Changi Airport Terminal 2 suspends operations for 18 months

Airlines will be relocated to the remaining terminals.

Changi Airport Group (CAG) will be suspending operations at Terminal 2 for 18 months starting 1 May, amidst a steep decline in passenger traffic and the likelihood that air travel demand will not soon return to pre-COVID-19 levels, according to a press release.

This was done to save on running costs, such as utilities and cleaning, as well as to better match the low travel demand and airlines’ flight operations. It is also expected to speed up the terminal’s expansion by up to one year.

During this time, airlines will be relocated to the remaining terminals. CAG is also in discussion with partners and concessionaires in T2 on options available to them.

Operations in Terminal 4 have also been scaled down with a small number of aircraft boarding gates kept in use and shops allowed to close early after the last flight for the day, as the terminal recorded a smaller number of flights.

The group might also suspend operations at T4 temporarily, if the remaining airlines choose to suspend or adjust their flight schedule, but it would soon restart operations when airlines confirm the resumption of flights.

“Whilst the scale of our operations will be reduced in the near term, Changi Airport remains open to serve the airfreight and passenger flights that continue to operate,” Changi Airport Group’s (CAG) executive vice president of airport management Tan Lye Teck said.