Changi aims for high-end T3 offer

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Gavin Lipsith

30-Jun-2006

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Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore is planning a premium retail offer to cater to high-spending passengers at its new terminal

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is hoping to attract a premium mix of retail tenants to its new Singapore Changi terminal three, due to open in early 2008. The company, which began marketing the new terminal at the TFWA Asia Pacific exhibition in May, revealed that it will aim for an upscale image at the facility, which will cater to a range of high-spending passenger groups.

Singapore Airlines will be the anchor tenant at T3, and CAAS assistant commercial director Jeffrey Loke told DFNI Asia that the carrier's passengers are traditionally strong shoppers. "It is a premium airline," he said. "Also terminal three will be a base for its long-haul services, so it will serve Europeans, Australians, Americans and passengers from the Middle East, which are all good passengers."

Loke said that the company will aim to attract high-end brands from across the categories, and said the authority would hold tenders at the end of the year or in early 2007. As reported previously, the airport will hold airport-wide tenders for its core liquor and tobacco, and fragrances and cosmetics contracts, while tenders for other categories will be terminal-specific.

The company anticipates strong interest in retail opportunities at T3, said Loke. "We received a good response from our existing tenants and from several other companies when we presented our plans in Singapore last month," he said. "We expect that several companies not currently at the airport will want to be involved, although the big companies already in the airport – DFS Group, Nuance-Watson (Singapore), Dufry Group and King Power Group (Hong Kong) – will also want to take space."

Meanwhile Loke revealed that the airport was continuing discussions over how to serve passengers at the airport's new luxury terminal, operated by JetQuay and due to open in August. There is minimal retail space at the converted terminal and Loke said that passengers – who will pay about S$1,000 ($630) to use the facility – could be offered duty-free shopping through a catalogue or trolley service.

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