Changi Airport passenger volumes double in April

Singapore has seen a “significant improvement” in air travel, with passenger movements at Changi Airport more than doubling in the month following the country’s full opening of its borders. The city-state is also “well on track” to restore passenger volumes to half of pre-pandemic levels by the end of the year, says transport minister S Iswaran. The minister says that as of end-April, Changi Airport’s passenger movements were about 40% of pre-pandemic levels, a significant increase compared to the 18% recovery reported for March. Singapore in early April fully reopened borders, do away with arrival quotas, as well as testing requirements for all vaccinated travellers. Beyond immediate recovery, Iswaran says it was critical Singapore’s aviation hub status “thrives” in a post-pandemic world. Even though the Asia-Pacific region is expected to fully recover slower than other parts of the world, the minister says Singapore is “well positioned” to tap into growth demand. “The strength of our air hub has always been its connectivity, and we are committed to working closely with airline partners to grow this network. We must not only preserve our previous links or restore our previous links, but go beyond to expand the network, densify schedules, and forge new partnerships with airlines, ” Iswaran says. <br/>