According to a recent survey released at the weekend by The Guide to Sleeping in Airports,
a travel website that produces an annual survey to identify the world’s
worst and best aviation terminals, the Benazir Bhutto International
Airport, Islamabad, Pakistan tops the list of world worst airports.
Airports were rated based on overall
experience as determined by travelers and facilities were judged in four
major categories: comfort, conveniences, cleanliness and customer
service.
From dirty floors and bathrooms to the
regular request for bribes, travelers were unimpressed with the airports
that made it onto this year’s Worst Airports in Africa list.
Other complaints revolved around lack of
air conditioning, general navigational chaos, limited yet expensive
restaurant options and questionably-effective security processes at
these airports.
Other complaints revolved around a lack
of air conditioning in sweltering climates, general navigational chaos,
limited yet expensive restaurant options and questionably-effective
security processes.
However, there were no surprises when it
came to naming the best airport, with Singapore’s Changi International
taking the title it’s held every year since the survey began 18 years
ago. Its success is credited to the spa, pool, gym, four-story slide and
movie theaters that make the airport a destination in itself.
Offering
almost as many cool perks as its Singapore counterpart, South Korean’s
Seoul Incheon International was named second best.
Amsterdam
Schiphol and Hong Kong International Airport (last year’s third and
fourth best airports) dropped out from the top five to ninth and seventh
spots, respectively.
Helsinki International Airport, Munich International Airport and Vancouver International Airport wrapped up the top five.
Here are the Top 10 Worst Airports in Africa:
- Khartoum International Airport, Sudan (KRT)
- Kinshasa N’djili International Airport, Democratic Republic of the Congo (FIH)
- Tripoli International Airport, Libya (TIP)
- Dar es Salaam Julius Nyerere International Airport, Tanzania (DAR)
- Luanda Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport, Angola (LAD)
- Port Harcourt International Airport, Nigeria (PHC)
- Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Nigeria (ABV)
- N’Djamena International Airport, Chad (NDJ)
- Accra Kotoka International Airport, Ghana (ACC)
- Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Nigeria (LOS)
Here are the Top 5 Best Airports in Africa:
1. Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International, South Africa
2. Cape Town International, South Africa
3. King Shaka International Airport in Durban, South Africa
4. Algiers Houari Boumediene International Airport, Algeria
5. Addis Ababa-Bole International Airport, Ethiopia READ MORE AFTER THE CUT
Worst Airports of 2014 – World
1. Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad, Pakistan
2. King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
3. Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal
4. Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Philippines
5. Tashkent International Airport, Uzbekistan
6. Paris Beauvais-Tille Airport, France
7. Frankfurt Hahn Airport, Germany
8. Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport, Italy
9. Tegel Airport, Berlin, Germany
10. LaGuardia Airport, New York City
Best Airports of 2014 – World
1. Changi Airport, Singapore
2. Incheon International Airport, South Korea
3. Helsinki Airport, Finland
4. Munich Airport, Germany
5. Vancouver International Airport, Canada
6. Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia
7. Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong
8. Tokyo Haneda International Airport, Japan
9. Schiphol Amsterdam Airport, Netherlands
10. Zurich Airport, Switzerland
