Changi's Terminal 4 handles 1,000 passengers on first day of reopening

Changi Airport Terminal 4 handled about 1,000 passengers on five flights on Tuesday as it reopened after more than two years, with total traffic set to increase in the coming weeks.

- Chin Hui Shan

Cathay Pacific and Korean Air are the first to start operations at the terminal, with 14 other airlines scheduled to do so in stages until October.

There were two departing and three arriving flights, with the last one touching down after midnight.

Passengers on a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong were the first to arrive at T4 on its first day of operations since it was shut in May 2020 after air traffic plummeted at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. They were greeted with a small fanfare of orchid bouquets, souvenirs and live music performances on Tuesday afternoon.

Mr Max Shih, 29, a passenger on the Cathay Pacific flight, said the arrival process was fast here, compared with the Hong Kong airport.