New Seletar Airport to open by end of 2018

[Yewheng]

Its a brand new terminal. The old one is too small. The old one is like what i see when i go Batam. The xray machine is turned off. Only when got passenger then turned on. Very relaxed mood. No canteen, only food joint is opposite at ST aerospace.

 

Good to have new terminal.

Ya, and soon we will see daily flights flying from sg to seranpang, ipoh and even johor at seletar Airport. Good for traveller's travel to Malaysia too..

[Hamburger]

last time build budget airport only to be demolished few years later.

 

wasting tax payers money.

[Kyrios]

Used to work there...very idyllic place...you see couples going there for wedding photoshoot during weekends....

[Lala81]

Seletar can likely accomodate most aircraft. the landing strip isn't short. 

 

U can see small a310-320 size ones also.

 

 

[Sheraytom]

last time build budget airport only to be demolished few years later.

 

wasting tax payers money.

 

I highly doubt it will be demolished few years later since the old Seletar Airport has been serving well from pre-war time till now. It will served as an alternate airport terminal for travelers flying to neighborhood countries with faster aircraft turnaround time since Changi Airport has become so congested that it requires a 5th terminal. 

[melnix]

firefly is moving from changi to seletar

i assume scoot and airasia will be next

especially for flying to msia, indonesia and thailand

these destinations dont need changi airport service

 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/new-seletar-airport-passenger-terminal-to-open-by-end-2018-10495152

 

Only turboprop aircrafts moving to Seletar Airport (Firefly). Seletar Airport is actually Singapore's first international airport as well, built back in the late 1920s. The airport previously serve mainly chartered and private aircraft. Berjaya Air used to fly from Seletar to Malaysia's Tioman Island until early 2010s.

 

Though the runway is long enough to land an A320 used by many budget airlines, it will probably only cater to turboprop just like KL's Subang Airport.

[Karoon]

A niece claimed she took the shortest commercial flight within SIngapore yesterday: Paya Lebar airport to Changi Airport.

 

Her flight from HK was diverted to Paya Lebar thanks to VVIPs planes blocking up Changi runways. Plane had to wait there till Changi cleared, then fly to Changi.

 

if true, why couldn't the vvips fly through seletar or paya lebar instead?

Edited November 16, 2018 by Karoon

[Atrecord]

A niece claimed she took the shortest commercial flight within SIngapore yesterday: Paya Lebar airport to Changi Airport.

 

Her flight from HK was diverted to Paya Lebar thanks to VVIPs planes blocking up Changi runways. Plane had to wait there till Changi cleared, then fly to Changi.

 

if true, why couldn't the vvips fly through seletar or paya lebar instead?

 

wah this is news...

 

got enough distance to take off, and then land again so quickly meh?

 

in June, got VVIP landed and took off at PLAB leh, why now they go disturb changi? makes no sense...

[Vratenza]

Because seletar and pays Lebar don't have the gleaming facilities and international recognition to haolian to the foreign dignitaries. 

 

A niece claimed she took the shortest commercial flight within SIngapore yesterday: Paya Lebar airport to Changi Airport.

 

Her flight from HK was diverted to Paya Lebar thanks to VVIPs planes blocking up Changi runways. Plane had to wait there till Changi cleared, then fly to Changi.

 

if true, why couldn't the vvips fly through seletar or paya lebar instead?

 

[Karoon]

wah this is news...

 

got enough distance to take off, and then land again so quickly meh?

 

in June, got VVIP landed and took off at PLAB leh, why now they go disturb changi? makes no sense...

 

i checked the flight and its true... but from seletar not paya lebar. Loop at kota tinggi.

 

 

and seletar is long enough for a380!

Edited November 16, 2018 by Karoon

[Mkl22]

Only POTUS lands in PLAB.

 

cause he has his own security entourage.

[TangoElite]

i checked the flight and its true... but from seletar not paya lebar. Loop at kota tinggi.

 

 

and seletar is long enough for a380!

 

From the flight path, the take off is from Paya Lebar, not from Seletar.

 

 

[Karoon]

From the flight path, the take off is from Paya Lebar, not from Seletar.

 

 

 

you're probably right.

 

It looks too central to be seletar despite the text on flight radar.

 

google maps also showed seletar rainway at 1.8km, not enough for a380 while paya lebar is >4km.

[TangoElite]

you're probably right.

 

It looks too central to be seletar despite the text on flight radar.

 

google maps also showed seletar rainway at 1.8km, not enough for a380 while paya lebar is >4km.

 

zoom in can see clearly 

 

 

Edited November 16, 2018 by TangoElite

[Wind30]

Yesterday I hear so many planes fly over my place near YCK while jogging in the evening...

now I know

[Tohto]

Yes, yesterday between 3pm - 7pm many flight was delay. Flight was going round and round above south china sea.

My wife was waiting for an arrival and the plane was delay for 2hrs+. She saw from the screen at Changi many delay and re-timed.

[Ysc3]

i checked the flight and its true... but from seletar not paya lebar. Loop at kota tinggi.

 

 

and seletar is long enough for a380!

the aircraft must go on a wild goose run all over the place - just to burn and dump fuel - before it can land.

 

else it will land … but in many pieces … as too heavy.

bargaining chips ??

 

Malaysia to send protest note to Singapore over Seletar Airport landing system

 

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will issue a protest note to Singapore over the operation of the instrument landing system (ILS) to be used by Seletar Airport near its border with Johor, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

The protest note by Wisma Putra comes in wake of Singapore's decision to start broadcasting the ILS at Seletar Airport early next year despite Malaysia's decision not allow it on grounds that it will infringe the nation's sovereignty and airspace near Pasir Gudang, Johor some 2km away.

"The broadcast is against the principle of national sovereignty as accorded under the Convention of Civil Aviation 1944.

"The government, through Wisma Putra, will issue a protest note immediately to Singapore in connection to the breach of this principle of sovereignty," he said when answering a question raised by Hassan Abdul Karim (PH-Pasir Gudang) during Minister's Question Time in Parliament on Tuesday (Dec 4).

Loke informed MPs that the ILS would affect development in Pasir Gudang as there would be height restrictions imposed on structures and also affect shipping activities at the Pasir Gudang port.

"The government had decided not to allow Singapore to broadcast its ILS, with this decision conveyed to Singapore on Nov 28 and 29," he said.

However, despite this, Loke said Singapore would begin broadcasting its ILS on Jan 3.

"The government is committed towards defending our sovereignty and to ensure that the nation's interest is safeguarded," Loke said to thumps of approval from lawmakers.

Loke also said that Malaysia had informed Singapore that it would be taking back its delegated airspace in phases, which was accorded to Singapore in 1974 under the Operational Letter of Agreement Between Kuala Lumpur And Singapore Area Control Centres Concerning Singapore Arrivals, Departures And Overflight (LOA 1974).

He said the nation's airspace would be reclaimed between 2019 and 2023.

To a supplementary question by Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan, Loke said that Malaysia would not take a confrontational approach over the issue but would engage Singapore in further discussion.

[Wt_know]

take la ... take lo ...

Edited December 4, 2018 by Wt_know