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Singapore laying groundwork to roll out new air traffic management system by late 2020s

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Singapore Airlines (SIA) aeroplanes at Changi Airport on Dec 24, 2022.
Up to 150,000 passengers are passing through Changi Airport daily, with about a million each week, or about 75 per cent of the average number of weekly passengers pre-pandemic, said Transport Minister S. Iswaran on Dec 18, 2022.
This is more than twice the number who passed through the airport when Singapore reopened its borders to vaccinated travellers in April.
Despite the uptick, the airport is well equipped to handle the higher volume, Mr Iswaran said on Facebook, citing the reopenings of Terminal 4, on Sept 13, and the southern wing of Terminal 2, on Oct 11.
(ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)

A new air traffic management system will also alleviate congestion and pollution caused by increased air traffic.

ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI

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SINGAPORE – Singapore is laying the groundwork for a new air traffic management (ATM) system that will allow the Republic to better manage a projected increase in flights in the future and reduce delays.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) intends to purchase the new ATM system in the mid-2020s, and roll it out in the latter half of the decade, according to tender documents seen by The Straits Times.

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