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Flights begin from new Singapore terminal
27 March 2006
A new terminal at Singapore's Changi Airport was opened yesterday to help encourage the growth of Asia's developing low budget market.
Passengers were greeted with 'gifts, performances and games' to celebrate the new terminal, which is currently only being served by Tiger Airlines.
Around 2.7 million passengers will use the 25,000 square metre terminal every year, although it has the capacity to serve five million if necessary.
'The commencement of scheduled flight operations at the budget terminal today completes the framework for budget travel in Singapore,' said Wong Woon Liong, director general of the authority.
Tiger Airways chief executive Tony Davis said: 'It gives us really a great opportunity now to reduce our cost, to improve our operational efficiency with a tailor-made facility specially designed for low cost operations like Tiger Airways.'
Costing $27.7 million to build, the single storey terminal offers a 50 per cent discount on passenger travelling fees in an effort to attract 'no-frills' airlines and customers.
This competitive pricing reflects the present scramble for low budget markets taking place between Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, the latter of whom opened its own low budget terminal just four days ago.
© Adfero Ltd
Passengers were greeted with 'gifts, performances and games' to celebrate the new terminal, which is currently only being served by Tiger Airlines.
Around 2.7 million passengers will use the 25,000 square metre terminal every year, although it has the capacity to serve five million if necessary.
'The commencement of scheduled flight operations at the budget terminal today completes the framework for budget travel in Singapore,' said Wong Woon Liong, director general of the authority.
Tiger Airways chief executive Tony Davis said: 'It gives us really a great opportunity now to reduce our cost, to improve our operational efficiency with a tailor-made facility specially designed for low cost operations like Tiger Airways.'
Costing $27.7 million to build, the single storey terminal offers a 50 per cent discount on passenger travelling fees in an effort to attract 'no-frills' airlines and customers.
This competitive pricing reflects the present scramble for low budget markets taking place between Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, the latter of whom opened its own low budget terminal just four days ago.
© Adfero Ltd
