We are in the holiday period and starts, where many people visit different airports around the world. Therefore, it would be interesting and fun to know in advance the efficiency of airports that you must pass. There are several organizations around the world working to investigate and examine the airport facilities using different and heterogeneous parameters.
One of the most prestigious is the British 14 years by Skytrax publishes a ranking of the best airports and giving the stars as you do with the hotels. This is done using statistical criteria 39, via surveys on the opinions of 12 million passengers who attended 395 different airports throughout the world and in this ranking are 100 airports.
The parameters which have been taken into account are those of the quality infrastructure, easy access to gate and security, the comfort of the terminal, the linguistic knowledge of the administrative staff of these airports, waiting time, transportation, etc. For the vast majority of passengers (97%), the most important factor remains the punctuality of flights.
Today we will see what are the top 5 airports in the world for 2013, according to the ranking Skytrax, published in these days. And considering the fact that airports are always a feature necessary for a territory can play an important role through tourism in our global economy, this fact should worry a lot.
1. Singapore Changi Airport (Singapore)
Singapore's Changi Airport has won numerous awards (in fact it is also called "the Meryl Streep of airports") and was voted as the best in the world for 2013.
It is served by 84 airlines, including 4 based in Singapore-Singapore Airlines, SilkAir, which link the archipelago with leading American and international destinations, for a total of 180 cities in over 50 countries and with a capacity of over 42 million passengers. Is 20 km northeast from the city of Singapore. Spans a total area of 1,300 hectares, of which 870 hectares have been reclaimed from the sea.
It has 2 runways, each 4 km long. and 5 terminals with an annual handling capacity of more than 70 million passengers. This airport there are about 28,000 people and making about 5,000 flights a week, roughly one every two minutes. There are 6 gardens of the cactus garden at Terminal 1, the bamboo garden, the garden of sunflowers, the ferns and garden Orchid Garden at Terminal 2 and the Butterfly Garden (with more than 1,000 butterflies) at Terminal 3.
It is the hub of Singapore Airlines and other airlines of Singapore and offers free wireless internet access for all passengers through the 500 locations in all 5 terminals. There is also an elegant lounge bar with swimming pool where you can relax.
2. Incheon International Airport, Seoul (South Korea)
Incheon International Airport in Seoul, with a golf course, a health club, Casino, an interesting Museum of Korean culture, skating rink and much more, was named second best airport in the world. For 7 consecutive years had received from international airports Council Award for best airport in the world.
Incheon is the eighth busiest airport in the world with over 35 million passengers. The airport is 70 km west of Seoul, and was built on a piece of land that connects two islands (Yeongjong and Yongyu). There are currently undergoing expansion work and continuous improvement and restorations, when activities will be completed in 2020, it is expected that the airport will be able to handle 100 million passengers a year.
Completed on December 31, 2000 with a construction cost of approximately $ 13,816 billion won, the airport has started its commercial operation in March 2001, when it replaced the old International Airport of Seoul "Gimpo" in which you currently operate only domestic flights. It is served by 55 airlines, and is the main hub for Korean Air, Asiana Airlines and Jeju Air and Polar Air Cargo.
With its 6 floors, 2 basements, Incheon International Airport is the single largest building of Korea, with a total area of 496,000 square meters ... The airport has 3 runways for takeoff-landing aircraft and has 74 boarding gates, 44 of them in the main terminal, and is also one of the most important freight ports in East Asia.
3. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Netherlands)
Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport was named third best airport in the world and the best airport in Europe by 2013.The June 21, 2012, had been chosen as the best airport in Europe by ACI (Airport Council International) for the third time.
He was born as a military base at the beginning of the 20th century and is located 9.1 km (20 minutes ) southeast of the Dutch capital in an area that, before the mid-19th century, was occupied by a large lake. Today the airport covers an area of 13 square kilometers. It features a single terminal and 5 major tracks one used mainly for non-scheduled flights or touring aircraft.
The arrival and departure areas are divided into three zones (Arrivals 1, 2, 3 and 1, 2 Departures, 3). On the ground floor there is the arrivals area on the first floor, on the other hand, there are departures area. Its strategic location on the head of some of the major European cities (Brussels, Paris, Frankfurt) makes it one of the busiest airports -the fourth busiest airport in Europe in terms of number of passengers and the sixteenth in the world- with approximately 2,600 flights a week to more than 200 destinations, and a traffic of more than 51 million passengers per year, of which about one third in transit.
The airport is home to the airlines KLM, Martinair and Transavia, and is a hub for the u.s. Delta Air Lines. The airport is home to great shopping areas and a museum called the Rijksmuseum, with free admission. Here is even a mortuary.
4. Hong Kong International Airport (China)
The new Hong Kong International Airport, one of the most ambitious projects of construction of modern times, is located on an artificial island of Chek Lap Kok, from which it took its name, in the North of Lantau Island and approximately 35 km from the Centre of Hong Kong (20 min).
The period of its construction lasted 6 years, from 1992 to 1998. It was designed by Foster & Partners for the Hong Kong Government and it cost 20 billion u.s. dollars. Its strengths are first reduced expectations to the passport control and high speed of baggage delivery. The 45 minute wait for baggage of the old Kai Tak Airport, have dropped to 15 minutes. To connect the airport has necessitated the creation of huge and massive plants, including two rail lines and a suspension bridge designed to withstand typhoons with wind gusts of up to 300 km/h.
According to Guinness World Records, the Chek Lap Kok Airport is the most expensive airport project in the world. It is the primary hub for Cathay Pacific, Dragonair, Hong Kong Airlines, Hong Kong Express Airways and Air Hong Kong. Chek Lap Kok is an important reference point for many airlines, including China Airlines and China Eastern Airlines, which uses 18 flights to Hong Kong per day from 15 different Chinese cities.
Virgin Atlantic, United and Air India use this Hong Kong Airport as a stopover point for flights respectively from London to Sydney, from Tokyo to Singapore and India to Osaka and Seoul. About 90 airlines operate flights to more than 150 cities worldwide. From 2001 to 2005 he was voted by travelers as the best airport in the world for five consecutive years.
Has an extension of 12.48 Km2 and a capacity of 45 million passengers and 3 million tons of cargo per year. Inside the Hall and East (East Hall), is the largest airport in the world shop. Currently located at 12th place worldwide in terms of international passenger transport in circulation, with a traffic that exceeds the 56 million passengers per year. Constitutes an important contribution to the economy of Hong Kong, as it employs more than 60,000 employees.
5. Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing (China)
The Beijing airport, if the world's largest airport, located on the outskirts of the capital, is the largest covered structure ever built, designed by the English architect if Sir Norman Foster.This colossal work carried out in view of the 2008 Olympics, is not only the last surprise agreement desired by the Beijing regime to project how the cosmopolitan cities of the 21st century. Titanic size is much more than an airport: it's a city agreement.
It is the largest covered structure ever built. Is a structure so large that, under certain lighting conditions, you can't see from one end of the building if another agreement. Do you think that exceeds the width of the agreement five London Heathrow terminals put together: the roof is 3.5 kilometres long, covering an area of one million square meters.
Inside there are 173 175 escalators, elevators, 473 treadmills, 90 between supermarkets, shops and luxury boutiques, 64 Western and Chinese restaurants, all global fast food brands like Starbucks, McDonald 's, Haagen-Dazs and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
There are even corners of meditation and rest, a garden with a pond and bridge in the ancient Oriental style, red lanterns and pagoda. In 2012 it is classified according to passenger traffic, and that compared to 2008 had a growth of 16.8%
One of the most prestigious is the British 14 years by Skytrax publishes a ranking of the best airports and giving the stars as you do with the hotels. This is done using statistical criteria 39, via surveys on the opinions of 12 million passengers who attended 395 different airports throughout the world and in this ranking are 100 airports.
The parameters which have been taken into account are those of the quality infrastructure, easy access to gate and security, the comfort of the terminal, the linguistic knowledge of the administrative staff of these airports, waiting time, transportation, etc. For the vast majority of passengers (97%), the most important factor remains the punctuality of flights.
Today we will see what are the top 5 airports in the world for 2013, according to the ranking Skytrax, published in these days. And considering the fact that airports are always a feature necessary for a territory can play an important role through tourism in our global economy, this fact should worry a lot.
1. Singapore Changi Airport (Singapore)
Singapore's Changi Airport has won numerous awards (in fact it is also called "the Meryl Streep of airports") and was voted as the best in the world for 2013.
It is served by 84 airlines, including 4 based in Singapore-Singapore Airlines, SilkAir, which link the archipelago with leading American and international destinations, for a total of 180 cities in over 50 countries and with a capacity of over 42 million passengers. Is 20 km northeast from the city of Singapore. Spans a total area of 1,300 hectares, of which 870 hectares have been reclaimed from the sea.
It has 2 runways, each 4 km long. and 5 terminals with an annual handling capacity of more than 70 million passengers. This airport there are about 28,000 people and making about 5,000 flights a week, roughly one every two minutes. There are 6 gardens of the cactus garden at Terminal 1, the bamboo garden, the garden of sunflowers, the ferns and garden Orchid Garden at Terminal 2 and the Butterfly Garden (with more than 1,000 butterflies) at Terminal 3.
It is the hub of Singapore Airlines and other airlines of Singapore and offers free wireless internet access for all passengers through the 500 locations in all 5 terminals. There is also an elegant lounge bar with swimming pool where you can relax.
2. Incheon International Airport, Seoul (South Korea)
Incheon International Airport in Seoul, with a golf course, a health club, Casino, an interesting Museum of Korean culture, skating rink and much more, was named second best airport in the world. For 7 consecutive years had received from international airports Council Award for best airport in the world.
Incheon is the eighth busiest airport in the world with over 35 million passengers. The airport is 70 km west of Seoul, and was built on a piece of land that connects two islands (Yeongjong and Yongyu). There are currently undergoing expansion work and continuous improvement and restorations, when activities will be completed in 2020, it is expected that the airport will be able to handle 100 million passengers a year.
Completed on December 31, 2000 with a construction cost of approximately $ 13,816 billion won, the airport has started its commercial operation in March 2001, when it replaced the old International Airport of Seoul "Gimpo" in which you currently operate only domestic flights. It is served by 55 airlines, and is the main hub for Korean Air, Asiana Airlines and Jeju Air and Polar Air Cargo.
With its 6 floors, 2 basements, Incheon International Airport is the single largest building of Korea, with a total area of 496,000 square meters ... The airport has 3 runways for takeoff-landing aircraft and has 74 boarding gates, 44 of them in the main terminal, and is also one of the most important freight ports in East Asia.
3. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Netherlands)
Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport was named third best airport in the world and the best airport in Europe by 2013.The June 21, 2012, had been chosen as the best airport in Europe by ACI (Airport Council International) for the third time.
He was born as a military base at the beginning of the 20th century and is located 9.1 km (20 minutes ) southeast of the Dutch capital in an area that, before the mid-19th century, was occupied by a large lake. Today the airport covers an area of 13 square kilometers. It features a single terminal and 5 major tracks one used mainly for non-scheduled flights or touring aircraft.
The arrival and departure areas are divided into three zones (Arrivals 1, 2, 3 and 1, 2 Departures, 3). On the ground floor there is the arrivals area on the first floor, on the other hand, there are departures area. Its strategic location on the head of some of the major European cities (Brussels, Paris, Frankfurt) makes it one of the busiest airports -the fourth busiest airport in Europe in terms of number of passengers and the sixteenth in the world- with approximately 2,600 flights a week to more than 200 destinations, and a traffic of more than 51 million passengers per year, of which about one third in transit.
The airport is home to the airlines KLM, Martinair and Transavia, and is a hub for the u.s. Delta Air Lines. The airport is home to great shopping areas and a museum called the Rijksmuseum, with free admission. Here is even a mortuary.
4. Hong Kong International Airport (China)
The new Hong Kong International Airport, one of the most ambitious projects of construction of modern times, is located on an artificial island of Chek Lap Kok, from which it took its name, in the North of Lantau Island and approximately 35 km from the Centre of Hong Kong (20 min).
The period of its construction lasted 6 years, from 1992 to 1998. It was designed by Foster & Partners for the Hong Kong Government and it cost 20 billion u.s. dollars. Its strengths are first reduced expectations to the passport control and high speed of baggage delivery. The 45 minute wait for baggage of the old Kai Tak Airport, have dropped to 15 minutes. To connect the airport has necessitated the creation of huge and massive plants, including two rail lines and a suspension bridge designed to withstand typhoons with wind gusts of up to 300 km/h.
According to Guinness World Records, the Chek Lap Kok Airport is the most expensive airport project in the world. It is the primary hub for Cathay Pacific, Dragonair, Hong Kong Airlines, Hong Kong Express Airways and Air Hong Kong. Chek Lap Kok is an important reference point for many airlines, including China Airlines and China Eastern Airlines, which uses 18 flights to Hong Kong per day from 15 different Chinese cities.
Virgin Atlantic, United and Air India use this Hong Kong Airport as a stopover point for flights respectively from London to Sydney, from Tokyo to Singapore and India to Osaka and Seoul. About 90 airlines operate flights to more than 150 cities worldwide. From 2001 to 2005 he was voted by travelers as the best airport in the world for five consecutive years.
Has an extension of 12.48 Km2 and a capacity of 45 million passengers and 3 million tons of cargo per year. Inside the Hall and East (East Hall), is the largest airport in the world shop. Currently located at 12th place worldwide in terms of international passenger transport in circulation, with a traffic that exceeds the 56 million passengers per year. Constitutes an important contribution to the economy of Hong Kong, as it employs more than 60,000 employees.
5. Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing (China)
The Beijing airport, if the world's largest airport, located on the outskirts of the capital, is the largest covered structure ever built, designed by the English architect if Sir Norman Foster.This colossal work carried out in view of the 2008 Olympics, is not only the last surprise agreement desired by the Beijing regime to project how the cosmopolitan cities of the 21st century. Titanic size is much more than an airport: it's a city agreement.
It is the largest covered structure ever built. Is a structure so large that, under certain lighting conditions, you can't see from one end of the building if another agreement. Do you think that exceeds the width of the agreement five London Heathrow terminals put together: the roof is 3.5 kilometres long, covering an area of one million square meters.
Inside there are 173 175 escalators, elevators, 473 treadmills, 90 between supermarkets, shops and luxury boutiques, 64 Western and Chinese restaurants, all global fast food brands like Starbucks, McDonald 's, Haagen-Dazs and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
There are even corners of meditation and rest, a garden with a pond and bridge in the ancient Oriental style, red lanterns and pagoda. In 2012 it is classified according to passenger traffic, and that compared to 2008 had a growth of 16.8%
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