Ever since the outbreak of the pandemic, international air travel has hit an all time low. But things are beginning to look up with the 'vaccine' being discovered.
Even at a time when the world's airports wore a relatively deserted look, faithful travellers voted for their favourite airports (most likely based on their fond experiences) as has been revealed by Skytrax.
The World Airport Awards began in 1999, when Skytrax launched its first global, Airport customer satisfaction survey.
They are regarded as a quality benchmark for the world airport industry, assessing customer service and facilities across over 500 airports.
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There is no entry fee or any type of payment by an airport (or other third party) to be included in the survey or awards, with the survey and awards process fully funded by Skytrax.
While some award winning airports may not be the favourite of everyone, it is essential to remember that these award winning airports are voted for by customers. A central directive of the survey is for customers to make their own, personal choices as to which airport they consider to be the best, underlining the brand as the Passenger’s Choice Awards.
Over 100 customer nationalities participated in the 2020-2021 survey
Travellers from across the globe take part in the airport customer satisfaction survey to decide award winners.
Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar has been named the Best Airport in the World at the 2021 World Airport Awards. Other winners include Istanbul Airport voted the World’s Most Improved Airport, Changi Airport Singapore awards include the World’s Best Airport Staff, Tokyo Haneda Airport, ranked No 2 in the world, is the World’s Cleanest Airport and Guangzhou Baiyun Airport the World’s Best Airport in the 35 to 45 million Passenger category.
Are there any significant Indian airports that features on the top 10 list? How did they rank in the top 100 list?
Take a look at the rating of the world's Top 100 Airports for 2021, voted by air travellers around the world in the 2020/2021.
1. Hamad International Airport
New Doha International Airport,Hamad International Airport,Qatar Airways (43035245 via Getty Images)
2. Tokyo Haneda Airport
Tokyo, Japan at the control tower of Haneda Airport. (Sean Pavone via Getty Images)
3. Singapore Changi Airport
Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore - 5th August, 2019: Visitors tour around the Rain Vortex inside the Jewel area at Changi Airport. It's the world's tallest waterfall at 130 ft in height and surrounded by a four-storey terraced forest. The Jewel complex and waterfall was designed by Moshe Safdie. (gollykim via Getty Images)
4. Incheon International Airport, Seoul, South Korea
Incheon, South Korea-August 7,2020- Terminal 2 at Incheon international airport has no people effect from COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown policy.Terminal 2 at Incheon International Airport is named World"u2019s Best Airport Terminal in 2020 by skytrax. (Prathaan via Getty Images)
5. Narita International Airport , Japan
Narita, Japan - December 26, 2016 : Airplanes parked at the Narita International Airport, Chiba, Japan. It is the second busiest airport in Japan. (winhorse via Getty Images)
6. Munich International Airport, Germany
Franz-Josef-Strauss Munich airport with control tower, passenger airplane standing at the gates, apron area, long exposure with tripod. (B&M Noskowski via Getty Images)
7. Zurich Airport, Switzerland
Zurich, Switzerland - March 13, 2018: Overview of Zurich Airport with a Swiss International Air Lines Boeing 777-300ER in front of the control tower. Zurich Airport is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines. (Jetlinerimages via Getty Images)
8. Heathrow Airport, London
London Heathrow, April 20, 2016: Heathrow Terminal 5 is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport. Opened in 2008, the main building in the complex is the largest free-standing structure in the UK (BrasilNut1 via Getty Images)
9. Kansai International Airport, Japan
OSAKA, JAPAN - DECEMBER 27: Almost empty departure is seen at departure hall at Kansai International Airport on December 27, 2020 in Osaka, Japan. Japan announced it will close its borders to non-resident foreign nationals from tomorrow until the end of January after two people were discovered to be infected with a new strain of Covid-19 coronavirus that has begun spreading around the world. The country is also grappling with a surge in coronavirus infections, with Tokyo reporting 708 cases today. To date, Japan has recorded 218,453 infections, 3,052 deaths and 3,052 recoveries from the virus. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images) (Buddhika Weerasinghe via Getty Images)
10. Hong Kong International Airport
Aerial view of Hong Kong International Airport with planes parking on the tarmac (d3sign via Getty Images)
45. Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
Delhi, India - January 21, 2015: Hands like the greeting symbols inside the International Airport of Delhi and crowd on January 21, 2015. Indira Gandhi International Airport is the 32th busiest in the world. (Radiokukka via Getty Images)
64. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad (Shamshabad airport)
Hyderabad, India - Nov 3, 2013: Terminal building of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. The airport serves the city of Hyderabad. (joeravi via Getty Images)
65. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai
Mumbai, India - October 19, 2015: Detail from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India. It is one of the two airports in India to have implemented Airport Collaborative Decision Making to ensure timely takeoffs and landings. (boggy22 via Getty Images)
71. Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru, Bangalore
Johnnie Walker display at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru (Bangalore), Karnataka, India. Kempegowda International Airport saw a rise in passengers as well as cargo movement as around 6.94 million domestic passengers and 1.08 million international fliers passed through the airport between April and June 2018. Kempegowda Airport is the third-busiest airport by passenger traffic in the country, behind the airports in Delhi and Mumbai, and is the 34th busiest airport in Asia. The airport also handled about 314,060 tonnes (346,190 short tons) of cargo in the year 2017. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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