World Airport Awards
World Airport Awards

The most prestigious accolades for the world airport industry. Travellers from over 160 countries take part in the world’s largest, annual airport passenger satisfaction survey, to decide award winners. The World Airport Awards™ are the global benchmark of airport excellence and Quality ranking.



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Copenhagen Airport is named the Best in Airport Northern Europe


World's Best Airports 2011

NORTHERN EUROPE

   

1

Copenhagen Airport

2

Helsinki Airport

3

Oslo Airport

   

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The world’s largest, annual airport passenger satisfaction survey with 11 million air travellers from over 160 countries participating. The survey evaluates customer experience across 39 different airport service and product factors. It analyses service Quality for departure, arrival and transit, including terminal facilities, comfort and cleanliness, security and immigration services, signage and directions, shopping and dining standards, staff service ... and much more. The survey is globally respected for its total impartiality and independence, being regarded as the global benchmark of airport excellence and Quality ranking.

 

Iben Eiby-Johannesen, Director Strategy & Market, Copenhagen
Airport receives the 2011 Best Airport Northern Europe Award



Copenhagen Airport has been named Best Airport in Northern Europe at the 2011 World Airport Awards. The passenger survey asked customers to rate the quality of service and airport facilities across 39 key performance indicators.  In 2nd place is Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, ahead of Oslo Airport in 3rd.

"We are as good as our passengers rate us. We continuously listen and learn, so that we can develop the airport in a way that creates the most value for our customers. The last couple of years, we have worked intensively to improve the experience of being a passenger in Copenhagen Airport. The award as Northern Europe’s best airport is both a recognition and an indication that we have made the right investments" says Iben Eiby-Johannesen, Director for Strategy & Market in Copenhagen Airport. During 2010,Copenhagen Airport has worked hard to offer a more diversified range of shops and at the same time emphasized to strengthen the communication options to the passengers for instance by introducing digital options such as applications



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1. COPENHAGEN AIRPORT


Copenhagen Airport is the main international airport serving Copenhagen, 8 kms south of Copenhagen city centre. Copenhagen Airport handles 60 scheduled airlines and serves nearly 60,000 passengers per day - 21.5 million passengers passed through the facility in 2010, making it the busiest airport in the Nordic countries. Copenhagen Airport has four terminals. The newest terminal is CPH Go is intended to be used by low-cost airlines. Terminal 1 is used for all domestic flights. Terminals 2 and 3 handle international flights (both Schengen and non-Schengen) and share a common airside passenger concourse as well as the arrivals section - which houses customs and baggage claim and is physically located in Terminal 3..



2. HELSINKI AIRPORT


Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport is located about 17kms north of Helsinki city centre. Originally built for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the airport served 13,426,901 passengers in 2008 and is the fourth largest airport in the Nordic countries. he airport is operated by Finavia, the state-owned enterprise that operates Finland's airports. The airport is the international and domestic hub for Finnair, the Finnish flag carrier, and the hub for Blue1.



3. OSLO AIRPORT


Oslo Airport is the principal airport serving Oslo, and the second-busiest airport in the Nordic countries. More than 19 million passengers traveled through Oslo Airport in 2010, of which 8.6 million were domestic, making Oslo Airport the 6th busiest domestic airport in Europe. The airport is located 35 kms northeast of Oslo centre. The passenger terminal covers 148,000 square metres. Passenger capacity is 17 million, although in 2008, 19.3 million passengers used the airport.



The World's Best Airports

Hong Kong International Airport was named the Worlds Best Airport by air travellers across the globe. A favourite of travellers worldwide, Changi Airport Singapore was a close runner up ranking 2nd in 2011. Incheon International Airport, the winner in 2009 was also in close contention, in 3rd place. Munich Airport ranked 4th in the world and won the Best Airport Europe title. Beijing Capital Airport continued its improvement in the global ratings, also named Best Airport China. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport was 6th, winning Best Airport Western Europe. Zurich Airport ranked 7th, Auckland Airport was Best Airport Australia/Pacific and 8th worldwide. Kuala Lumpur ranked in 9th, winning the Best Immigration category. Copenhagen Airport enters the Top 10 ranking and named Best Airport Northern Europe.

 

World Airport Awards honour airports that gained the highest passenger satisfaction ratings in the World Airport Survey




Best Airport and Airport Hotel winners include

King Shaka International Airport, Abu Dhabi International Airport, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Auckland International Airport, Bangalore International Airport, Barcelona Airport, Beijing Capital International Airport, Cape Town International Airport, Central Japan International Airport, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Copenhagen Airport, Doha International Airport, Dubai International Airport, Düsseldorf International Airport, Gold Coast Airport, Guayaquil Airport, Haikou Meilan International Airport, Hamburg Airport, Hong Kong International Airport, Hotel Sofitel London Heathrow, Incheon International Airport, InterContinental Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, Jorge Chávez International Airport, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, London Heathrow Airport, London Stansted Airport, Moscow Domodedovo Airport, Munich Airport, OR Tambo International Airport, Panama Tocumen Airport, Regal Airport Hotel, Sao Paulo Airport Marriott Hotel, Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, Singapore Changi Airport, Stamford Plaza Sydney Airport Hotel, Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, The Fairmont Vancouver Airport, Vancouver International Airport, Zurich Airport








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