Changi Airport reclaims No. 1 Spot

Changi Airport beat last year's winner, South Korea's Incheon International, which slipped to the second place in the Skytrax survey.

The skytrax survey ranked about 190 airports worldwide based on a poll of 9.8 million passengers from over 100 countries. Respondents were asked to assess the airports on aspects such as check-in, arrivals and transfers, duty-free shopping, leisure amenities and security processing.

Besides the overall prize, Changi also bagged the title of Best Airport Asia and best airport for leisure amenities.

Skytrax chairman Edward Plaisted said Changi triumphed because it was "almost a destination of its own right", among other factors.

Changi Airport second again in World Ranking

For the second year running, Changi has emerged as number two in a ranking of airports worldwide.

The annual Airport Service Quality ranking is done by Airports Council International (ACI), a global trade representative of airports, with 575 members operating in nearly 180 countries.

Among other indicators, travellers were asked to rank the airports based on waiting time at check-in, ease of finding their way through the airport, ground transportation to and from the airport, thoroughness of security inspection, cleanliness of washrooms as well as waiting time at security inspection, and passport and visa inspection.

Changi was third in 2006.

Source: The Straits Times (Feb 17, 2010)