Seletar Airport will resume normal operations
on Thursday, close to three years after work started to lengthen the
existing runway.
During the upgrading, which kept the runway
out of bounds for at least 12 hours a day, private jet operators based
at Seletar had no choice but to shift their operations to Changi
Airport.
Announcing the completion of the project, the Civil
Aviation Authority of Singapore and Changi Airport Group said in a joint
release that the new runway measuring 1.84km - close to 250m more than
its original length - will be able to support larger jet operations, as
well as heavier take-off loads.
The airport upgrading works are part of
plans to develop the area into Singapore's next aviation hub. A key
growth sector is business aviation, which has seen a compounded annual
growth rate of 17 per cent in aircraft movements from 2007 to 2010.
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