Singapore Changi Airport

Singapore Changi Airport (Chinese: 新加坡樟宜机场; Malay: Lapangan Terbang Changi Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் சாங்கி விமானநிலையம்) {{Airport codes|SIN|WSSS}} is a major aviation hub in Asia. It is located in Changi, about 20 km (12 miles) from the city centre. Operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), Changi Airport is the home base of Singapore Airlines and is served by 79 airlines that operate more than 3972 weekly flights to 177 cities in the world.

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Chinese - Malay - Tamil - Asia - Changi - Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore - Singapore Airlines

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In 2004, Changi Airport received a record 30,400,000 passengers, a year-on-year growth of 23.1% in passenger traffic. Similarly, a record 1,780,000 tonnes of cargo was moved, representing a year-on-year increase of 10.2% in airfreight volume. In addition, nine new airlines started operations at Changi Airport.

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Changi's rise to become Asia's 4th largest hub has fuelled Singapore's thriving aerospace industry, which employs over 13,000 people and accounts for over S$4.5 billion in output. Changi hub has also made Singapore an attractive pan-Asian logistics hub and supply chain management nerve centre. But Changi is not sitting idly by in the face of competition. Incentives like the Air Hub Development Fund, first introduced in 2003, have proven effective in attracting airlines here. A new S$300 million fund to strengthen Changi's hub status will kick in next year when the current $210 million fund expires this year. Changi has also been courting low cost airlines with its $45 million Low Cost Terminal, which will be ready next year. But the real ace in its pack is Singapore Airlines. As long as SIA remains the world beater that it is, and provides the kind of hub-spoke connectivity out of Changi which no other airline or airport can match, Changi will remain a leading Asian hub

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