Washington, Apr. 11 (ANI):
Singapore's Changi Airport has been named the best in the world for
the fourth time in 14 years at the prestigious World Airport Awards
in Geneva.
The Southeast
Asian hub beat off competition from Incheon Airport in South Korea
and Amsterdam Schiphol in the Netherlands, who came second and
third.
According to CNN,
the award was based on surveys conducted by international travel
research and consultancy group Skytrax, who polled 12.1 million
passengers over a nine-month period.
The Changi airport
offered free city tours to all travelers on a stopover of five
hours as well as swimming pool, butterfly garden and cinema.
Changi was also
one of the first airports to introduce free WiFi areas and
previously scooped the Skytrax best airport award in 2000 before
going on to win again in 2006 and 2010.
The Incheon
International Airport offered passengers ice rick, golf course and
a casino for luxury.
The list was
prepared after monitoring a total of 39 services and products,
including check-in, arrivals, transfers, shopping, security and
immigration, were examined at 395 airports across the world.
Other destinations
that appeared in the best airport category included Hong Kong
International and Beijing Capital International, carrying on a
tradition of strong Asian performance at the awards.
All in all, five
out of the top ten airports were based in East Asian cities.
Cape Town
International, Lima Jorge Chavez International, Panama Tocumen and
Abu Dhabi International won regional prizes for Africa, South
America, Central America and the Middle East respectively.
The list of best
airports around the world for 2013 is as follows:
1. Singapore
Changi Airport
2. Incheon
International Airport
3. Amsterdam
Schiphol Airport
4. Hong Kong
International Airport
5. Beijing Capital
International Airport
6. Munich
Airport
7. Zurich
Airport
8. Vancouver
International Airport
9. Tokyo
International Airport (Haneda)
10. London
Heathrow Airport (ANI)