Singapore sees safe reopening of Changi as key to survival


A view of the lobby of the short-stay facility Connect@Changi, a complex of hotel rooms and meeting halls near the airport which will welcome business "bubble" travellers from March, as part of the city-state's effort to resume international meetings and conferences amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Singapore February 22, 2021. - Reuters

SINGAPORE, March 6 (Bloomberg): Singapore is prioritising safely reopening its borders this year and nailing down Changi Airport’s position as an international hub when travel recovers from the pandemic, otherwise "we will be bereft,” Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung had said in Parliament.

"Our mission this year is not so much to force this sharp recovery of the aviation sector, but to adapt to a new normal, to reopen safely and build up confidence, to test workable concepts and to strengthen the belief that Changi Airport will still be an international air hub post-Covid-19,” Ong said.

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