The best airport in the world and it's new terminal

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Photo credits: Changi Airport Group

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The airport widely regarded as the world’s best has opened its newest terminal, adding an Old Singaporean “heritage zone”, 81 new shops and restaurants, and a “fast and seamless” self-service travel experience.

Terminal 4 at Singapore Changi spans 195,000 square metres - about 27 football pitches - and is expected to add some 16 million passengers to the airport’s total capacity, taking it to 82million a year.
Photo credits: Changi Airport Group
Arrivals at the new terminal when it opened on Tuesday were welcomed with orchids and goodie bags. By the end of the day it had already seen 2,400 passengers. Cathay Pacific and Korean Air were the first airlines to use T4, but more will follow over the next week.

T4 features 62 new shops, 19 bars and restaurants, a scattering of art displays and “immersive LED walls” as well as an area designed with old Singapore shop fronts.

According to Changi’s group senior vice president for airside concessions,Teo Chew Hoon said “We have received very encouraging feedback from passengers that the offerings curated for T4 are refreshing and bring a new dimension to shopping and dining at Changi.” 

“Our commercial team has paid attention to bringing in innovative concepts and new experiences for passengers spanning a range of categories, from the ‘live’ cooking stations for prata and BBQ pork to the sampling of cocktail mixes and the test-flying of drones.”
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T4 aside, Changi is quoted among the world’s best airports, having been named best in show at the World Airport Awards earlier this year, picking up the gong for the fifth consecutive year. A record 58.7million passengers passed through in 2016, with airport bosses expecting that number to grow.

However, Changi has a butterfly garden, for starters. Found in Terminal 3, it features flowering plants, a six-metre waterfall and 1,000 butterflies spanning 40 species. 








Source: The Telegraph

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