Changi cargo handling up

Changi cargo handling up

SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore's Changi Airport last year posted
close to a 10 percent annual increase in the volume of air cargo
it handled, and is pursuing expansions plans to accommodate
future growth, officials said yesterday.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said the
airport handled 1.105 million tons of air cargo in 1995, up 9.5
percent from the year before.

Wong Woon Liong, Singapore's director-general of civil
aviation, said the Changi airfreight center will be expanded from
the current 47 to 67 hectares (116 to 165 acres) over the next 20
years.

"This is in line with our philosophy of providing capacity
ahead of demand, " he added in the statement.

The CAAS said Changi was voted the "best airport in Asia" for
the 10th year running in a poll conducted by an industry
publication, Cargonews Asia, based in Hong Kong.

It said the planning and construction of a sixth air freight
terminal for the Singapore Airport Terminal Services Pte. Ltd.
(SATS), a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines Ltd., was already "in
the pipeline."