Changi Airport regains world’s greatest airport title after battling Covid-19 challenges

SINGAPORE – Changi Airport has been named the world’s greatest airport for the twelfth time by London-based evaluation company Skytrax, regaining its crown after dropping out in 2021 and 2022 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The airport was moreover named greatest in Asia, greatest on the earth for leisure services, and greatest on the earth for airport consuming on the 2023 World Airport Awards ceremony held on the Passenger Terminal Expo in Amsterdam on Wednesday (March 15).

Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, bought right here in second whole, adopted by Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan.

Meanwhile, Crowne Plaza Changi Airport bagged the world’s greatest airport lodge title for the eighth 12 months in a row at Wednesday’s event.

The awards bought out primarily based totally on a worldwide survey carried out by Skytrax between August 2022 and February 2023.

Travellers had been requested to cost airports in response to their experience at fully various factors, along with check-in, arrival, procuring, security and immigration, and departure on the gate.

Changi Airport held the best spot for eight consecutive years from 2013 to 2020 – the longest worthwhile streak given that World Airport Awards had been first given out in 2000. But it fell behind Hamad International Airport and Haneda Airport in 2021 and 2022.

In a press launch on Wednesday, Skytrax chief authorities Edward Plaisted talked about Changi Airport’s latest win underlines its repute with worldwide air travellers.

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“After being severely hit during the Covid-19 pandemic, it is pleasing to note that passenger numbers at Changi Airport are now at about 80 per cent of pre-Covid-19 levels, and expected to return to pre-pandemic levels by 2024,” Mr Plaisted added.

In the equivalent assertion, Changi Airport Group chief authorities Lee Seow Hiang talked about: “This recognition is great encouragement for our airport community, who stood firmly together to battle the challenges of Covid-19 over the past two years… To our passengers, we are deeply grateful for your vote of confidence. We look forward to welcoming everyone to Changi Airport as we rediscover the magic of travel again.”

Before the start of the pandemic, Changi Airport was the world’s seventh busiest by the use of worldwide passenger guests, managing a report 68.3 million passenger actions in 2019.

Top 10 airports for 2023

1. Singapore Changi Airport

2. Hamad International Airport (Doha)

3. Tokyo International Airport (Haneda)

4. Incheon International Airport

5. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport

6. Istanbul Airport

7. Munich Airport

8. Zurich Airport

9. Narita International Airport

10. Madrid-Barajas Airport

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