SINGAPORE - Changi Airport's Terminal 4 (T4) will come with two new roads, two carparks, a bigger taxi-holding area and a new control tower. The total cost: $985 million.
The job will be undertaken by Japanese firm Takenaka Corporation, which has worked on previous Changi projects as well as other airports in Asia and Africa.
When T4 opens in 2017, its gross floor area of 195,000 sq m will cater for up to 16 million passengers a year, Changi Airport Group said yesterday.
The two carparks - a multi-storey and an open-air space in front of the terminal - will provide 1,500 spaces.
Taxis will wait for arriving passengers at a multi-storey holding area big enough for 250 cabs.
To improve access to T4, a new slip road will be built to provide a direct link to the East Coast Parkway. It will be located after the existing slip road that leads to the Pan-Island Expressway.
The new terminal will provide aircraft stands with aerobridges for 17 small planes and four wide-bodied aircraft.
If greater capacity is required, passengers will be ferried by bus along a new bridge to where more planes are parked.
When T4 opens, it will provide a different travel experience, offering greater automation and more do-it-yourself options for check-in and boarding, as well as other processes.
The construction of the new terminal is among several expansion and improvement works being undertaken by Changi as part of its efforts to raise its ability to compete effectively with other airports for airlines and travellers.
The other key project is Jewel, a $1.47-billion mixed-use building that will open in 2018.
T4 will cater mainly for full-service regional carriers as well as budget airlines.
This article by The Straits Times was published in MyPaper, a free, bilingual newspaper published by Singapore Press Holdings.
Get a copy of The Straits Times or go to straitstimes.com for more stories.
