Singapore Changi Airport named world’s best airports for 2023
Singapore’s Changi Airport has reclaimed its spot at the top of Skytrax’s annual ranking of the world’s best airports, IP reports.
Skytrax, a UK-based airline and airport review and ranking site, compiles its list by surveying travelers from across the world and asking them to rate the entire airport experience – from check-in to departures and everything in between.
Singapore Changi Airport previously topped Skytrax’s list for eight years running, but in 2021 and 2022 dropped a couple of spots down the list as passenger numbers fell during the pandemic, with Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, taking the top gong instead.
“Singapore Changi Airport has always been a perennial favorite with travelers, and of course slipped down during COVID-19 when operations were cut back drastically,” Skytrax’s Peter Miller told CNN Travel.
Miller says Changi airport “offers something for everyone,” and suggests that is a “key driver” of its continuing popularity.
Some of Changi’s charms include a spectacular 40-meter-tall (around 130 feet) indoor waterfall, a butterfly garden, and an IMAX cinema – not to mention more than 280 retail and dining outlets, perfect for killing time during a layover.
“Singapore Changi is primarily a transit airport, and from the customer feedback, the airport performs well because it offers such a wide range of facilities and amenities for all types of customers – families, business and leisure travelers are all well catered for,” says Miller.
Hamad International Airport, which this year earned the second place in Skytrax’s list, also offers amenities designed for transiting travelers – including city tours for those spending more than eight hours waiting for their connecting flight.
This year, Skytrax’s 2023 top five was rounded out by Tokyo’s International Airport, known as Haneda, (number three), Incheon International Airport (number four), and Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport (number five).
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