Product Description

Strategically placed between the Pacific and Indian Oceans, Singapore has become one of the world's great trading centres and Changi airport plays a leading role in its economy. This work states that Changi acts as a hub for regional flights within Southeast Asia and is linked to over 60 countries.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1264573 in Books
• Published on: 2001-04-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

Customer Reviews

If I wanted a book of pictures of planes...........?????
Rubbish. The book is nothing to do with Changi. Nothing to do with it's history, how it started from a Royal Air Force Transport Command base (and HQ Far East Air Force) and how it's developed over the years. No aerial shots. No historical shots. Every page has a picture of planes, everyone modern. Where are the 707's, the VC10's which operated here in the early days? If I wanted a book full of pictures of planes made by Boeing and Douglas, I would have bought one of those. To sit in the airport lounge and take pictures of planes, whether in the sun or in monsoon rain, does not do it's title or pre-amble justice. If Amazon had a ZERO star rating I would have used it, but their lowest is one star, so I gave it that. Least it's on shiny paper! A waste of money!! Junk, absolute junk!

Nice photo galley
Changi is a nice photo album of the current airliner scene in Singapore and a look back at the last decade. Like other books in Airlife's Airport Series, the color (or colour) photography is excellent and John K Morton has provided brief captions. This book is perfect for airline enthusiasts who may never have the chance to visit Singapore. Reviewing this book as anything other than pictorial work (as it is intended to be) is like slamming a dictionary for its lack of poetic phrase - shear stupidity.

Very good review of aviation scene in Changi today
High quality photography throughout this book make this book a must. The subject is not always Singapore Airlines which was my concern before buying the book. The photos from the eighties are a nice touch showing how life has changed in the last 20 years.