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1st March 2012, 06:30
Changi Airport's Budget Terminal will close in September to make way for a new and bigger facility, The Straits Times has found out.
Tiger Airways, Cebu Pacific, Firefly, Southeast Asian Airlines and Berjaya Air, now housed there, will move to the main terminals while a new budget facility is built.
The change is being made to cater to a faster-than-expected growth in the low-cost travel market. Between 2005 and last year, the market share of low-cost carriers at Changi Airport jumped from 5.6 per cent of total passenger traffic to 25.6 per cent.
As running costs in Terminal 2, such as rentals for office and counter space, are higher, it is believed the airport is in talks with the affected carriers to iron out this and other issues.
(from: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_772339.html)
Tiger Airways, Cebu Pacific, Firefly, Southeast Asian Airlines and Berjaya Air, now housed there, will move to the main terminals while a new budget facility is built.
The change is being made to cater to a faster-than-expected growth in the low-cost travel market. Between 2005 and last year, the market share of low-cost carriers at Changi Airport jumped from 5.6 per cent of total passenger traffic to 25.6 per cent.
As running costs in Terminal 2, such as rentals for office and counter space, are higher, it is believed the airport is in talks with the affected carriers to iron out this and other issues.
(from: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_772339.html)