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![An Air New Zealand Boeing 787 taxies past a row of Singapore Airlines tails at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/3965ffb95e9d8c22a979674a864fc4f466424d6c/c=0-107-1198-784/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476994854253-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-18.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
An Air New Zealand Boeing 787 taxies past a row of Singapore Airlines tails at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A Singapore Airlines Airbus A330 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/3f6f6498bf62bd84a980bf50db6de7e978aba6f6/c=0-381-1200-1059/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477005452629-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-21.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Singapore Airlines Airbus A330 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![The tower at Singapore Changi International Airport is lit up on an early October 2018 morning.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/72d45a4d2e3587ff052ec6b4ccbc7d0f1aac2002/c=0-123-1198-800/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476992211943-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-15.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The tower at Singapore Changi International Airport is lit up on an early October 2018 morning.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![United Airlines' Boeing 787-9 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/54f939a5fbf9311fc4e628a4a999fd17d6b86ba8/c=0-49-1198-726/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476986461033-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-13.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
United Airlines' Boeing 787-9 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/e4a8c64dadd1c23ad46c0ebd99d514143b01c587/c=0-30-1198-707/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476971510611-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-2.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![Used mostly for training purposes, a former Vim Airlines Boeing 777 rests on a remote ramp at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/f8cdc1247de94889f4b71c913228df6e9cd4a492/c=0-61-1200-739/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476988947913-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-14.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Used mostly for training purposes, a former Vim Airlines Boeing 777 rests on a remote ramp at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![Available to all passengers for a fee of about $15, a pool provides a relaxing way to beat the heat and pass the time at Singapore Changi International Airport (October, 2018.)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/f8cdc1247de94889f4b71c913228df6e9cd4a492/c=0-61-1200-739/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477037043751-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-33.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Available to all passengers for a fee of about $15, a pool provides a relaxing way to beat the heat and pass the time at Singapore Changi International Airport (October, 2018.)
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![An engine awaits being fitted onto a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/852052075f1fca2ea1381922cf5718c699308cf0/c=0-55-1198-732/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477008726373-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-24.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
An engine awaits being fitted onto a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A Singapore Airlines Airbus A350 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/24eb5aa4eb9905286cf4a60586eab2da80e365e9/c=9-0-1200-673/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476971821471-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-1.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Singapore Airlines Airbus A350 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A Xiamen Air Boeing 737-800 taxies to the gate after landing at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/f8cdc1247de94889f4b71c913228df6e9cd4a492/c=0-61-1200-739/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476995485687-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-17.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Xiamen Air Boeing 737-800 taxies to the gate after landing at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/f8cdc1247de94889f4b71c913228df6e9cd4a492/c=0-61-1200-739/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476981632989-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-8.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![Sunflowers soak up the notorious Singapore heat at Singapore Changi International Airport's Terminal 2 in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/fa31dcff418c8fa08a04b28071083784d29caf36/c=0-36-1198-713/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477041706651-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-36.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Sunflowers soak up the notorious Singapore heat at Singapore Changi International Airport's Terminal 2 in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A public restroom is seen in in Singapore Changi International Airport's gleaming new Terminal 4 in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/f8cdc1247de94889f4b71c913228df6e9cd4a492/c=0-61-1200-739/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477019616163-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-27.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A public restroom is seen in in Singapore Changi International Airport's gleaming new Terminal 4 in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![An AirAsia Airbus A320neo lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/f8cdc1247de94889f4b71c913228df6e9cd4a492/c=0-61-1200-739/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477003422325-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-22.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
An AirAsia Airbus A320neo lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A Scoot Airbus A320 takes off from Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/5e12d682e1bb6926ea49d0069fedc6dd6d39a152/c=0-0-1198-677/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476983653579-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-10.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Scoot Airbus A320 takes off from Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A baggage handler carefully loads at stroller onto a Hong Kong-bound Cathay Pacific Airbus A330 at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/aa60dae171c62bad5498289ba62338618531a6a4/c=0-61-1198-738/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477007172073-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-23.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A baggage handler carefully loads at stroller onto a Hong Kong-bound Cathay Pacific Airbus A330 at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300 takes off from Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/a3623012c8bdd0f71332230a7eb89394d522fdb6/c=0-42-1198-719/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476985207879-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-11.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300 takes off from Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/5e12d682e1bb6926ea49d0069fedc6dd6d39a152/c=0-0-1198-677/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476971976901-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-5.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A Silk Air Boeing 737 Max 8 jet takes off from Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/5e12d682e1bb6926ea49d0069fedc6dd6d39a152/c=0-0-1198-677/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476984897019-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-12.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Silk Air Boeing 737 Max 8 jet takes off from Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![Randika Jayakody samples a fine whiskey at a Duty Free shop in Singapore Changi International Airport's Terminal 2 while waiting for her connecting flight in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/f8cdc1247de94889f4b71c913228df6e9cd4a492/c=0-61-1200-739/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477037820901-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-34.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Randika Jayakody samples a fine whiskey at a Duty Free shop in Singapore Changi International Airport's Terminal 2 while waiting for her connecting flight in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![Singapore Changi International Airport's gleaming new Terminal 4 as seen in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/f8cdc1247de94889f4b71c913228df6e9cd4a492/c=0-61-1200-739/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477041862081-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-35.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Singapore Changi International Airport's gleaming new Terminal 4 as seen in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A Philippines Airlines Airbus A321 taxis to a gate after landing at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/852052075f1fca2ea1381922cf5718c699308cf0/c=0-55-1198-732/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477030195117-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-31.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Philippines Airlines Airbus A321 taxis to a gate after landing at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![Tucked away inside Terminal 3 is a butterfly garden at Singapore Changi International Airport. (October 2018.)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/f8cdc1247de94889f4b71c913228df6e9cd4a492/c=0-61-1200-739/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477040152351-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-32.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Tucked away inside Terminal 3 is a butterfly garden at Singapore Changi International Airport. (October 2018.)
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/f639559c858ccb7f1e6c14d6227cd05c617b6788/c=0-25-1200-703/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476972598621-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-6.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A passenger check-in kiosk is seen inside Singapore Changi International Airport's gleaming new Terminal 4 in October, 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/f8cdc1247de94889f4b71c913228df6e9cd4a492/c=0-61-1200-739/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477026931087-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-30.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A passenger check-in kiosk is seen inside Singapore Changi International Airport's gleaming new Terminal 4 in October, 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A Singapore Airlines Airbus A330 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/f8cdc1247de94889f4b71c913228df6e9cd4a492/c=0-61-1200-739/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476973064911-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-3.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Singapore Airlines Airbus A330 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/f8cdc1247de94889f4b71c913228df6e9cd4a492/c=0-61-1200-739/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476977747239-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-7.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A free WiFi station invites passengers to log on in Singapore Changi International Airport's gleaming new Terminal 4 in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/6a4f8fefc5a2f2b4a73826a356920005701d3bb5/c=0-52-1198-729/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477016818423-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-26.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A free WiFi station invites passengers to log on in Singapore Changi International Airport's gleaming new Terminal 4 in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![Singapore Airlines jets line the Terminal 3 concourse at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/f8cdc1247de94889f4b71c913228df6e9cd4a492/c=0-61-1200-739/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476995796547-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-16.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Singapore Airlines jets line the Terminal 3 concourse at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![Singapore Airlines' jets line up outside Terminal 3 at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/f8cdc1247de94889f4b71c913228df6e9cd4a492/c=0-61-1200-739/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476982565569-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-9.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Singapore Airlines' jets line up outside Terminal 3 at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![Mahendiran, a contract horticulturist, tends to one of the many gardens inside Singapore Changi International Airport's gleaming new Terminal 4 in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/f8cdc1247de94889f4b71c913228df6e9cd4a492/c=0-61-1200-739/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477030350547-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-28.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Mahendiran, a contract horticulturist, tends to one of the many gardens inside Singapore Changi International Airport's gleaming new Terminal 4 in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A Scoot Boeing 787-9 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/72d45a4d2e3587ff052ec6b4ccbc7d0f1aac2002/c=0-123-1198-800/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783476971821471-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-4.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Scoot Boeing 787-9 lands at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![Singapore Airlines jets line a remote ramp at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/adcaff305fb2dc66e010583866404f1637297610/c=0-65-1198-742/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477009658953-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-25.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Singapore Airlines jets line a remote ramp at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![One of Singapore Changi International Airport's fire stations is seen in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/f8cdc1247de94889f4b71c913228df6e9cd4a492/c=0-61-1200-739/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477002489745-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-19.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
One of Singapore Changi International Airport's fire stations is seen in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![A Philippines Airlines Airbus A321 touches down at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/c102970a695c3962bdc04f88478d565309f41b08/c=0-64-1198-741/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477000624585-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-20.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Philippines Airlines Airbus A321 touches down at Singapore Changi International Airport in October 2018.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special To USA TODAY![Colin Chng pours a free cocktail taster at the duty free counter in Singapore Changi International Airport's gleaming new Terminal 4 in October 2018.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/fa31dcff418c8fa08a04b28071083784d29caf36/c=0-36-1198-713/local/-/media/2018/11/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636783477029107107-2018-Singapore-Changi-feature-29.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Colin Chng pours a free cocktail taster at the duty free counter in Singapore Changi International Airport's gleaming new Terminal 4 in October 2018.
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