World's Best Airports: How India fared

World’s Best Airports: How India fared

World’s Best Airports: 13 turned out to be unlucky for Singapore’s Changi airport, which with its Jewel’s Canopy Park, larger-than-life art pieces and high-end luxe brands among other attractions had won the Skytrax World Airport Awards for the 12th time last year.

The prestigious Skytrax World Airport Awards, often dubbed the Oscars of the airport industry, have long been dominated by a tight race between Singapore Changi, one of the busiest passenger hubs for south east Asia, and Doha’s Hamad International Airport.

But in 2024, there’s a new champion and that’s Doha’s Hamad International Airport.

Hamad International Airport, the main airport for the city of Doha, is said to be about a third of the size of Qatar’s capital city spread over 600,000 square metre that is equal to 75 football fields. While Hamad International Airport secured the second rank last year, it was described as the most architecturally significant terminal complex in the world and also the most luxurious one at that.

In great news for Asia, Seoul Incheon Airport secured third place in the rankings. It was also named the most family-friendly airport of 2024. Tokyo’s Haneda and Narita airports came in fourth and fifth place.

Hong Kong Airport had a big improvement, jumping up 22 spots to reach 11th place. This boost came after the city recovered from the effects of Covid-19 and more passengers started using the airport.

As for Indian airports in the list of world’s best airports, just four made it to the top list, while just 1 was in the top 50 rank.

Delhi airport retained the 36th rank in the list, while Mumbai airport just managed to hold on to a place in the top 100 best airports list with its rank dropping to 95 from 84 last year.

Bengaluru airport jumped 10 ranks though in the top 100 best airports list, climbing to 59 from 69 last year. Hyderabad airport too climbed to 61th place from being the 65th best airpot in the world in 2023, according to the Skytrax World’s Top 100 Airports for 2024.

The list is prepared based on votes from air travellers around the world in the 2023/2024 World Airport Survey.

Dubai airport, which however was submerged in water recently after the glitzy city witnessed unprecedented rainfall pouring 1.5 years of rain in 24 hours, made a remarkably jump in the world’s best airports lis. It climbed to the 7th rank from 17 last year.

Hong Kong airport also moved to 11th rank this year from 33 in 2023.

Once more, US airports didn’t make it near the top of the list. Seattle-Tacoma, the highest-ranked US airport, dropped six spots to 24th place.

Meanwhile, Europe kept its strong presence, with Paris Charles de Gaulle, Munich, Zurich, and Istanbul all staying in the top 10.

Here’s the list of the top 20 airports in the world according to Skytrax, and their ranks last year:

1. Doha Hamad (2)
2. Singapore Changi (1)
3. Seoul Incheon (4)
4. Tokyo Haneda (3)
5. Tokyo Narita (9)
6. Paris CDG (5)
7. Dubai (17)
8. Munich (7)
9. Zurich (8)
10. Istanbul (6)
11. Hong Kong (33)
12. Rome Fiumicino (13
13. Vienna (11)
14. Helsinki-Vantaa (12)
15. Madrid-Barajas (10)
16. Centrair Nagoya (16)
17. Vancouver (20)
18. Kansai (15)
19. Melbourne (19)
20. Copenhagen (14)

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