SIA to reopen Changi Airport lounges after completion of $50m upgrade

Travellers with lounge access can now enjoy a more comfortable journey when passing through Changi Airport, in another step towards normality for air travel. Singapore Airlines said it would fully reopen its two lounges at Changi Airport Terminal 3 at 6pm on Tuesday, following a $50m upgrading project that started in 2019. British Airways had earlier reopened its lounge at Changi Airport Terminal 1 at the end of last month, after a two-year closure. SIA said on Monday that the upgraded SilverKris and KrisFlyer Gold lounges at T3 will improve customer experience in tandem with the recovery in air travel. The carrier's chairman Peter Seah said at the lounges' opening ceremony on Monday that the upgrades will help SIA to continue establishing its leadership in the airline industry. "We want our lounges to be a signal that not only do we want to maintain our premium brand position, but also to enhance it," said Seah. "We hope that the opening of these lounges will also buttress our position as the anchor airline for Changi Airport and help show that together.... we provide world-class services to all passengers who fly through Singapore." SIA CE Goh Choon Phong said that the carrier is confident of growing demand for premium travel in the region. "If you look at this part of the world, you actually see that economies (in the region) are expected to grow faster than most other economies around the word," he said. "So with that, we expect that business travel and premium travel will also increase."<br/>