towards greater liberalisation.

Transport officials from the two countries were working out a date to meet in the near future to review the ASA.

He said the Republic was prepared to allow other Singapore and Malaysian carriers, besides Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines, to operate on the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur route, but this could be done only through a change in the current ASA and required Malaysia's agreement.

On the air cargo sector, he said the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore had identified the handling of perishables as an important area of future growth.

A new Singapore cargo carrier, Jett8 Cargo, which is expected to commence operations later this year, will also help ensure adequate air cargo capacity.

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what terminal does budget airlines use in changi? I will be flying via tiger airways from singapore to bangkok this april 5. i think tigerairways uses the budget terminal right? well, have never been to chagi before so just a question, i might spend the rest of my night in the airport since my flight is at 6:30 in the morining and i don't wanna stay in the budget terminal as it is more comfy to stay in the main terminal. i just have to ride the skytrain right? or will there be any rule/ restrictions that will not allow me to do that?

what terminal does budget airlines use in changi? I will be flying via tiger airways from singapore to bangkok this april 5. i think tigerairways uses the budget terminal right? well, have never been to chagi before so just a question, i might spend the rest of my night in the airport since my flight is at 6:30 in the morining and i don't wanna stay in the budget terminal as it is more comfy to stay in the main terminal. i just have to ride the skytrain right? or will there be any rule/ restrictions that will not allow me to do that?

hmmm. the budget and main terminal is not connected by skytrain. u need to take the bus. but even than, i recommend that u stay in terminal 2 untill ur flight at 6am. than check in. u cannot check in terminal 2 to go for a flight to budget terminal. they are operated separately.

Because Tiger Airways passengers pay a lower passenger tax for use of the budget terminal (budget facilities at a budget price), they dont have access to the restricted transit area of Terminals 1 and 2 (higher airport tax hence better facilities). So if you do not want to stay overnight at the Budget Terminal, your other options would be to stay at the public areas of Terminals 1 and 2.

great airport and great airtrain!

what is the frequency from S'pore to Shanghai?

Because Tiger Airways passengers pay a lower passenger tax for use of the budget terminal (budget facilities at a budget price), they dont have access to the restricted transit area of Terminals 1 and 2 (higher airport tax hence better facilities). So if you do not want to stay overnight at the Budget Terminal, your other options would be to stay at the public areas of Terminals 1 and 2.

and when you mean public areas of terminals 1 and 2, will i still be able to have a good rest there before my flight at 630am?

He he I came home 30min ago from Singapore...

It's certainly not a bad airport - and I love the free internet terminals ( a shame wifi isn't free.. ).. the skytrain is A-okay too.. ( so is immigration btw also )

What I would like to see more of would be seating areas both pre and especially post check-in...

and when you mean public areas of terminals 1 and 2, will i still be able to have a good rest there before my flight at 630am?

Sadly the transit hotel's obviously in the restricted zone of Terminals 1 and 2 so you cant like check in for a few hours to take a snooze (until the new hotel at Terminal 3 opens in 2008 that is).

There are a lot of empty spaces at Terminals 1 and 2, which remain quiet at night but you'd have to settle for the hard seats or the cold floor.

But then again you could just relax at the restaurants there, some of which are open 24 hours and have cosy seats.

Cant expect much comfort though because since you pay lower passenger taxes, you aren't really entitled to use the main terminals, so you can only settle in at the public areas of the main terminals which are good enough actually, in a basic sense.

great airport and great airtrain!

The skytrain accordingly to news reports will have its operating hours extended to 24 hours across 3 terminals in early 2008 when Terminal 3 opens.