To support aviation recovery and growth, it is “essential that we continue to grow our aviation workforce, and equip them with the knowledge and skillsets to innovate, seize new opportunities and adapt to disruptions”, said Mr Iswaran, who is also Minister-in-Charge of Trade Relations.įor instance, Singapore should build on the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) “No Country Left Behind” and “Next Generation of Aviation Professionals” initiatives, and “strengthen our focus on fundamentals such as aviation safety, as well as urgent long-term priorities like sustainability”, he said.Īs such, the Singapore-ICAO Developing Countries Training Programme (DCTP) will be extended for another three years. EXPANDING PROGRAMMES, ENHANCING TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIESĪt the two-day summit organised by the Ministry of Transport and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), Mr Iswaran covered three aspects of aviation recovery: Capabilities, capacity and climate. The T5 project was halted two years ago in order to “first navigate the COVID-19 challenge, re-assess the trajectory of aviation growth, learn from the pandemic experience, and review T5’s design to meet the needs of post-pandemic travel”, the minister added.
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We will re-mobilise the design and engineering consultants progressively, to update and further refine the T5 design.”ĭepending on the pace of recovery, Mr Iswaran said the construction of T5 is expected to commence in about two to three years, for the terminal to be “ready to meet the anticipated demand around the mid-2030s”. “We have taken the opportunity of the two-year hiatus to comprehensively review the T5 design to make it more modular and flexible, and enhance its resilience and sustainability.
“Given the current and projected recovery in air travel demand, we have a renewed impetus to secure our infrastructural capacity for growth,” he said during the opening address of the Changi Aviation Summit held at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre. SINGAPORE: Changi Airport’s Terminal 5 (T5) project will resume after being put on pause for two years due to “pandemic-fuelled uncertainties”, announced Transport Minister S Iswaran on Tuesday (May 17).
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