The airport expansion race in Asia rises with Singapore Changi T5

Asia is scheduled to see a travel boom, and the two countries in the region are preparing to exploit this increase in demand.

Changi Airport in Singapore was crashed on Wednesday at its fifth station, which is expected to operate in mid -2000.

The new station, which is located on a 1080 large -hectare plot of land, will double the size of the area at Shanggui Airport.

This will allow the airport to deal with 140 million passengers annually of its current capacity of 90 million passengers. Shanki, who recently granted the “best airport in the world” in the world in 2025 for the thirteenth time, welcomed 67.7 million passengers in 2024.

Airports that can deal with more than 100 million passengers are classified annually as huge airports, and three out of 10 in Asia, according to the Airport Airport Airport Council. This is in Beijing, Tokyo and Shanghai.

ACI projects will grow by air travel by approximately 7 % over the next 25 years. To deal with the demand, airports in the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions are preparing to undergo widespread development, with combined investments of $ 240 billion to upgrade current facilities and build new airports between 2025 and 2035.

Speaking at the pioneering event, the Prime Minister of Singapore Lawrence Wong said that the decision to build station 5 was because “in the long run, air travel will be in a firm path, and the largest part of the growth here will take place in the Asia Pacific region.”

Wong also said that with station 5, Changi aims to communicate with 200 cities, up from 170 of the current city links that now have.

“(Changi) has linked the nation of the small island to the world, and brought the world to Singapore. This communication has worked on our growth as an air center, as it leads industries such as tourism, space and logistics,” said Wong.

Hong Kong International Airport cost a third runway in November and expands airport station 2. He said that the airport’s goal, It is the service of 120 million passengers and dealing with 10 million tons of goods annually from 2035.

Suvarnabhumi Airport opened in Bangkok A third runway in September 2024, which enhances the airport’s ability to deal with more flights, after completing a New satellite station A year ago.

Thailand Airport operator also I revealed further The “Eastern Expansion” plan to increase the airport capacity by 2027.

In South Korea, Seoul Inchon International Airport She completed the “expansion of the fourth stage” in December, which allowed her to deal with an annual passenger capacity of 106 million from 77 million, and made it the third largest airport in the world.

Thomas Pellegrin, the commander of the transport sector, hospitality and services from Deloitte Southheast Asia, told CNBC that Asia has become “brycenter” for air travel growth after the Covid-19 pandemic.

He pointed out that this growth in air travel is due to the expansion of the middle class, whose tendency to fly faster than income growth, as well as the high rate of urbanization in the region, which connects people to the infrastructure of air transport.

“It is now expected that the regional increase in the demand of passengers by 7.9 % in the short term and 5.1 % in the long term, which is the highest market around the world and more than mature markets.”

This means that Asian airports will need to accommodate nearly twice the number of passengers and aircraft by 2043, which creates tremendous pressure on the current infrastructure.

Station 5 will also feed on Singapore’s plan Increased tourism revenues in the city of the city From $ 29.8 billion in 2024 to $ 47 billion-50 billion dollars in the next 15 years.

He said in April that “Tourism 2040” focuses on increasing demand from two distinguished groups – travelers and stopping, Grace Fu, Minister of Sustainability in Singapore and the Environment, in April.

In particular, officials aim to three times the revenues of tourism from businessmen who attend meetings, incentives, agreements and exhibitions.

According to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Singapore Tourism Board, Melissa OW, passengers are currently transporting and transporting passengers.

Pellegrin said in Deloitte that the broader Ch yound East’s development – which also includes a third runway and an industrial zone – will allow Singapore to keep its share in the market, increase the delivery, and the position of Changi increases as the best airport in the world.

“All of these effects are united to give Singapore” a great soft power “at the international level.”