{"id":6217,"date":"2024-06-20T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T07:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ipacktravel.com\/wp\/?p=6217"},"modified":"2026-05-24T21:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T13:16:49","slug":"singapore-see-first-time-flying-via-changi-airport-terminal-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ipacktravel.com\/wp\/singapore-see-first-time-flying-via-changi-airport-terminal-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore See: First-Time Flying via Changi Airport Terminal 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
It had been 6 years since Changi International Airport Terminal 4 began operations in October 2017 \u2014 barring about 3 years in hiatus due to COVID-19 \u2014 but I did not have a chance to depart or arrive via the terminal. In October 2023. I embarked on a short trip to Sabah in East Malaysia, Borneo, and the AirAsia flight that I booked departed from Terminal 4, which gave me a chance to explore the terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Below is a glimpse of my experience departing from Changi Airport Terminal 4 (or “T4” for short).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After alighting at Changi Airport MRT Station, I headed towards Terminal 2 (T2). A sign beside the long escalator to T2 Departure Hall indicated that I should be using the escalator to T2 Arrival Hall for the shuttle bus to T4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On entering T2 Arrival Hall, the first exit on the right was for the free shuttle bus service to T4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The shuttle bus was already waiting when I walked out of the exit at T2. The service took about 10 minutes to arrive at T4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After arriving at T4, I headed straight for immigration clearance since I already had my e-boarding pass \u2014 after checking-in online and without check-in luggage. Notice the rounded-triangular shapes on the ceiling outside the entrances of the terminal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n (No photographs from this point onwards until all immigration checks are done.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Immigration clearance was fully automated. I had to scan my passport, like I always do when crossing over the border to Johor Bahru, West Malaysia, and also my e-boarding pass before proceeding for biometric scan. I was through in a couple of minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unlike the other terminals in Changi Airport where bag checks were conducted just before boarding any planes, the process was different in T4 where bag checks were done immediately after immigration clearance. Many tourists have to dump or empty their water bottles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the bag-check stations, bag scans and body scans were fully automated as well, but a little slow. There were a couple of manual checking stations, which were slightly faster but the queues were longer. I stayed in the automated lanes in order to experience the new process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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