SINGAPORE: Twelve flights have been diverted from Changi Airport since Friday evening (Jan 10) after a monsoon surge led to prolonged rain in Singapore. The flights, operated by various airlines, were from destinations including Bangkok, Jakarta, Phuket and Shanghai, said Changi Airport Group (CAG) on Monday in response to CNA’s queries. They were diverted to regional … Read more
SINGAPORE: An Australian man has been arrested for setting fire to curtain blinds from a holding room at Changi Airport. At about 2.15am on Thursday (Dec 12), the police were alerted to a case of a violent male passenger at the holding room of Changi Airport Terminal 2. The 33-year-old man was allegedly verbally abusive towards … Read more
SINGAPORE: A man was transiting through Singapore in August when he was caught at Changi Airport with 58 Indian star tortoises in his luggage. Indian national Abdul Jaffar Haji Ali was jailed for 16 months on Tuesday (Dec 10) after he was convicted of one count of illegally importing a scheduled species into Singapore. The Indian star tortoise is listed as … Read more
By the end of this year, Terminal 4 will have a new check-in row that will facilitate fast and easy travel through self-service check-in kiosks and automated bag drops. The new facilities will increase the terminal’s check-in volume by approximately 15 per cent and will accommodate up to 2,500 passengers per hour. Terminal 1’s east … Read more
SINGAPORE: Three types of new sea rescue vessels have been added to Changi Airport’s emergency services team to boost its firefighting and search and rescue capabilities. The boats were showcased in the airport’s annual crisis simulation exercise on Thursday (Oct 17), which involved nearly 20 agencies and more than 200 participants. The new vessels – Landing Craft, Command … Read more
SINGAPORE: The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) scrambled F-15SG jets on Tuesday night (Oct 15) after a bomb threat on an Air India Express flight. The airline had received an email that there was a bomb on board flight AXB684 that was bound for Singapore, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said in a Facebook … Read more
SINGAPORE: Over 100 flights at Changi Airport were delayed by more than 30 minutes due to the systems outage triggered by a CrowdStrike update in July, said Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat on Tuesday (Aug 6). The global tech glitch affected flights and airports around the world. At Changi Airport, airlines were forced to implement … Read more
SINGAPORE: A Scoot flight to Bali was delayed on Tuesday (Aug 6) morning after an X-ray machine caught fire in its gate holdroom at Changi Airport. In response to queries from CNA, Scoot said on Tuesday afternoon that an X-ray machine in the holdroom for Gate D46 at Terminal 1 started emitting smoke at about … Read more
SINGAPORE: Heavy rain has resulted in flash flood warnings in a number of locations across Singapore on Saturday (May 4). PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, issued mid-morning alerts asking people to avoid the junction of Wan Lee Road and Enterprise Road in the west of Singapore as well as Jalan Pokok Serunai off Upper East Coast … Read more
Qantas’ in-flight and lounge menus are created in partnership with Australian celebrity chef Neil Perry, who was so impressed with the stir-fried black pepper beef in the Qantas Business Lounge that he launched “Chef Linda’s specials” on the debut menu of Qantas First Lounge when it opened in 2019. Dry prawn and pork noodles, prawn … Read more
