Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar has been named the Best Airport in the World at the 2021 World Airport Awards. Other winners include Istanbul Airport voted the World’s Most Improved Airport, Changi Airport Singapore awards include the World’s Best Airport Staff, Tokyo Haneda Airport, ranked No 2 in the world, is the World’s Cleanest Airport and Guangzhou Baiyun Airport the World’s Best Airport in the 35 to 45 million Passenger category.
The top 10:
10. Hong Kong (HKG)
9. Kansai (Osaka) (KIX)
8. London Heathrow (LHR)
7. Zurich (ZRH)
6. Munich (MUC)
5. Tokyo Narita (NRT)
4. Seoul Incheon (ICN)
3. Singapore Changi (SIN)
2. Tokyo Haneda (HND)
1. Doha Hamad (DOH)
I’ve been to all of these bar Seoul Incheon, and am a huge fan of Haneda especially, which also won the cleanest airport award. The Qatar lounge in Doha was fantastic.
In Australia, it’s not terrible news, but Melbourne has dropped to 22nd, Sydney has dropped to 28th, Brisbane 32nd, Perth 67th, Adelaide 74th, and Gold Coast 77th – for comparison, have a look at the list of the top 100 here.
