Passengers at Singapore Changi Airport can now enjoy a more hassle-free and user-friendly travel experience as Changi Airport Group launched two new innovative features – the Common Use Self-Service kiosks and the Passenger Reconciliation System (PRS), in partnership with ARINC, a leading transport communications provider. These features simplify the airport experience for passengers and aim to minimise the inconvenience commonly associated with airport check-in processes.

Australia’s low fares airline Jetstar has unveiled a unique passenger lounge at Gold Coast Airport to be opened on Monday 15 June 2009.

Jetstar’s Gold Coast Lounge is a one-off passenger lounge concept at the low fare carrier’s major Australian leisure gateway.

The lounge will have capacity for 120 people and features a range of benefits, including a designated children’s play area and children’s cinema, complimentary food and beverages, Internet access and plasma screens showing movies, music videos and television news.

Diners Club International will open 13 new airport lounges located in Mexico and Singapore. These openings now bring the total number of lounges in the Diners Club airport lounge program to more than 130 worldwide.

Pan Pacific Kuala Lumpur International Airport was awarded The BrandLaureate 2008-2009 for Product Branding under the Airport Hotel category, at the awards ceremony last week. The event was attended by Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Presented by the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation (APBF), The BrandLaureate honors branding excellence amongst multinationals, public listed and government linked companies in Malaysia and the Asia Pacific region. Being conferred The BrandLaureate Award is a defining moment as it is a testimony of the success of the Pan Pacific brand, a leading hotel chain in Asia and North America. It is also an endorsement of being with the best and is a further acknowledgment of the brand’s value to provide personalized service with attention to detail for hotel guests.

Four airlines will operate from Singapore Changi Airport's Terminal 2 from 29 March 2009, Sunday. The four are Air India (AI/ IC), Air India Express (IX), Asiana Airlines (OZ) and Korean Air (KE).

"By operating from Terminal 2, the four airlines will have more capacity for their future growth and expansion. The airlines' move from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 will also better distribute capacity usage across the three main terminals and optimise the usage of airport facilities," said CAAS' Director-General and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Lim Kim Choon.