Singapore Changi Airport Breaks Ground on New Terminal
Singapore's Changi Airport, routinely ranked one of the world's best, broke ground Wednesday on a huge new terminal that will accommodate millions more passengers a year as it copes with a prolonged surge in post-Covid travel.
Earlier in May, Changi announced S$4.8 billion ($3.7 billion) in construction contracts for Terminal 5 and plans to award a third later this year. Total construction costs will eventually hit the tens of billions of dollars, according to Changi Group.
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