Bye Bye Budget Terminal , Hello Terminal 4 !!
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Changi's Budget Terminal to make way for new and improved terminal
SINGAPORE: Airlines operating from Singapore's Budget Terminal will soon operate from the main terminals at Changi Airport.
That's because the Budget Terminal will be closed later this year to make way for a new and improved terminal.
Travelling the no-frills way has become more popular.
Last year, one in four passengers at Changi Airport travelled on a low-cost carrier (LCC), compared to about one in five in 2010.
In fact, low-cost carriers accounted for 28.6 percent of all flights at Changi Airport.
And the outlook is bright.
Mr Shukor Yusof, Aviation Analyst at Standard & Poor's, said: "Our understanding is that there are moves to review the operations at the Budget Terminal because of the increasing traffic, because of the expectation that there will be more and more budget airlines that will ply into Singapore.
"I think there is no chronic shortage of facilities or any acute problems that we are having at the LCCT (low-cost carrier terminal). The numbers are increasing so fast that I think in the next few years, issues concerning the comfort of passengers, the issue of more aircraft, if you look at the budget airlines in the region, everyone is buying new aircraft, every single one of them are expanding. So within the next three to four to five years, you will have more aircraft, more passengers.
"Indeed, more passengers are flying to Singapore by budget airline, so what we have today in Changi in terms of the Budget Terminal, is good for now. But within the next few years, it would struggle to cope with the numbers."
Opened in 2006, the Budget Terminal can handle up to seven million passengers annually.
And sources say the authorities are now looking at building a new terminal to cater to future demand.
Many workers at the Budget Terminal are aware of the impending closure. Shop owners have also been informed and some say it's no surprise, as the lease for most concessions there will expire in a few months.
The Budget Terminal currently serves Berjaya Air, Firefly, SEair, Cebu Pacific and Tiger Airways.
MediaCorp understands the decision to move the carriers to the main terminals was reached a few weeks ago.
It is understood that Tiger Airways will operate from Terminal 2, possibly by June.
Provisions have been made for them to operate from Row 12 near to Singapore Airlines, Silk Air and the new Scoot airline.
Berjaya Air and SEAir will also operate from Terminal 2, with Berjaya making the shift as early as April.
When contacted, Firefly says it is aware of the move, but declined to give details.
Analysts say the expected change should benefit carriers and passengers.
Mr Shukor said: "I think it is going to be quite good for these carriers because that would mean seamless connectivity for passengers who want to hop onto another carrier at Terminal 2.
"In terms of people who are flying from Australia onwards to Europe, for example, instead of being transported from the LCCT to Terminal 2, they can just walk a short distance and go onto the next flight and that's clearly an advantage for Tiger."
Observers say when the budget carriers begin operations from the main terminals, they could be faced with higher costs.
But it is understood that authorities are working on a special arrangement with the airlines to help them address the issue.
Changes have also been made to aero-bridges at Terminal 2 to accommodate the additional flights.
Observers say it should not take more than two years for the new terminal to be ready.
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Tiger Airways will operate from Terminal 2 , possibly by June .
Think most will be moved to Terminal Two .
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Could be busier for us in the evening .
Could also be T2 another set of long taxi Q , beside T1 ( after 12MN) .
It's good when all busier airlines saturated in one terminal .
I predict more U turns at T2 .
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Can be good news , can be bad news .
Good news ? When AP busy , town less flies .
Bad news ? When at AP area , expected to see more taxis charging at T2 .
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Same theory .... when there is 25,000 more flies here , there will be less 25,000 less flies there .
Because there is only 25000 flies in Singapore .
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hmmm..... time to retink my sun midnite AP runs liao......
like tat next time maybe go back motherland i take tiger liao.......
now always jetstar cause in T1 more shiok~~~~~
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Anyway , i rarely go Q at Budget .
No logic for me doing so leh ....
So less flights , when got flights , taxi so many so long Q .
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New Changi Terminal 4 to replace Budget Terminal
SINGAPORE: Singapore's Budget Terminal will be closed on September 25 and demolished to make way for the construction of a new Terminal 4 at Changi Airport.
Changi Airport Group (CAG) gave this confirmation after Channel NewsAsia first broke news of the impending closure on Wednesday.
In a statement, CAG said construction of Terminal 4 will begin in 2013 and is expected to be ready by 2017.
The new terminal will be a larger passenger building, with the capacity to handle 16 million passengers per annum.
It will be designed to enable efficient passenger processing and quick turnaround of aircraft, and will not have aerobridges.
Unlike the present Budget Terminal, Terminal 4 will also have a wide choice of retail and food and beverage offerings, as well as passenger amenities that will better serve the needs of travellers.
To facilitate the construction of Terminal 4, airlines currently operating in the Budget Terminal will move their operations to Terminal 2 and will start operations there from September 25 at 6am.
The affected airlines are Berjaya Air, Cebu Pacific, Firefly, South East Asian Airlines and Tiger Airways.
CAG said it has had discussions with the airlines operating at the Budget Terminal since late last year regarding the terminal's closure, and it will work with the respective airlines to ensure a smooth transition of their operations, and minimise inconvenience to passengers as far as possible.
It said more details on each airline's operations at Terminal 2 will be provided nearer the effective date.
CAG said the new terminal will help to sustain the long-term growth of Changi Airport.
It said the existing Budget Terminal handled more than 4.6 million passenger movements last year.
And Changi Airport, with a total capacity of more than 70 million passengers per annum, still has room to accommodate air traffic growth.
CAG said it believes in planning ahead to ensure there is capacity to handle further increase in traffic demand.
Over the past decade, passenger traffic at Changi Airport has increased at a compounded annual growth rate of 5.2 percent. In 2011, Changi handled a total of 46.5 million passenger movements, a year-on-year increase of 10.7 percent.
Singapore-based carriers - Singapore Airlines, SilkAir, Tiger Airways, Jetstar Asia and Scoot - have ordered new aircraft and foreign carriers have also expressed the desire to grow their air links with Singapore. -
Completion 2017 . . . now 2012 , 5 years .
Long wait .
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Originally posted by Poolman:
New Changi Terminal 4 to replace Budget Terminal
SINGAPORE: Singapore's Budget Terminal will be closed on September 25 and demolished to make way for the construction of a new Terminal 4 at Changi Airport.
Changi Airport Group (CAG) gave this confirmation after Channel NewsAsia first broke news of the impending closure on Wednesday.
In a statement, CAG said construction of Terminal 4 will begin in 2013 and is expected to be ready by 2017.
The new terminal will be a larger passenger building, with the capacity to handle 16 million passengers per annum.
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Originally posted by Poolman:
Anyway , i rarely go Q at Budget .
No logic for me doing so leh ....
So less flights , when got flights , taxi so many so long Q .
u ever saw budget pax Q until the macdonalds??
norm for sun is Q till the arrvial hall..........
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Originally posted by komade:
hmmm..... time to retink my sun midnite AP runs liao......
like tat next time maybe go back motherland i take tiger liao.......
now always jetstar cause in T1 more shiok~~~~~
actually our budget Terminal not bad
have you been to Kuala Lumpur LCCT airport?
ours is much better and much more efficient.
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make budget terminal at Lim chu kang area la. There all cemetry and tengah air base.
Den more cars and traffic will be flow there. Not much jam and more carparks.
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I wish this BT be tear down sooner or reconstruct better , reason told to me by a fellow TD, which i observe there's a certain of truth in it :
Come midnight a lot of 'certain race' TD like to que there
They sort of communicate with the taxi warden(same race) where they like to go , long or short
The taxi warden of 'this race' like to ask the pax (same race) if same race where they go while walking down the aisle towards the taxi stand
Sometimes the taxi warden would stop the pax from taking the 1st taxi if of a difference race and tell them to wait for the 2nd taxi of the same race
The above , you guys can go and observe, before its gone in September 2012
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Oh, Amazing Race happening there, I did not notice, seldom go budget, day time, very hot, nite time, prefer town.
And warning, for those who want to go shee shee, pang sai or have a break at budget , do not park along the road that is outside the Q area, it is a double yellow and strictly no parking, you can get a ticket ending up having the most expensive pang sai in there.
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actually BT is better,u could see the arrival time for the first 4 flght,so u decide worth the time to Q or not or just drive off to somewhere else to look for pax. All the other 3 T do not show u the next 3 flght arrival time,so u take a gamble to Q,sometimes for 1 or 2 hrs, bad luck got someone to Floral RD.
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Originally posted by Reliefdriver4u:
I wish this BT be tear down sooner or reconstruct better , reason told to me by a fellow TD, which i observe there's a certain of truth in it :
Come midnight a lot of 'certain race' TD like to que there
They sort of communicate with the taxi warden(same race) where they like to go , long or short
The taxi warden of 'this race' like to ask the pax (same race) if same race where they go while walking down the aisle towards the taxi stand
Sometimes the taxi warden would stop the pax from taking the 1st taxi if of a difference race and tell them to wait for the 2nd taxi of the same race
The above , you guys can go and observe, before its gone in September 2012
isit?? i go there i can see go Q 1 leh............
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race ? utterly rubbish to me .
what did they get ?
i dun understand it .
Q no.1 means Q no.1 , whatever race also cannot jalan .
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Originally posted by Poolman:
race ? utterly rubbish to me .
what did they get ?
i dun understand it .
Q no.1 means Q no.1 , whatever race also cannot jalan .
yah lor some more budget so open how to kelong??
wan to diy also cannot.........
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Originally posted by Poolman:
race ? utterly rubbish to me .
what did they get ?
i dun understand it .
Q no.1 means Q no.1 , whatever race also cannot jalan .
help own bros from the same race (racist)
1st pax walk out ask them to wait (if good fare) to give to own race
push the 2nd pax to the first taxi on que
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Originally posted by Reliefdriver4u:
help own bros from the same race (racist)
1st pax walk out ask them to wait (if good fare) to give to own race
push the 2nd pax to the first taxi on que
bro u sure?? every time i go Q i see they go by the taxi sequence leh...........
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Originally posted by komade:
bro u sure?? every time i go Q i see they go by the taxi sequence leh...........
must be midnite and 'that' taxi warden then can see and when he doing 'it' then can see, not always can see if not he early early booted out liao ...
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Originally posted by Reliefdriver4u:
must be midnite and 'that' taxi warden then can see and when he doing 'it' then can see, not always can see if not he early early booted out liao ...
ok next time i try to notice......... fyi i like to go budget during midnite also
so far for me i dun see any probs...........