Keyword: "Changi airport"

Passenger numbers at Singapore's Changi Airport reached an all-time high in 2025, eclipsing the previous record of 68.3 million passengers in 2019, before the pandemic grounded planes and ravaged air travel.

The new terminal, powered by advanced automated systems, will significantly enhance processing capacity, optimise operations, and capitalise on emerging opportunities as travel demand continues to surge in the coming decades.

Singapore's Changi has been named the world’s best airport in 2025 at London-based aviation consultancy Skytrax’s World Airport Awards, after falling to second position in 2024.

The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) of Singapore announced on October 24 that since September 30, it has fully implemented passport-less clearance across all four terminals at Changi Airport.

Since automated immigration lanes were introduced for all foreigners at Singapore’s Changi Airport in May this year, a higher percentage of travellers have been refused entry into the country.

Singapore residents and visitors leaving the country will be able to clear checkpoints without having to use their passports from 2024.

Flights were delayed at Singapore’s Changi Airport on March 31 due to issues with the immigration clearance system.

Passenger traffic at Singapore’s Changi Airport should return to pre-pandemic levels by 2024, or possibly earlier, said Transport Minister S. Iswaran.

The Singaporean Ministry of Health said on December 30 that the city-state is ready to step up border health measures if needed and that it is closely watching the global COVID-19 situation.

Singaporean authorities on October 4 seized 20 pieces of rhino horns that were being smuggled through Singapore Changi Airport.

Singapore’s Changi Airport is taking the lead in the recovery of air travel within the Asia-Pacific region, said Minister for Transport S. Iswaran.

Singapore’s Changi Airport was crowned the world’s best aerodrome for 15 years straight before COVID-19 due to its superior traveller offerings and hi-tech customer services. Now it is ready to welcome back visitors en masse, hoping improvements made during the pandemic will cement its status as Asia’s premier aviation hub.

Changi Airport of Singapore is ready to welcome more passengers with a hope to recover the number recorded in the pre-COVID-19 pandemic level, as travel restrictions and safety measures are eased.

Singapore has stopped stamping on passports on foreign visitors and, in replace, issued electronic visit passes (e-Passes) for them via email, according to the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA).

Vaccinated travellers will be able to take flights between Singapore’s Changi Airport and Kuala Lumpur International Airport of Malaysia without quarantine from November 29.

The first flight carrying 100 passengers from Germany travelling under a quarantine-free scheme landed at Changi Airport in Singapore on September 8.

Singapore will further tighten its COVID-19 measures from May 16 to June 13 as it sought to control an increase in untraceable infections.

Southeast Asian countries continued to record an increasing number of new COVID-19 cases on May 13.

All Changi Airport passenger terminal buildings and Jewel Changi in Singapore will be closed for two weeks to all members of the public from May 13, amid a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases linked to the airport.

A new bill introduced on April 5 is expected to pave the way for the Singaporean Government to pay for major national infrastructure projects through borrowing.