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    39 Airports receive 2021 COVID-19 Airport Excellence Awards , Hamad named best airport

    August 17, 2021
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    39 Airports receive 2021 COVID-19 Airport Excellence Awards , Hamad named best airport

    Travel Biz News —

    Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar has been named the Best Airport in the World at the 2021 World Airport Awards.

    According to Skytrax , Changi Airport Singapore  received the title World’s Best Airport Staff Service, and İGA İstanbul Airport was the World’s Most Improved Airport.

    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.

    Chubu Centrair International Airport, Nagoya is the World’s Best Regional Airport for the 7th consecutive year.

    Similarly, 39 airports received the 2021 COVID-19 Airport Excellence Awards. Customers rated airport COVID-19 standards across key categories including COVID-19 information signage, face mask usage enforced, visibility and availability of hand sanitizer, social distancing markings / signage, enforcement of social distancing, seating / F&B social distancing, hygiene procedures at security, social distancing at security / immigration, terminal cleanliness and washroom cleanliness, according to worldairportawards.

    The Winners of the special 2021 COVID-19 Airport Excellence Awards ( in A-Z list format ) –

    ALICANTE AIRPORT

    BAHRAIN AIRPORT

    BAKU AIRPORT

    BARCELONA AIRPORT

    BOGOTA EL DORADO AIRPORT

    CENTRAIR NAGOYA AIRPORT

    CHANGI AIRPORT SINGAPORE

    COPENHAGEN AIRPORT

    DELHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

    DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

    EKATERINBURG KOLTSOVO AIRPORT

    GUANGZHOU BAIYUN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

    HAMAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

    HELSINKI-VANTAA AIRPORT

    HONG KONG AIRPORT

    HOUSTON GEORGE BUSH AIRPORT

    INCHEON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

    ISTANBUL AIRPORT

    JAKARTA CGK AIRPORT

    KANSAI AIRPORT

    KAZAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

    LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT

    MADRID BARAJAS AIRPORT

    MALTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

    MELBOURNE AIRPORT

    MUSCAT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

    OSLO GARDERMOEN AIRPORT

    PLATOV INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

    RIGA AIRPORT

    RIYADH AURPORT

    ROME FIUMICINO AIRPORT

    SAMARA KUROMOCH AIRPORT

    SEATTLE-TACOMA AIRPORT

    STOCKHOLM ARLANDA AIRPORT

    SYDNEY AIRPORT

    TALLINN AIRPORT

    TOKYO HANEDA AIRPORT

    VANCOUVER AIRPORT

    ZURICH AIRPORT

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