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Improved air traffic management crucial to growing flights

Josephine Teo says Changi Airport can double flights handled yearly to 700,000 by the end of next decade

Published Thu, Feb 18, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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SINGAPORE can double the number of flights handled annually to 700,000 by the end of next decade when Changi Airport's Terminal 5 is fully operational, said Senior Minister of State for Transport Josephine Teo.

With this, the country is also ramping up its capabilities in air traffic management to ensure the safety of flights.

"It's not going to be enough just to build airport capacity and have lots of room for airlines to move in and out,"…

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