Top 10 Best Airports in the World

Top 10 BEST AIRPORTS IN THE World IIII| SINGAPORE 01 CHANGI AIRPORT SINGAPORE CHANGI AIRPORT CLAIMED TOP PRIZE FOR THE FOURTH TIME SINCE THE SKYTRAX AWARDS WERE INITIATED, HAVING LAST WON THE TITLE IN 2010. IN ADDITION TO WINNING THE TOP OVERALL AWARD, SINGAPORE CHANGI AIRPORT, WHICH SERVED MORE THAN FIETY. MILLION PAS- SENGERS IN 2012, WAS NAMED BEST AIRPORT IN ASIA AND BEST AIRPORT FOR LEISURE AMENITIES. SOUTH KOREA INCHEON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SEOUL 02 LAST YEAR'S WINNER INCHEON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SUPPED DOWN TO SECOND PLACE. HOWEVER, THE MAIN AIRPORT SERVING THE SOUTH KOREAN CAPITAL IS NO SLOUCH. IN ADDITION TO ITS OVERALL SECOND PLACE FINISH INCHEON RECEIVED THE BEST AIRPORT STAFF SERVICE - ASIA AND AIRPORT AWARDS FOR 2013. BEST INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER THE NETHERLANDS 03 AMSTERDAM SCHIPHOL AIRPORT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE SKYTRAX AWARDS WERE ISSUED, AMSTERDAM SCHIPHOL AIRPORT IN THE NETHER- LANDS BROKE INTO THE TOP THREE FINISHERS, LARGELY DUE TO TS HIGHLY-REGARDED AND EFFICIENT SELF-SERVICE TRANSFER PROCESS. SCHIPHOL ALSO EARNED TOP HONORS FOR BEST AIRPORT IN EUROPE AND BEST AIRPORT IN WESTERN EUROPE. HONG KONG HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 04 A THIRD-PLACE FINISHER FOR 2012, HONG KONG INTER- NATIONAL AIRPORT SLIPPED TO FOURTH PLACE IN THE OVERALL VOTING FOR THE 2013 WORLD'S BEST AIRPORT, NONETHELESS, HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REMAINED A FAVORITE AMONG THE VOTERS. IN ADDITION TO ITS OVERALL FOURTH PLACE FINISH, HONG KONG INTERNA- TIONAL AIRPORT RANKED IN THE TOP FIVE AMONG ALL AIRPORTS IN SIX DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. CHINA BEIJING CAPITAL 05 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BEIJING CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ONLY BEGAN OPERATIONS IN 2008 AND HAS ADDED PASSENGER TRAFFIC EVERY YEAR. NONETHELESS, THE AIRPORT MAIN- TAINED ITS AFTH PLACE OVERALL POSITION FROM 2012 TO 2013, AND WAS ALSO NAMED THE BEST AIRPORT IN CHINA. GERMANY MUNICH AIRPORT 06 FOR TRAVELERS WHO HATE THE DRIED OUT MICROWAVE FARE MANY AIRPORTS OFFER, MUNICH AIRPORT IN GERMANY FEATURES FOOD OFFERINGS THAT ARE A TREAT TO THE PALATE. IN ADDITION TO SCORING SIXTH IN OVERALL VOTING FOR 2013, MUNICH AIRPORT ALSO EARNED THE AWARD FOR BEST AIRPORT IN CENTRAL EUROPE AND BEST AIRPORT DINING EXPERIENCE. SWITZERLAND 07 ZURICH AIRPORT IF YOU HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED LOST LUGGAGE, YOU WILL APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT ZURICH AIRPORT IN SWITZER- LAND IS A PERENNIAL WINNER IN THE CATEGORY OF BEST AIRPORT BAGGAGE DELIVERY, IN ADDITION TO SCORING SEVENTH PLACE IN OVERALL VOTING IN 2013. ZUURICH FOR BEST AIRPORT ALSO EARNED THE 2013 AWARD AIRPORT STAFF SERVICE EUROPE. CANADA VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BRITISH COLUMBIA FINISHING IN EIGHTH PLACE OVERALL IN THE 2013 VOTING, VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS THE ONLY NORTH AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE ON THE LIST OF WORLD's BEST AIRPORTS. MOVING UP FROM ITS OVERALL NINTH PLACE FINISH IN 2012, VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THE AWARD FOR BEST AIRPORT IN NORTH RETAINED AMERICA. JAPAN TOKYO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT A NEW ENTRY IN THE TOP TEN LIST OF WORLD'S BEST AIRPORTS, TOKYO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MOVED UP FIVE PLACES FROM ITS 2012 POSITION. HANEDA TOOK FIRST PLACE IN THE CATEGORY OF BEST DOMESTIC AIRPORT, A NEW CATEGORY FOR 2012, AND ALSO SNAGGED AWARD FOR BEST AIRPORT TERMINAL CL EANLINESS. THE ENGLAND LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT 10 ROUNDING THE TOP TEN IS LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT, EARNING TS PLACE CON THE LIST LARGELY DUE TO ITS HIGHLY- REGARDED TERMINAL 5, WHICH DPENED IN 2008. T5, AS IT IS COMMONLY KNOWN, ALSO EARNED THE AWARD FOR BEST AIRPORT TERMINAL FDR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. THE ENTIRE AIRPORT HAS UNDERGONE AN OVERHAUL, WITH ITS EFFORTS REWARDED BY HEATHROW FINALLY EARNING 4-STAR AIRPORT STATUS IN 2012. 3517 OTEC IATA TRAVEL CENTER RE-DEFINING THE WORLD OF TRAVEL UK.Co.uk 0207 612 7222 [email protected] SOURCE : HTTP://TRAVEL.AMERIKANKI.COM/BEST-AIRPORTS-IN-THE-WORLD/ PHOTO:FLICKR.COM/ TREC LIT, ALEXBRN, EGUIDETRAVEL, PHOTO FIEND, MUJITRA, HIBINO, ZEMISTOR, RAPIDTRAVELCHAI