Big airports operate around the clock with red eye departures and early morning arrivals.
Singapore’s Changi Airport knows all about that.
Close to 8000 passenger flights are scheduled to depart Changi between midnight and 6 am in just this quarter, a 17% increase over last year at this time.
Over the course of the year, almost 28,000 late night flights will take off from Changi.
That’s 8% more than last year.
Why so many late night departures? There are an increasing number of flights from Changi to Korea and China and the overnight departures means passengers arrive in the morning and can enjoy more of their day.
In most airports, shops, restaurants and other amenities are shut down overnight.
But not at Changi!
Year-round, many food and retail outlets and attractions at Changi are open 24/7. That includes the butterfly garden, the cactuc garden and all the other lovely gardens throughout all the terminals and the free movie theater in Terminal 3.
Changi also offers free snooze lounges across all four terminals, as well as paid facilities such as pay-per-use lounges and transit hotels that are open all hours.
But from now through March 2027, Changi Airport is offering what they call, “even more magical” experiences for night flyers.
The ‘Changi After Dark’ program includes silent disco sessions, complete with DJs; meet-and-greet sessions and parades with adorable character mascots; and an “enchanting” light installation in the Discovery Garden in T1.
(Changi’s Discovery Garden)
Passengers departing 2 am and 6 am will also be able to pick up special discount vouchers for shopping, dining and rest facilities, as well as discounted baggage storage.
Sounds like a great reason to book a late night departing flights.
So we are making this a nomination for Airport Amenity of the Week.
