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    Hamad International Airport named world’s best

    June 18, 2022
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    Hamad International Airport named world’s best

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    Hamad International Airport has been named as the World’s Best Airport for the second year running, announced at the 2022 World Airport Awards ceremony held in Paris this week.

    Singapore Changi Airport won awards for the World’s Best Airport Staff Service and the World’s Best Airport Dining; and Istanbul Airport for the World’s Best Airport Shopping and as the Most Family Friendly Airport,according to Skytrax.

    Tokyo Haneda Airport won awards as the World’s Cleanest Airport, the World’s Best Domestic Airport, and the Best Airport in Asia .

    King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh secured the award as the World’s Most Improved Airport.

    Nagoya’s Chubu Centrair International Airport was named the World’s Best Regional Airport; Copenhagen Airport won the World’s Best Airport Immigration Processing award, and Zurich Airport repeated it’s success winning the World’s Best Airport Security Processing award.

    The World Airport Awards are the most prestigious accolades for the airport industry, voted by customers in the largest, annual global airport customer satisfaction survey.

    Hamad International Airport , official airport partner for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 , served 17.1 million passengers in 2021 .

    World’s Top 20 Airports for 2022

    1.    Hamad International Airport

    2.    Tokyo International Airport (Haneda)

    3.    Singapore Changi Airport

    4.    Narita International Airport

    5.    Incheon International Airport

    6.    Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport

    7.    Munich Airport

    8.    Istanbul Airport

    9.    Zurich Airport

    10.  Kansai International Airport

    11.  Helsinki-Vantaa Airport

    12.  Central Japan International Airport

    13.  London Heathrow Airport

    14.  Dubai International Airport

    15.  Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

    16.  Madrid-Barajas Airport

    17.  Copenhagen Airport

    18.  Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport

    19.  Vienna International Airport

    20.  Hong Kong International Airport

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    Photo: Skytrax

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