Best Airports
Skytrax Research lists the World's Best Airports for 2004.
1. Hong Kong International 2. Singapore Changi 3. Amsterdam Schiphol 4. Seoul Inche 5. Kuala Lumpur KLIA 6. Dubai International 7. Copenhagen 8. Sydney Airport 9. Kansai International 10. Munich Airport http://www.airlinequality.com/2004/airport_04_entry.htm |
Not a single UK airport on the list, only 3 European.
Ho Hum, must try harder. Also, more hearteningly, I suppose, not a single North American airport, either, where (so they say) over half of all air transport takes place. Gatwick does regularly win plaudits and awards from within the travel industry and I suppose the fact that we've grown 50% in the past 15 years must mean that the passengers vote with their feet, at least. Cheers, TheOddOne |
All the major UK airports are all now far too small to handle their volume of traffic. Until they get flattened and rebuilt they will never appear on such a list.
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Hmzz... the Dutch hospitality finally pays off;) ;) ;) ;) :ok: You go Amsterdam.....
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And by way of counterpoint:
Full table of AETRA 2004 winners Best Airport Worldwide Hong Kong Seoul Incheon Singapore By Region Americas Halifax Minneapolis San Diego Europe Copenhagen Helsinki Athens Asia Hong Kong Seoul Incheon Singapore Africa / Middle East Dubai Cape Town Durban By Size >25 million pax/ year Hong Kong Singapore Minneapolis 15-25 million pax/ year Seoul Incheon Kuala Lumpur Dubai 5-15 million pax/ year Helsinki Athens Cape Town < 5 million pax/ year Halifax Malta Keflavik Special features Most improvement San Diego Seoul Incheon Halifax Best domestic Halifax Minneapolis Helsinki |
All the major UK airports are all now far too small to handle their volume of traffic. Until they get flattened and rebuilt they will never appear on such a list. Humph!!!! We'd rather say that we make efficient use of the space, not sprawling all over the countryside like some under-utilised places do. LGW is currently doing 31 million pax from one runway & 2 Terminal buildings, one of which is well under-used at present. The plan is to grow to 40 million in that configuration. LHR with 2 runways and 5 buildings will I think achieve 90 million in that configuration. With Stansted's 30 million, in about 10 years time our 3 airports will be doing 160 million a year or nearly 3 times the population of the UK... Perhaps being at the top of such a list is out of our reach with the constraints we work under but it's quite a buzz making it all work. No-one has the appetite or the money to do any flattening or complete rebuilding. I think we'll be more or less as we are, until the oil runs out (and that ain't as far away as you might think. It's quite possible that the last airline pilot has already been born). Cheers, The Odd One. |
We'd rather say that we make efficient use of the space, not sprawling all over the countryside like some under-utilised places do. The problem with the UK's airports is that generally 'as they are' is not 'a cohesive design'. Heathrow is probably the best example of this in the world. A 'master plan' (from the 1950's) that was half built with every development from then being squeezed in using ever more ingenious (sp?) ideas. Give anyone a blank sheet of Heathrow shaped paper and there is no way what is currently on the ground would ever be designed! The best design is the simplest. I transited MUC last year and it's a truly wonderous design - straight lines and right angles. |
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