Benchmarks for Resumption of Operations at Changi Airport Terminal 2 and Plans for Adequate Supporting Manpower

23 Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye asked the Minister for Transport (a) what are the benchmarks that will be used to determine when Changi Airport Terminal 2 will resume operations; and (b) what are the plans to ensure that there will be sufficient workers to support the resumption of operations for Terminal 2.

Mr S Iswaran: Operations at Changi Airport Terminal 2 (T2) were suspended on 1 May 2020 to accelerate the T2 expansion works. The Changi Airport Group plans to progressively reopen T2 from 2022 as these works are completed. This will support the recovery in air travel.

To prepare for the anticipated increase in travel volume, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is working with the companies in the airport community to ramp up their manpower. They are progressively recalling aviation workers who had been redeployed earlier to other sectors as well as hiring new manpower to replace workers who had left. CAAS is also working with the companies to beef up their business continuity planning to ensure system resilience, given the evolving COVID-19 situation.