World’s top most hated airports
Kathmandu: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) — the only international airport in the country — featured in the CNN’s world’s 10 most hated airports.
However, it claimed that the most hated airports in the world are not the worst airports in the world.“For a small airport in a pretty country, TIA has it all: the interminable weather delays of Boston Logan, the shoddy restroom maintenance of a Glasgow sports bar, the departure board sparsity of McMurdo Airfield and the chronic chaos of a kids’ soccer match,” it said, adding that some airport improvements have been underway for Nepal Tourism Year 2011 campaign.
But the most serious beefs with Nepal’s only international airport revolve around its primitive yet officious check-in procedure, starring a roulette wheel of underpaid security agents, according to the CNN. “Departure is an endless game of body searches and silly questions,” it quoted a passenger.
“Those who didn’t have their e-tickets printed out had to argue their way in,” another passenger has been quoted, who was checked seven times and scolded for not having a baggage tag on a carry-on before eventually boarding.
The two US international airports also feature in the list apart from Heathrow of London and Perth Airport of Australia.
TIA among most hated airports
• Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris, France
• Los Angeles International Airport, US
• London Heathrow, London, England
• Toncontín International, Honduras
• Ninoy Aquino International, P’pines
• Jomo Kenyatta International, Kenya
• John F Kennedy International, US
• Tribhuvan International, Nepal
• Perth Airport, Perth, Australia
• São Paulo-Guarulhos International, Brazil
(Source: CNN/THT)
