Overview:
- Jewel Changi Airport, which is scheduled to open in early 2019, is a mixed-use airport terminal complex and an extension of the Singapore Changi Airport featuring leisure attractions, retail offerings, hotel and airport operations.
- The ground work will be completed by the end of 2018. Once completed, the airport will have a capacity of 85 million passengers a year. The Jewel Changi Airport is positioned in front of Terminal 1, and it will be a public space.
- While the project itself is public, the details of the joint venture and financing are confidential. The lenders include a Singaporean bank, a Chinese bank, as well as Japanese banks.
Wai Yee Tsang - Journalist Asia-Pacific