Changi Airport to raise airline and passenger fees

A new S$12 (US$9.35) passenger fee – made up of a S$9 Passenger Service Charge and a S$3 Passenger Security Service Charge – will be introduced for transfer and transit passengers passing through the airport.

Passenger fees for the Budget Terminal have also been increased to S$18, up from the present S$15.

A spokesperson for Tiger Airways told local media it was “surprised and disappointed by Changi Airport's decision to increase fees for customers, especially when the global economy is in its early stages of recovery”.

Said Jaclyn Yeoh, managing director, Siam Express: “There will be some impact on airlines but we don't know how this will affect fares yet. Certainly if fares increase, that will affect us.”

Dennis Law, managing director of Star Holiday Mart, said it was normal to have knee-jerk reactions from the low-cost carriers, but he expected the increases to have minimal effect on passengers in general.
 

(Sources: Gracia Chiang, Singapore, TTGAsia)