Singapore Changi Airport awards and accolades

Singapore Changi Airport is known for its excellent services and security, winning numerous worldwide awards and accolades since its opening. Despite competition from much newer airports in the region, the airport continues to maintain its reputation for setting standards in airport service quality. It received 16 best airport awards in 2000, 20 in 2001, 23 in 2002, 20 in 2003, 19 in 2004 and 20 in 2005. Singapore Changi Airport has received a total of 250 awards!

Some notable awards and allocades the airport has received include:

• It was named the best airport of the world in year 2006 by Skytrax, defeating its all-time rival, Hong Kong International Airport. ^[1]
• The only airport in the world to be currently classified as a 5 star airport, the highest category in Skytrax's "World Airport Star Ranking" ^[2] . In the "World Airport Survey" conducted by the same organisation, the airport came in second place for four consecutive years from 2002 to 2005 and was third in 2001, with a narrowing gap between itself and first placed Hong Kong International Airport in each successive year.
• "Best Airport in Asia" award by AETRA 2004, a new award by Airport World based on the "AETRA Customer Satisfaction Survey" launched in 2004 and replacing the "IATA Global Airport Monitor", a collaboration between the Airports Council International and the International Air Transport Association. Prior to this, the airport has won both the "Best Airport - Worldwide" and the "Best Airport - Asia/Pacific" awards in the 25-40 million passengers category four times consecutively from 2000 to 2003.
• "IATA Eagle Award - Airport" award from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for four years from 2001 to 2003 and 2005 ^[3]
• "Best Airport in the World" from the UK/Europe edition of Business Traveller for 18 consecutive times from 1988 to 2005. ^[4] It was also awarded the "Best Airport in the World" from the Asia Pacific edition of the same magazine for 13 consecutive times since 1992. The German edition conferred the same award for 12 consecutive years since 1993, while the United States edition gave the award 12 times since 1991. It won the award for the first time in the Middle East edition in 2004, and again in 2005.
• The World Travel Awards [1] was organised since 1994 and considered the "Oscars" of the travel industry, it awarded the "World's Leading Airport" title to Changi in 1994, the "Asia/Pacific's Leading Airport" title in 2001 and 2002, the "World's Leading Airport Lounge" award in 2003 and the "Asia's Leading Airport" award in 2004.
• "Airport Authority in Asia/ Pacific with the most supportive approach in Travel Retail" award from the Duty Free News International and Travel Retailer International's highly prestigious "Raven Fox Awards for Travel Retail Excellence in Asia Pacific" for seven consecutive times since 1998.
• "Best Airport - Asia" by Cargonews Asia in the 2005 Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards for 19 consecutive times from 1987 to 2005.
• "Deficiency-free airport" by the International Federation of Airline Pilots Association for 24 consecutive years since 1981.
• "World's Best Airport" by the United Kingdom edition of Condé Nast Traveler in the 2004 Travel Awards, four times since 1999 except 2001.
• "Favorite Asian Airport" by the Asian edition of TIME magazine in the TIME Readers' Travel Choice Awards for four consecutive years since 2001.
• "Best International Airport" by the Daily Telegraph (United Kingdom) and the Sunday Telegraph in the Telegraph Travel Awards for six consecutive years since 1998.
• "Best International Airport" by OAG Worldwide's [2] Airline of the Year Awards for nine years from 1996 to 2003 and in 2005.
• "TTG Travel Awards" by the Travel Trade Gazette. The airport was entered into a special category called the "Hall of Fame" since 2002 for being nominated in the "Best Airport" category for more than a decade. Inaugurated in 2002, this special award is conferred every year the award ceremony is conducted and elevates the airport from the voting process. Singapore Airlines was similarly entered into the Hall of Fame for the "Best Airline" category in 2002.

References

1. ^ Singapore Changi Airport is the world's best airport 2006.
2. ^ World Airport Star Ranking. Retrieved on 28 January, 2006.
3. ^ "IATA Eagle Awards for Airservices Australia, Changi and Brisbane Airports", International Air Transport Association, 30 May 2005.
4. ^ "Best in Business Travel 2005", Business Traveller, 14 January 2006.

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