SINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2008 Shuttle (PSR)
TIB726Y, 877U, 886T, 1000B, 1019Z, 1022M, 1025E*, 1044A, 1050G,
1054X, 1072T, 1076H, 1087B, 1093H, 1099S, 1108A, 1112L, 1126Y,
1135X, 1160Y, 1164L, 1184D, 1201M, 1209S, 1216X, 1219M, 1243S
TIB1025E appears to have broken down outside PSR Int and later
off svc.
TIB587G on IKEA, Courts, Giant PSR Shuttle (966 WLDEP)
TIB668G on 169 (WLDEP 75)
The Airshow was a publicity disaster, besides the long queue at
Pasir Ris in the morning (due to the small amounts of buses they
have deployed, and the fact that the company they chartered their
buses from is not infamous for its standard of service), there was
the jam along Loyang Ave, another jam along the Aviation Park Rd
(the road/taxiway leading to the exhibition center), the queue
before the security checkpoint, the queue after the security
checkpoint, the expensive but not impressive food. Although the
organizer and SMRT finally realized in the afternoon that they were
short of buses and added more buses into the shuttle. Things like
629U, 1182J, 1244P got roped into the shuttle from 67 and
969.
The last time Reed Exhibitions did Asian Aerospace 2006, they
did a better job, got a more decent bus company for charter, and
got food and beverages stores over the place. There was a queue at
Pasir Ris Int then, but it was way shorter than the current
one.
2006: Queue was from the Newspaper kiosk to the Tekong shuttle
berth.
2008: Queue was from the MRT to interchange, then u-turning back
pass the MRT till Pasir Ris Central and then left turn to follow
the whole length of White Sands along Central until the access
road leading to white sands, then u-turn towards the MRT, then pass
the MRT to the shuttle bus stop just right after the Sv 3 bus stop
along Pasir Ris Central. Best thing was, there were DDs which
can seat (and stand) more people than the current seating-only
(except for some buses) bendies for the shuttle (they sort of
restricted people to seating only).