Changi International Airport, Singapore
Of the few international airports I had explored in recent
past (including Dubai, JFK, Colombo, Sau Paulo and Santiago), I find Changi
international airport in Singapore more equipped to engage passengers. The
reason I say so is because while all airports are loaded with duty free
supermarkets trying to sell stuff, Changi offers lot of value added (most of
them free) services to enable passengers make their wait a pleasant experience.
Below are some of the provisions at Changi airport, which I couldn’t find in
other airports I’ve been to.
- Free leg massage chairs: Enjoy nice massage to your knees and foot at various massage chairs. No charges. In other airports, this service will be chargeable
- Free big screen display: Enjoy favorite game at some of the big screens. No charges- killing couple of hours is not an issue
- View aircrafts from up close (few other airports also facilitate this)- you can get close view of aircrafts landing and taking off. I clicked below picture while observing the landing and take offs
- Kids play zone: free playing materials for kids to kill their time
- Free internet- many airports offer this. But I found very few kiosks in Dubai and Colombo. Changi has considerably large number of kiosks to access internet, so you’ll not have to wait for long
- Sky trains for inter terminal moves. (JFK had Air train connecting terminal to city though)
- Clear Signages- In Dubai, I found an Indian restaurant in terminal 1 purely by luck. In Changi, restaurants and other facilities were easier to find due to adequate sign boards indicating what is where.
- Changi airport authorities are very active on social media, responding to comments and concerns.
On twitter :
Below: Casino counter at Changi Airport... 30SGD for a ticket
Above: A kiosk that allows you to take a photo of yourself and mail it to any email ID.Changi also offers free city tours to those passengers who have couple of hours to spare before their connecting flight. If only I had this option in Dubai, I could have explored Dubai twice by now.
No wonder Changi is rated as one of the best airports in the world.
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ReplyDeleteMy kids had good time at Changi airport earlier this year
ReplyDeleteGood observations. Different people will have different tastes. An airport should cater to all sort of people. Changi seems to be successful at that
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ReplyDeleteWow reminded me of Reno with all those casinos and gambling games around the area. I recently booked for flights to Manila, hope their airport is as fun as that.
ReplyDeletethis is one of the best Airports in the world.. it also has a theater where mostly new animation movies are shown.. I remember how time flew once i had been waiting at this airport for around 7 hours !! :) by the way nice blog area.. after a longg time !!
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ReplyDelete@Sanket Thanks.
@Vinaya Prasad: True
@Rajesh: Good to know