What is most important to you when you enter an airport? The cleanliness? Then you should look forward to the Haneda Airport in Tokyo. The food? Hong Kong will be your favorite. The shopping? Off to London Heathrow. These international airports are the winners of the Skytrax Airport rankings in these categories, for which the British consultancy interviews millions of passengers each year.
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Skytrax Ranking 2019: The Best Airports in the WorldLittle has changed in the top ten of the 2019 ranking list compared to the previous year: For the seventh year in a row, Singapore Changi Airport is the overall winner. It is unlikely that there will be any change in the coming years, because the opening of the new Halle Jewel is scheduled for April. In an impressive, donut-shaped glass hall splashes the largest indoor waterfall in the world, the floors are planted with jungle-like green. Since the boarding in a tight, stuffy plane after a stopover will probably be difficult (read more).
"Being named the world's best airport for the seventh year in a row is a great achievement for Changi Airport," said Edward Plaisted, Skytrax's CEO. "This award underlines the popularity of international air travelers."
Changi Airport is also ahead in 2 out of the 40 categories reviewed: Crowne Plaza is considered by passengers to be the best airport hotel in the world, and they also consider Singapore top in terms of leisure facilities. After all, there are, among other things, three spas, a roof terrace with over one hundred cactus species and two cinemas, which are open around the clock.
Skytrax: The best airports in the world
| space | Airport | country |
| 1 | Singapore Changi | Singapore |
| 2 | Tokyo Haneda | Japan |
| 3 | Seoul Incheon | South Korea |
| 4 | Doha Hamad | Qatar |
| 5 | Hong Kong | China |
| 6 | Centrair Nagoya | Japan |
| 7 | Munich | Germany |
| 8th | London Heathrow | Great Britain |
| 9 | Tokyo Narita | Japan |
| 10 | Zurich | Switzerland |
Within the first ten places, there were only a few shifts: For example, Tokyo-Haneda displaced the Incheon Airport in Seoul from second place and moved up one. It is not only the cleanest, the second most popular, but also the best domestic airport in the world.
As the third Japanese airport alongside Haneda and Centrair Nagoya (6th place) Narita reached the top ten, namely in 9th place. Hamad in Doha (4) and Hong Kong (5) exchanged places as well as Nagoya (6) and Munich (7th) ). Overall, the major German airports were well received by passengers: Frankfurt (12th), Cologne / Bonn (25), Hamburg (28), Düsseldorf (31). Vienna came 19th.
In order to identify the best airports in the world, Skytrax asks almost 40 aspects for passengers from more than a hundred countries - from airport accessibility to the language skills of airport staff. The survey is small-scale and designed for comfort and service.