Changi Airport

Singapore Changi Airport, commonly known as Changi Airport, is a major civilian international airport that serves Singapore, and is one of the largest transportation hubs in Asia. As one of the world’s busiest airports by international passenger and cargo traffic, it is currently rated the World’s Best Airport by Skytrax, the first airport in the world to do so for eight consecutive years.It has also been rated as one of the world’s cleanest airports and highly rated international transit airports.More than 100 airlines operate from the airport, with nonstop or direct flights to destinations in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and North America.

The airport is located within its namesake district of Changi, at the eastern end of Singapore, approximately 24 km (15 mi) east from Singapore’s Downtown Core at the Central Region on a 15-square-kilometre (5.8 sq mi) site.It is the home base of BOC Aviation and Jetstar Asia Airways, as well as the country’s flag carrier of Singapore Airlines, its cargo division Singapore Airlines Cargo and its low-cost subsidiary Scoot.

With Singapore’s strategic location being a favourable destination for high demand layovers, the airport also serves as a focus city for AirAsia, All Nippon Airways and Qantas, as well as the flagship cargo hub for Fedex Express in Asia.

In 2019, Changi served 68.3 million passengers, making it the 18th busiest airport in the world. The airport is operated by Changi Airport Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Singapore.

Changi Airport serves more than 100 airlines flying to 400 cities in around 100 countries and territories worldwide, as of November 2020. About 7,400 flights arrive or depart at Changi each week, or one every 80 seconds.

For the 2019 full-year figures published by the airport, the airport handled 68,300,000 passengers (a 4.0% increase over the previous year), the most in its 38-year history. This made it the seventh busiest airport by international passenger traffic in the world and the third busiest in Asia. In December 2019, Changi Airport registered a total of 6.41 million passenger movements, the highest the airport has ever achieved in a month since it opened in 1981. Its daily traffic movement record was also broken on 20 December 2019, with 226,692 passengers passing through during that day. In addition to being an important passenger hub, the airport is also one of the busiest cargo airports in t he world, handling 2.01 million tonnes of cargo in 2019. The total number of commercial aircraft movements decreased by 1.0% from the previous year to 382,000 in 2019.

The airport has won over 620 awards since its opening, including 28 “Best Airport” awards in 2019 alone. Changi Airport’s efforts to mitigate the effects of ageing infrastructure include continual physical upgrades to its existing terminals and building new facilities to maintain its high standards in airport service quality.
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