The increment of the fee could possibly begin next year for those travelling out of Changi Airport. The target to complete this airport is by 2030.
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The total cost of developing Terminal 5 as well as Changi East would cost billions of dollars. Upon completion, they speculate that it would have about 150 million passengers a year. The tax to fly out of Singapore used to be $28 in April 2013, but has been increased to $34.
Other countries such as Dubai, UAE, and Qatar have ongoing expansion projects but they are only charged SGD $13 for departure tax.
As Singapore becomes like a bad video game who asks for credits or DLCs, do we feel that it is fair for us to foot the bill for something we did not ask for?