Singapore Changi Airport Review:My Journey from Singapore to Ethiopia.

 FLIGHT FROM SINGAPORE TO ETHIOPIA ADDIS ABABA

You'll be hoping your flight is delayed once you discover all the facilities available
CHANGI AIRPORT

Although Changi is linked to Singapore's MRT rail network and is a simple one-hour train ride from the centre of the city, I'm opted for a taxi, which only costs SGD20 ($15) and takes about 25 minutes. Other transport options include a public bus service, or limousine hire.

THE LOOK

I'm flying out of Terminal 3 to Addis Ababa Ethiopia,The Airport is SGD1.75 billion ($1.24Billion) facility that opened in 2008 and is dazzling from the minute you step into it. That would be because of the ceiling, which has 919 computer-controlled skylights with butterfly-shaped reflectors to manage the amount of natural light pouring into the terminal. And that terminal, despite its popularity, always feels calm and airy.

It doesn't even feel like killing time in Changi.
CHANGI AIRPORT

CHECK-IN

"Look at the queue," I say to my friend Eddy, pointing towards the check-in counters. "What queue?" he replies. Exactly. There is no queue. There never seems to be a queue at Changi. We sail straight in, check our bags to Addis Ababa and proceed to security.

Even the baggage carousel is nice.
baggage carousel



SECURITY

Again, a minimal wait here as our passports are stamped. There are no scanners to go through though; security at Changi is done at each individual gate.

Changi Airport, Singapore, has incredible facilities, including a roof-top pool, movie theatre, indoor garden, and four-storey slide.
Changi Airport, Singapore, has incredible facilities, including a roof-top pool, movie theatre, indoor garden, and four-storey slide.


FOOD AND DRINK

The impressive thing about the food at Changi is not so much that it's affordable and tasty, but that it so faithfully reflects the gastronomic traditions of the city it services. That's a simple concept, but not one that often applies to airports, which exist in their own cookie-cutter fast-food vacuums. Changi T3, meanwhile, has "Singapore Food Street", a recreation of one of the city's iconic hawker centres. Most dining here is landside, before passport control, where you'll find classic Malay coffee stands, Indian food, Chinese, American, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese … and a place called Heavenly Wang.

RETAIL THERAPY

Shoppers, strap in. T3 has almost 100 stores that sell everything from gifts to plane snacks, watches to haute couture, cosmetics to alcohol. You could spend your entire holiday wandering the halls of T3 and never grow bored.

PASSING TIME

It doesn't even feel like killing time in Changi. In fact you'll be hoping your flight is delayed once you discover all the facilities available, even just in T3. The terminal has six airline lounges, one of which operates on a pay-per-use basis. There's also a butterfly garden, numerous public artworks, a dedicated sleeping area,  movie theatre,  children's play area,  gym with shower facilities, a slippery slide, a transit hotel – and if you're bored with all of that, free tours of Singapore city are also offered.

They  also offer Free WiFi  for up to 3 hours (renewable once you obtain a new password) or up to 24 hours continuous use when you have a local number and download the latest version of the iChangi app (available for iPhone and Android).

AIRLINES CHANGI OPERATES

As of April October 2019, Singapore airport is served by the following airlines: Aegean Airlines • Aer Lingus • AirAsia • Air Canada • Air China • Air Europa • Air France • Air India/Express • Air Italy • Air Madagascar • Air Mauritius • Air New Zealand • Air Niugini • Air Serbia • Alitalia • ANA • American Airlines • Asiana Airlines • Austrian Airlines • Bangkok Airways • Batik Air • Bhutan Airlines • Biman Bangladesh Airlines • British Airways • Brussels Airlines • Cathay Pacific • Cebu Pacific Air • China Airlines • China Eastern • China Southern • Croatia Airlines • Delta • Drukair • EgyptAir • Emirates • Ethiopian Airlines • Etihad Airways • EVA Air • Fiji Airways • Finnair • Firefly • Fly NAS • Garuda Indonesia • Gulf Airlines • Hainan Airlines • Hawaiian Airlines • Hebei Airlines • Iberia • IndiGo • Japan Airlines • JetBlue • Jetstar • Juneyao Airlines • KLM • Korean Air • Lion Air • LOT • Lufthansa • Malaysia Airlines • Malindo Air • Mihin Lanka • Myanmar Airlines • NIKI • Norwegian • Philippines Airlines • Qantas • Qatar Airways • Regent Airways • Royal Air Maroc • Royal Brunei Airlines • Saudi Arabian Airlines • SAS • Scoot • Shandong Airlines • Shenzhen Airlines • Siberia Airlines • Sichuan Airlines • SilkAir • Singapore Airlines • South African Airways • Spring Airlines • SriLankan Airlines • Swiss • TAP Portugal • Thai Airways • Thai Lion Air • Turkish Airlines • United Airlines • US Bangla Airlines • Uzbekistan Airways • VietJet • Vietnam Airlines • Virgin Atlantic/Australia • West Air • Xiamen Airlines.

ONE MORE THING

Leave plenty of time to get to your gate at Changi: not only is bag scanning done just before boarding, which can cause delays, but some of the gates in T3 can be a 10 or 15-minute walk away, even with travellators. Changi is almost universally regarded as the world's best airport, and rightly so. The facilities here are phenomenal, with so much to see and do,  eat and buy that you pretty much never want your flight to take off.



By Parish Pascal
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