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Singapore's Changi Airport receives financial boost for self-service tech

May 14, 2013

Airlines at Singapore's Changi Airport will receive financial support from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore to invest in self-service technology at the transportation hub.

The CAAS has set up a $2 million fund to help carriers defray some of the costs involved in deploying new technology that includes self-service check-in kiosks, boarding pass printing and luggage tag printing, according to straitstimes.com.

CAAS initiative was announced by Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew at an industry event, where he also announced that another $10 million has been set aside to fund new ideas to improve the process of loading baggage onto single-aisle planes.

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