The world’s best airports are in Asia
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009Business Week:
World’s Best Airports 2009
In the annual survey of airport service quality by Geneva-based Airports Council International (ACI), Asian airports—Seoul, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Nagoya, Japan—won four of the five top spots. Nova Scotia’s Halifax was the only non-Asian airport to be included in the top five:
1. Seoul
2. Singapore
3. Hong Kong
4. Nagoya, Japan
5. Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada) (1st in North America)
6. George, South Africa
7. Zurich, Switzerland (1st in Europe)
8. Guayaquil, Ecuador (1st in Latin America)
9. Tel Aviv, Israel (1st in Middle East)
10. Port Elizabeth, South Africa
11. Southampton, England
12. Cancun, Mexico
13. Abu Dhabi, UAE
14. Ottawa (Canada)
15. Cape Town, South Africa
16. Porto, Portugal
17. San Jose, Costa Rica
18. Doha, Qatar
19. Austin, Tex. (3rd in North America; first US airport in the list)
20. Beijing Capital International, China
21. Taipei, Taiwan (also ranked no. 1 in the world among airports serving between 15 million and 25 million passengers annually).
José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport was named after after a famous Ecuadorian poet and the first mayor of the city of Guayaquil.
Ranks: number 8 airport in the world; the best airport in Latin America and the Caribbean in terms of service quality.
