Finest airport in the globe? Singapore’s Changi Airport, says Skytrax
Singapore’s Changi Airport.
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Singapore’s Changi Airport has been named the “world’s most effective airport” for a record 12th time.
The city-state’s airport reclaimed the title in the “Planet Airport Awards 2023” announced yesterday by the air transport analysis firm Skytrax.
Changi Airport had previously won initial location in Skytrax’s annual ranking for seven consecutive years from 2013 to 2020, but placed behind Doha’s Hamad International Airport and Tokyo’s Haneda Airport for the previous two years.
Worldwide travelers representing much more than one hundred nationalities participated in the Skytrax survey, which also named Singapore’s Changi Airport as the:
- Finest Airport in Asia
- World’s Finest Airport Dining, and
- World’s Finest Airport Leisure Amenities.
Buyers rated airports according to quite a few things, which includes purchasing, verify-in, arrivals, transfers and safety and immigration.
Changi Airport’s newly revamped Terminal two departure hall.
Changi Airport Group
Doha’s Hamad International Airport came in second, followed by Tokyo’s Haneda Airport in third and Incheon International Airport in fourth. Japan had two airports in the prime ten this year, with Narita International Airport coming in ninth.
Other prime spots have been filled by the major airports in Paris (fifth), Istanbul (sixth), Munich (seventh) and Zurich (eighth). All of the airports in final year’s prime ten list produced a reappearance except Osaka’s Kansai International Airport, which was replaced by Spain’s Madrid-Barajas Airport (10th).
The Skytrax survey also ranked airports on other metrics. The “world’s most effective airport employees” can be identified in Seoul’s Incheon International Airport, whilst China’s Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport won “world’s most enhanced airport.”
The “Chandelier” is a 16-meter tall play structure that kids can climb on in Changi Airport’s Terminal four.
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Changi Airport has now won much more than 660 “Finest Airport” awards due to the fact it opened in 1981. The airport plans to expand the capacity of its Terminal two constructing by five million passengers per year, and has begun upgrading operates that are scheduled for completion by 2024.
Across its 4 terminals, Changi Airport characteristics health club and shower facilities, napping locations, a 16-meter tall children’s play structure and a swimming pool that overlooks a runway.
Terminal 1 hyperlinks straight to the ten-story retail complicated Jewel Changi Airport, which has seven themed gardens, a forest valley of much more than two,000 trees and the world’s tallest indoor waterfall.
Passengers in front of shops furnished to appear like Peranakan shophouses in Terminal four.
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Skytrax CEO Edward Plaisted mentioned the win “underline[s] the airport’s recognition with international air travelers,” who have returned to about 80% of pre-Covid 19 levels, he mentioned.
A lot more on Changi Airport
- Annual handling capacity of 85 million passengers
- Serves much more than 90 airlines and connects Singapore to 140 cities worldwide
- In 2022, its prime 5 passenger markets have been Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, India and Thailand
- Its way of life section, Jewel, has won 25 awards due to the fact opening in 2019
