Changi International Airport - Singapore City
The Singapore Changi International Airport is also known as the Changi Airport and is located approximately 20 kilometers outside the city center of Singapore. It is one of the busiest airports in Asia and handles more or less 32.4 million passengers annually. Their cargo division sees almost 1.8 million tones of cargo pass through their gates, and the Changi Airport facilitates almost 4 000 weekly flights and offers over 177 various travel destinations. The Singapore International Airport opened in 1981, and has won more than 250 awards over the years that, confirms their achievement in service excellence and professionalism.
The airport operates from three terminals at the present time, while the fourth is still under construction. The terminals, in total, measure 679 100 square meters, and houses Terminal 1, Terminal 2 and the Budget Terminal. While Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 deal with international and domestic air travel, the Budget Terminal handles only the low cost carrier airlines that have become an increasing trend. Airlines that fly in and out of the Singapore Changi International Airport includes China Airlines, Thai Airways, Bangkok Airways, Air Mauritius, Air China, Jet Airways, Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa and Tiger Airways.
The Changi Airport has three asphalt runways that are used for take offs and landings. Runways 02L/20R and 02C/20C are both 4 000 meters in length, while runway 02R/20L measures 2 748 meters.
The terminal buildings are luxuriously decorated and have many various facilities available to passengers. The most beautiful feature of the airport, are the six open air gardens that is significant to certain plant groups, namely a fern garden, bamboo garden, cacti garden, orchid garden, sunflower garden and a heliconia garden. Terminal one and Terminal two are connected to each others international areas, that feature a swimming pool, internet gaming facilities, hotel, spas, gymnasiums, movie viewing facilities and business centers. Duty free shops, health shops, fast food outlets, restaurants, bars, and fashion houses such as Gucci, Hermes and Prada are available in the terminal buildings.
Access to and from the airport is serviced by shuttle busses, busses, sky train, limousine and car rental facilities that are available from the airport.
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