Here is some information that is positive to spark your metropolis pleasure: Melbourne Airport has formally ranked among the many high 20 greatest airports in the entire large world, for the second consecutive yr. Not solely that, however it’s additionally been topped as the perfect airport in Australia, taking out the title for a fourth time within the final 5 years. Seems ol’ Tulla is really world-class.
The outcomes of the annual Skytrax World Airport Awards (basically the Oscars of the aviation business) have simply been introduced, and our very personal Melbourne Airport has held regular within the high 20 rankings, claiming nineteenth place. In 2023, it surged up the checklist by seven spots from twenty sixth, and it is managed to reclaim that place this yr. How good.
Melbourne is residence to the one Australian airport to crack the highest 20, with Brisbane Airport dropping virtually ten locations to thirty second, and Sydney Airport trailing even additional behind in fifty fifth place, down once more from forty ninth final yr. Gold Coast Airport additionally fell dramatically to 68th place after claiming twenty seventh in 2023, whereas Perth Airport managed to climb six spots from its earlier rating to 52nd, and Adelaide Airport jumped from 73rd to sixty fifth. Mainly, Melbourne simply takes the cake for Aussie airports.
Doha’s Hamad Worldwide Airport took out the final word prize of the perfect airport on the planet in 2024, stealing the crown from Singapore’s Changi Airport, which got here in second place this yr. It is the third time Doha Airport has claimed the title. Bronze went to Seoul’s Incheon Airport, adopted by Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and Narita Airport rounding out the highest 5.
The awards are based mostly on knowledge collected from international satisfaction surveys throughout 570 airports worldwide, and consider elements like check-ins, transfers, terminal layouts, meals and retail choices, safety, immigration and total degree of consolation. So the following time you are jet-setting out of Melbourne, relaxation straightforward understanding that you simply’re doing so through among the finest airports within the world.
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