Germany’s Hamburg Airport has for the fifth time been named the Best Regional Airport in Europe at the annual Skytrax World Airport Awards. It also ranked second overall in the World’s Best Regional Airports category.
Chubu Centriar International Airport Nagoya in Japan took the top spot in the world category. Elsewhere around the globe Durban King Shaka was declared the winner in Africa, Adelaide in the Australia/ Pacific region, Bangalore in India and Central Asia, Haikou Meilan in China, Medina in the Middle East, Rostov-on-Don in Russia and CIS, El Salvador in Central America/ Caribbean, Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky in North America and Quito in South America.
Skytrax defines a regional airport as any airport that primarily offers domestic and intracontinental flights with a few intercontinental services. Winners are chosen on the basis of indepdent passenger surveys, wiht passengers evaluting numerous criteria, including transport infrastructure connections, the check-in process, friendliness of service staff, waiting times at the security checkpoint and shopping opportunities.
Commenting on Hamburg’s win, Michael Eggenschwiler, CEO at Hamburg Airport said: “Being honoured with the Skytrax World Airport Award means a great deal to us, because the recipient is chosen by the people that we have put at the heart of all we do: our passengers… The strong commitment of our staff over the past year too made this fantastic result possible. I am proud to have such a motivated workforce. Our task now is to continue to stand together, facing and overcoming the extensive impact of the coronavirus together.”
German airports ranked well overall in the ‘World’ category for the awards. Hamburg was followed closely by Cologne/ Bonn in third place and Dusseldorf in fifth.
