Terminal 2 to reopen in phases from this year as Changi Airport expects more travellers

Changi Airport Terminal 2 will reopen in phases from this year, with the number of travellers passing through the airport expected to increase in the coming months. T2's upgrading had been going on for most of the last two years after it was closed in May 2020 owing to the low passenger numbers caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Transport Minister S. Iswaran said on Wednesday that Terminal 4, which has also been closed since May 2020, can be reopened at relatively short notice as well. But he noted that the reopening of terminals will have to depend on various other circumstances. "Opening up a terminal incurs significant overheads and in terms of manpower, everything, so it's not something where you can just open one gate or two gates at a time," said Iswaran, who was speaking to the media after a visit to the airport. "What we really need to do is make sure that we are now at the next quantum leap in the flow of passengers."<br/>