[ST] Changi T5 to land by
mid 2020s, capacity to handle 50m passenger movements a
year
A new, mega Terminal 5 will be ready by the middle of next
decade at Changi East and have the capacity to handle 50 million
passenger movements a year - larger than T2 and T3 combined.
Minister of State for
Transport Josephine Teo unveiled plans for Changi Airport at a
briefing on Friday afternoon. The future T5 will be linked to other
airport terminals via underground tunnels so the expanded Changi
Airport can be operated as a single, integrated airport with easy
transfers between terminals, maximum convenience for passengers and
efficient airfield operations.
Changi currently has three
terminals, two runways and can handle 66 million passenger
movements a year. By around 2020, it will have four terminals,
three runways and be able to handle 85 million passenger movements
annually. T5 will up Changi's handling capacity to 135 million
passenger movements. Space will also be set aside for future
satellite terminals if additional capacity is required.
The road infrastructure around
Changi will be improved to ensure convenient access to T5, which
will also be connected to the MRT network. The adequacy of bus
services to the airport will also be reviewed.
