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Asian Airports Leadin a Passenger Poll International Traveler / Update

Posted on: Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 12:00 CST

Incheon International Airport in South Korea was named the world's best airport in a global passenger survey released Tuesday by Airports Council International. Asian airports dominated the survey, conducted annually by the organization, which is composed of almost all the world's airports. Second place went jointly to Singapore and Hong Kong, while Kuala Lumpur was third. The prizes were awarded at the Geneva-based organization's annual meeting, in Abu Dhabi. The rankings were based on more than 100,000 passenger surveys at 66 major airports.

Only one U.S. airport was listed, Denver, which placed third in its section of the "best airport by region" and third among airports with more than 25 million passengers per year. The best by region were Halifax, Ottawa and Denver in the Americas; Incheon, Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur in Asia and the Pacific; Brussels and Copenhagen, followed by Zurich and Helsinki in Europe; and Dubai, Cape Town and Durban in the Middle East and Africa.

Source: International Herald Tribune

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