Singapore authorities have announced their intention to transfer select flights from the main Changi Airport to a smaller secondary airport, Seletar Airport. A terminal to handle these flights will open at Seletar Airport in December, according to a Travel.ru correspondent.
Seletar, located in the north of the island nation, has a runway nearly 1,600 meters long and currently serves only private jets and general aviation. To accommodate scheduled flights, construction is nearing completion on a new 10,000-square-meter terminal with a capacity of 700,000 passengers per year. The building will feature four check-in counters, six passport control lanes, two security control lanes, and a lounge for 200 passengers.
Only turboprop flights will be transferred to Seletar. Currently, Firefly is the only airline that flies to Singapore using these aircraft from three Malaysian airports. Its tickets may become cheaper, however, as airport taxes at Seletar are half those at Changi.
However, other carriers are likely to join as well—some of them were previously denied flights to Singapore due to runway congestion at Changi. The transfer of turboprop aircraft to Seletar will also improve the situation at Changi, freeing up slots for larger jetliners.
Source: travel.ru
