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Singapore Changi Airport breaks ground on Terminal 5; operations planned from 2035
May 15th 2025
Singapore prime minister and minister of Finance, Lawrence Wong, attended the groundbreaking ceremony for Changi Airport Terminal 5 (T5) earlier this week, re-starting a development on hold since the outbreak of the pandemic. Read More » Terminal 5 is a Ministry of Transport (MOT), the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), and Changi Airport Group (CAG) joint project being built in Changi East. The 1,080 hectare precinct is almost as big in area as Changi Airport’s four terminals. T5 will be built in tandem with air passenger demand growth. Phase one is scheduled to open in 2035 and is planned to process 50 million passengers a year. The Changi East precinct will have an elevation of 5.5 metres above sea level to mitigate the impacts of climate change and extreme weather.
