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koshka
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 Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 7:00 pm Post subject: Incheon named world�s top airport for 5th year |
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Incheon named world�s top airport for 5th year 
2010-05-13 17:31
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Incheon International Airport has been named as the world�s best airport by the Airport Council International for the fifth consecutive year.
According to the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, the nation�s top airport received the highest marks in the ACI�s annual Airport Service Quality Award. Incheon is the first airport to receive the award for five straight years, the ministry said.
ACI is a global organization of the world�s 1,700 airports, representing airports� interests, developing standards and policies for the airfields.
The government said it has been supporting Incheon Int�l Airport to become a logistic and travel hub in Northeast Asia by lowering airport fees and expanding open sky policies.
Countries freely entering Korea increased to 19 from three in 2001. The number of cities reached through Incheon airport has also grown from 116 in 2005 to 177 this year, officials said.
The airport has also improved service quality at immigration desks.
�Incheon Int�l Airport�s constant pursuit of innovation and change, not only its benchmarking of other airports around the world, was the key to success,� an official at the ministry said.
By Cho Chung-un ([email protected]) |
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Hyeon Een
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| It's good except there are 0 ATMS airside due to some Korean banking law. You can't use your Korean bank cards at the currency exchange outlets either. Very annoying. |
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Murakano
Joined: 10 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 8:34 am Post subject: Re: Incheon named world�s top airport for 5th year |
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| koshka wrote: |
Incheon named world�s top airport for 5th year
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Well it`s not the best but it`s certainly up there as one of the top ones.....certainly better than many crappy European and North American airports at least. |
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carleverson
Joined: 04 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 12:19 pm Post subject: Re: Incheon named world�s top airport for 5th year |
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| Murakano wrote: |
| koshka wrote: |
Incheon named world�s top airport for 5th year
2010-05-13 17:31
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Well it`s not the best but it`s certainly up there as one of the top ones.....certainly better than many crappy European and North American airports at least. |
Which one is the best then? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: Incheon named world�s top airport for 5th year |
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| carleverson wrote: |
| Murakano wrote: |
| koshka wrote: |
Incheon named world�s top airport for 5th year
2010-05-13 17:31
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Well it`s not the best but it`s certainly up there as one of the top ones.....certainly better than many crappy European and North American airports at least. |
Which one is the best then? |
Hong Kong makes the same claim.
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samd
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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Incheon and HK are pretty much on par imo, and miles ahead of anywhere else I've been.
If you disagree with the ranking, why not explain why, and tell us which one's you think are better, instead of just adding a ? |
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BoholDiver
Joined: 03 Oct 2009
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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Last I read, Incheon is only #1 for passenger numbers between 2.5-4 million a year. Or something like that. There are several categories, so many airports can be '#1'. Of course the Korean newspaper glosses over that fact.
I read it last year. It had HK airport as #1 for 4 million or more passengers. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Changi in Singapore is my personal favorite, but ICN and HKG are very nice as well. |
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Moldy Rutabaga
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They're all in Asia. That should ring some alarm bells. Incheon is an excellent airport, as is Singapore's. I actually found Kuala Lumpur's airport to be very clean, functional, and warm. The Beijing airport I went to was a giant, cavernous space, but didn't have much soul.
The worst, hands down, that I've personally seen was Tr*deau airport in Montreal. Dirty and disorganised, with duct tape on ceilings and old, blurry TVs with the wrong gate numbers. I know there are worse airports (There's a fun article on this on Salon's Ask the Pilot) but it's the worst I've seen, and you expect better in Canada.
US airports aren't generally too bad, but I hate that you have to pay for absolutely everything. Carts for your luggage, internet, the air in the building if they could get away with it. |
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canale226
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| It's always amazed me the shear quality you find in most Asian airports (compared to say European or American airports). Both Incheon and HK are wonderful - light years beyond most of their western counterparts. |
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jvalmer
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| canale226 wrote: |
| It's always amazed me the shear quality you find in most Asian airports (compared to say European or American airports). Both Incheon and HK are wonderful - light years beyond most of their western counterparts. |
Probably due to the fact that most of these Asian airports were built, or renovated, in the last 15 years in newly developed, or developing countries. Also the old airports in these cities were literally 3rd world airports. It would be a massive waste of money building a brand new airports in most North American cities.
Although they could do a better job maintaining a lot of these airports. It's embarrassing seeing the conditions of some airports in Canada. Some of the provincial airports makes Canada look 3rd world. |
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BoholDiver
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Good point. I was thinking exactly that. It's not hard to be better when you copy other airport designs and have much more modern facilities.
In a different respect, you could say O'Hare or Heathrow are far better than Incheon. There is a much better selection of flights going from those airports.
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| canale226 wrote: |
| It's always amazed me the shear quality you find in most Asian airports (compared to say European or American airports). Both Incheon and HK are wonderful - light years beyond most of their western counterparts. |
Probably due to the fact that most of these Asian airports were built, or renovated, in the last 15 years in newly developed, or developing countries. Also the old airports in these cities were literally 3rd world airports. It would be a massive waste of money building a brand new airports in most North American cities.
Although they could do a better job maintaining a lot of these airports. It's embarrassing seeing the conditions of some airports in Canada. Some of the provincial airports makes Canada look 3rd world. |
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bucheon bum
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 5:03 am Post subject: |
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| BoholDiver wrote: |
In a different respect, you could say O'Hare or Heathrow are far better than Incheon. There is a much better selection of flights going from those airports.
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Compared to ICN? Yes. From HKG and Singapore? I don't know about that one, especially in the case of o'hare. Well if you are talking international destinations. If you mean total, then sure, but we're talking apples and oranges here. The USA's geographic and economic size obviously is going to mean that it also has some of the busiest airports in the world.
And heathrow suuuuuuuuuuuucks. I hate that place (but haven't been to the new terminal, perhaps that isn't so bad). |
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BoholDiver
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 5:36 am Post subject: |
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True, but then again Korea is taking advantage of their situation as a late-bloomer (economically), building a brand-new airport based upon designs of other airports, and then proudly touting it as 'The World's Best'.
Heathrow sucks? Well, I had 2 major complaints about it.
1. Trashy old bus to connect you between terminals.
2. Bad attitudes of workers.
| bucheon bum wrote: |
| BoholDiver wrote: |
In a different respect, you could say O'Hare or Heathrow are far better than Incheon. There is a much better selection of flights going from those airports.
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Compared to ICN? Yes. From HKG and Singapore? I don't know about that one, especially in the case of o'hare. Well if you are talking international destinations. If you mean total, then sure, but we're talking apples and oranges here. The USA's geographic and economic size obviously is going to mean that it also has some of the busiest airports in the world.
And heathrow suuuuuuuuuuuucks. I hate that place (but haven't been to the new terminal, perhaps that isn't so bad). |
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bucheon bum
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And it has a lot rather dreary, dark areas. And has long lines.
I do like that it is connected to the Underground, plus it has a fast train to Paddington Station. |
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