UNdunankulu u-Lee Hsien Loong wayeseChangi Airport ukuvula ngokusemthethweni iTerminal 3 (T3) yeChangi Airport ngoJulayi 25, 2008. Lokhu kuyingqophamlando ebalulekile yesikhumulo sezindiza iChangi kanye nomlando wezindiza waseSingapore. Ngenyanga yayo yesithupha kusukela iqale ukusebenza kwezindiza okuhleliwe ngoJanuwari 9, 2008, i-T3 isiqalile kahle ekusebenzeni kwayo kokuphela. Bangaphezu kwezigidi ezinhlanu abagibeli abadlule kulesi sikhumulo njengamanje esiphatha izindiza ezihleliwe ezingaphezu kwama-900 zamasonto onke. Nge-T3 ebhodini, ukuhamba kwabagibeli beChangi Airport ezinyangeni eziyisithupha zokuqala zika-2008 kuqhubekile nokukhuphuka, kubhaliswa ukukhula okungu-5.4% unyaka nonyaka ukushaya abagibeli abayizigidi ezingama-18.7. Amathani ayi-943,791 endiza yezindiza acutshungulwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, amele ukukhula konyaka nonyaka ngama-3.6%.
I-T3 iletha impumelelo i-3-terminal Changi masterplan eyaqala ukwakhiwa ngeminyaka yoma-30. Eminyakeni engama-1 edlule, isikhumulo sezindiza iChangi sidlule ezigabeni eziningana zentuthuko ukukhulisa amandla aso okuphatha ngaphambi kokukhula komoya omningi. Itheminali 1981 yaqala ukusebenza ngo-2 yalandelwa yiTheminali 1990 ngo-3. Ukwehlukaniswa komhlaba kweT2000 kwenzeka ngo-2002, nokwakhiwa kwetheminali kwaqala ngo-2007. Ngemuva kokuphothulwa kokwakhiwa kwayo ngo-3, i-T9 yadlula ekuhlolweni nasekuhlolweni okukhulu ngaphambi kokuvula ukusebenza ngomhlaka 2008 Januwari XNUMX.
Ukubungaza ukuvulwa ngokusemthethweni kwe-T3, i-CAAS ihlela ukukhangiswa kwezinsuku ezingama-66 “i-Terminal 3 Celebration” kusukela ngoJulayi 25 - Septhemba 28, 2008. Labo abachitha kunoma iziphi izitolo ezingama-230 nezitolo zokudla neziphuzo eziyi-110 esikhumulweni sezindiza bazowina ukuze bawine amathikithi endiza kumaSingapore Airlines A380 amasudi aya eTokyo, eLondon naseSydney, iAudi A5 3.2FSI Quattro Coupe noma iholide lokuhamba ngesikebhe eQueen Victoria. Eminye imiklomelo esheshayo ezowinwa ngesikhathi sokukhangisa ngokuthenga ibandakanya amavawusha wokuthenga eChangi Airport kanye namaqoqo ezihlanganiso ayisikhumbuzo we-T3.
Ukukhumbula ukuvulwa ngokusemthethweni kwe-T3, abakwaMonetary Authority baseSingapore (MAS) sebethule isethi zemali. Lezi zinhlamvu zemali zithwebula isimo esikhanyayo se-T3 futhi zikhombise izici ezinobungane zesakhiwo. Umklamo wohlamvu lwemali ukhombisa indawo enamandla yesikhungo esisha - ukuhlanganiswa okucabangayo kwezimangaliso zemvelo nobuchwepheshe besimanje ukudala umoya opholile nocwengileko wabahambi.
Kusukela ngoJulayi 1, 2008, kunezindiza ezingama-79 ezisebenza ngaphezulu kwezindiza ezihleliwe ezingama-4,400 189 eChangi Airport, ezixhumanisa iSingapore namadolobha angama-59 emazweni angama-XNUMX.
