Singapore’s Changi Airport, frequently voted among the world’s best, will finally start work on a massive new terminal next year as it seeks to keep up with an aviation building boom across Asia and the Middle East.
Work on the new Terminal 5, first floated more than a decade ago, will start in the first half of 2025, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said at a dinner Friday celebrating the 40th anniversary of the nation’s civil aviation authority. The terminal will be able to handle 50 million more passengers a year, raising the airport’s total capacity to 140 million, and allow connections to more than 200 destinations, up from almost 150 now.