Changi Airport's new Terminal 4 scheduled to commence operations on October 31, 2017

Changi Airport Group (CAG) has released that the new Terminal 4 (T4) at Changi Airport is scheduled to commence operations on October 31, 2017. This follows the recent successful conclusion of major trials, with a small number of checks and reviews to be completed in the final phase of the preparations.The first arrival and departing flights at T4 will be operated by Cathay Pacific – CX659 from Hong Kong CX650 to Hong Kong respectively. Since October 2016, CAG has collaborated with its airport partners to prepare T4 for flight operations. This began with table-top exercises to develop the standard operating procedures, and later progressed to ground deployment exercises to familiarise staff with the new terminal and processes. Volunteers from the airport community and members of the public were invited to role-play as passengers to test the critical airport systems and processes. These included the Fast and Seamless Travel (FAST) self-service options at check-in, bag drop, immigration and boarding, as well as security screening, baggage handling, flight information, ground transport, way-finding, and transfer processes etc. T4 will add a capacity of 16 million passengers per annum to Changi Airport, bringing the airport’s total annual handling capacity to 82 million passenger movements.