How Changi Airport is rebuilding its global reach post-Covid-19 pandemic

Mr Lim Ching Kiat, executive vice-president for air hub and cargo development at Changi Airport Group, and his team work to bring in more traffic to Changi Airport and rebuild its reach. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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SINGAPORE – It might have been serendipity, but on the day that this reporter sat down with Mr Lim Ching Kiat for an interview at Changi Airport Terminal 2, another city was added to the airport’s growing network.

Last Thursday, Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo announced that it would be flying directly between Singapore and Bhubaneswar, a city in eastern India, from June 3. It is another feather in the cap for Mr Lim and his team, whose job is to bring in more traffic to Changi Airport and rebuild its reach.

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