I’m sure every single one of us has seen the iconic analogue flight info display board located at Changi Airport Terminal 2.
Heck, I’m sure most of us have even snapped a picture for Instagram of us in front of said analogue flight info board before hopping aboard our flight.
Today I have been given the dreaded task of announcing that the display board that was originally placed at Changi Airport Terminal 2 is no longer in existence.
Analogue Flight Info At Changi Airport T2 Dismantled & Donated To S’pore National Collection
The board were taken down earlier in February.
According to CAG, there are two flight display boards. One of them will be donated to the National Heritage Board (NHB) while the other will be placed at a different part of Changi Airport for “display” purposes.
For those who need a reminder, the board was located between check-in rows 9 and 10 of the airport’s Departure Hall.
The 30-year-old terminal is currently undergoing renovation works.
The flip board was slowly uninstalled in February, while the other board will soon also be removed.
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But Why
According to Changi Airport Group, the analogue flip boards have been taken down because there has been difficulty finding and sourcing for parts.
It is also hard to carry out maintenance on the analogue flip boards, otherwise known as Solari boards, named after the Italian company that began producing them.
NHB has since documented the process and transported it to a storage facility for cleaning.
Each flip board is made up of one large display board, 48 panels forming the backboard and more than 50 metal casings and 2,052 capsules of individual alphabets and numbers.
The cleaning of the analogue flip boards will take around six months, after which it will be moved over to NHB’s Heritage Conservation Centre (HCC) where it will join the National Collection.
At this point, experts will check the condition of the flip board before suggesting what needs to be done for its conservation and storage.
Those who are going to miss this iconic piece need not worry because CAG and NHB are in talks to discuss the possibility of displaying it in the future.
You can watch the tear-jerking farewell video here.
