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Changi Airport is named World’s Best Airport for the fifth consecutive year

Changi Airport Singapore achieved great success at the 2017 World Airport Awards, being voted by international air travellers as the World’s Best Airport for the fifth consecutive year.

“Winning the Skytrax World’s Best Airport Award for the fifth consecutive year is immense encouragement to our 50,000-strong airport community at Changi Airport,” said Mr Lee Seow Hiang, CEO of Changi Airport Group. “While we expand our facilities to serve more passengers in the coming years, we will continue to work closely with all our airport partners to further enhance the Changi Experience. We share this honour with the Changi Airport community and the many government agencies whom we work closely with.”

Changi Airport also scooped the award for the Best Airport Leisure Amenities and the Best Airport in Asia at the awards held at the Passenger Terminal EXPO in Amsterdam.

“To be voted the world’s Best Airport for the fifth consecutive year is a remarkable achievement for Changi Airport, and underlines the airport’s popularity with international air travellers,” Mr Edward Plaisted, CEO of Skytrax added. “This award is very much a collective recognition for all staff at the airport who contribute to the success of Changi Airport operations.”

The top 10 rankings for the World’s Best Airport Award in 2017 were:
1. Changi Airport Singapore
2. Tokyo International Airport (Haneda)
3. Incheon International Airport
4. Munich Airport
5. Hong Kong International Airport
6. Hamad International Airport
7. Central Japan International Airport
8. Zurich Airport
9. London Heathrow Airport
10. Frankfurt Airport