Singapore’s Changi Airport to reopen Runway 2

Singapore’s Changi Airport will reopen Runway 2 for operations, amid ongoing airport expansion works. The airport’s second runway will reopen on 1 December, a move that will see the concurrent closure of Runway 3, says operator Changi Airport Group. Changi closed off Runway 2 in December 2020 for infrastructure works. Work on the in-development Terminal 5 project is set to resume in 2024, with the mega-terminal ready by the mid-2030s. Terminal 5 will be able to handle up to to 50m passengers annually when fully operational. Plans to construct Terminal 5 were first announced in 2013 amid a boom in travel demand, with planning beginning a year later. The Covid-19 pandemic put pause to the construction and prompted a review of the project. <br/>