SINGAPORE: Changi Airport’s mega retail and lifestyle development Jewel Changi Airport will open on Apr 17, Senior Minister of State for Transport Lam Pin Min said on Thursday (Mar 7).
The S$1.7 billion project, a 10-storey complex consisting of five storeys above ground and five basement floors will be home to more than 280 shops and food and beverage (F&B) outlets.
Visitors can look forward to the return of fast food chain A&W, an 11-screen cineplex and a Pokemon merchandise store.
A&W, Shake Shack and a Pokemon Centre are set to open in Changi Airport’s Jewel. (Photos: AFP, AFP/TORU YAMANAKA)
Speaking during his ministry’s Committee of Supply debate, Dr Lam said that on top of lifestyle offerings, Jewel Changi Airport will offer aviation facilities that will improve the travel experience for passengers, such as early check-in facilities, integrated ticketing and baggage services for fly-cruise and fly-coach transfers.
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Meanwhile, F&B brands that are setting up shop in the complex, and in the region for the first time, also include Swiss artisanal chocolatier Laderach, Norwegian casual seafood restaurant Pink Fish and American fast food chain Shake Shack.
Jewel will also be home to a long list of homegrown brands, including design retailer Naiise, gallery store Supermama and Tiger Beer which will be launching a first-in-the-world Tiger Street Lab at level 5, offering exclusive seasonal brews.
Local chef Violet Oon will open her largest restaurant to date – more than 350 sq m in size – offering local delicacies, such as dry laksa.
TERMINAL 2 TO UNDERGO UPGRADING WORKS
In his speech, Dr Lam added that upgrading works on the airport’s terminal 2 will “start soon”.
He added that the terminal will be “expanded and refreshed”, and would include automated check-in kiosks, biometric-enabled bag-drops and automated immigration gates.
A passenger goes through an automated immigration gate at Changi Airport’s Terminal 4 in Singapore. (File photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman)
Dr Lam said the facilities are to offer passengers “greater convenience” as they move from check-in to immigration to their flight.
The move comes after Terminal 4 was developed as Changi Airport’s first passenger terminal to have a fully automated departure process.
