Friday, August 24, 2007

The World’s Top 10 Best Airports For 2007

What’s your favourite airport?

Unlawyer-At-Large has always been fascinated by world-class airports. They have become a symbol, among other things, for a country’s showcase of economic progress. How airports are rated can be a daunting task, considering that sheer size of airport terminals alone is not enough to snag the top spot. In other words, "bigger" is not necessarily "better".

Thankfully, there’s Skytrax, which released the results of its survey on Top 10 World’s Best Airports for 2007. Skytrax, a well-respected aviation research organisation, actually conducts the annual World Airport Awards to pick out the best airports. This year’s winners emerged from more than 7.8 million detailed passenger surveys, covering over 170 airports, and conducted over an 11-month period throughout the world. Airports were rated according to terminal cleanliness, staff efficiency and courtesy, terminal signage and walking distances, as well as features like shopping, dining options, internet services. Security processing and immigration waiting times were also considered.

Two of Unlawyer-At-Large's favourite airports in Asia, namely, Hong Kong International Airport and Singapore Changi Airport, made it to the top list, the latter sharing second spot with Seoul Incheon International Airport.

Check out Skytrax's official link for more details and see if the Top 10 Airport List includes your own favourites.


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