The long-awaited Changi Airport Terminal 4
(T4) finally has an opening date: Tuesday, 31 October.
Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan made the
announcement in a Facebook post
on Wednesday (6 September), calling it “another big step forward in
our journey as a global #airhub”.
The two-storey building, which covers a gross
floor area of about 27 football pitches, cost an estimated S$1.28
billion to build. It will have an annual passenger movement
capacity of 16 million passengers. T4’s groundbreaking ceremony
took place on 5 November 2013.
“Since the completion of construction last
December, Changi Airport Group has
conducted more than 100 trials, involving 2,500 airport staff and
1,500 volunteers from the airport community,” said Khaw.
The minister also revealed
that volunteers from People’s
Association, students from tertiary institutions and various
support groups also role-played as passengers during
the “endless rounds of testing and fine-tuning”.
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Changi Airport’s Terminal 4 (T4) will open on Oct 31,
and nine airlines will shift their operations to the new
terminal.
The nine airlines – Cathay Pacific Airways, Cebu
Pacific Air, Korean Air, Spring Airlines, Vietnam Airlines and four
under the AirAsia Group – will progressively move their operations
over to the new terminal.
Cathay Pacific Airways and Korean Air will shift
operations to T4 on opening day, Tuesday Oct 31, while Cebu Pacific
Air and Spring Airlines will make their move on Nov 2. The AirAsia
Group and Vietnam Airlines will shift operations on Nov 7.
The Changi Airport Group said in a media release that
the first arrival and departure flights at T4 will be operated by
Cathay Pacific. The first flight – CX659 from Hong Kong is
scheduled to arrive at 0540am, while the first departing flight –
CX650 to Hong Kong is scheduled to leave at 6:50am.
Announcing the opening of T4 in a Facebook post on
Wednesday (Sept 6), Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that in
the lead up to the opening, the “Changi Airport Group (CAG)
conducted more than 100 trials involving 2,500 airport staff and
1,500 volunteers from the airport community”.
Mr Khaw also shared that volunteers from People’s
Association, students from tertiary institutions and various
support groups also role-played as passengers, and “after endless
rounds of testing and fine-tuning, we are ready to open T4.”
The new terminal will also add a capacity of 16 million
passengers per year to Changi Airport, bringing the airport’s total
annual handling capacity to 82 million passenger movements,
according to CAG.
Members of the public were able to get a sneak preview
of the terminal last month, from Aug 7 to 20. During the two-week
open house, self-guided tours around the terminal covered features
like the Heritage Zone, kinetic art displays and an integrated
duty-free shopping area. Visitors also had a chance to learn about
the Fast and Seamless Travel (Fast) technology, which includes
facial recognition and self-service bag-tagging.
Mr Tan Lye Teck, CAG’s Executive Vice President
(Airport Management), said: “The past months have been a very
crucial period for us as we conducted intensive tests and trials,
not only to ensure that the systems work well, but also to
understand how passengers navigate the new terminal, including
interacting with initiatives such as FAST which may be less
familiar to them.”
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