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S. Korea's Incheon keeps No. 1 airport title for sixth year
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young_clinton



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
gyopochris wrote:
The worst: Jakarta


Truly
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Yaya



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Incheon International Airport, South Korea's main gateway, received the top airport award for the sixth straight year Thursday from an association of the world's airports, beating its Asian competitors Singapore and Hong Kong.

Incheon won the 2010 Best Airport Worldwide award in a ceremony held here by the Airports Council International (ACI), becoming the first airport to take the honor for six years in a row.

http://app.yonhapnews.co.kr/yna/basic/ArticleEnglish/new_Search/yibw_showsearchalllist.aspx?scope=all&strScope=&startdate=&enddate=&Searchtext=airport%20
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cdninkorea



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Every time I see these airport rankings, I always wonder: what goes into them? What makes Incheon so good? The duty free shopping? What?
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Jane



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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Every time I see these airport rankings, I always wonder: what goes into them?

Maybe for Incheon it's all the signs on the carts and the big sign you pass when you taxi to the gate that says 'A World Best Hub'.

I cringe when I see this phrase.
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Yaya



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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 9:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Say what you will and I do agree that Incheon airport needs more to earn its ranking, but this wasn't just some schmuck who said it's the world's best airport, it was a trade organization or something and the airport has won the award for years.
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Lonewolf



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PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2011 10:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hmmm! It's an OK airport. As far as the best airport I don't think so. Half of the people working there can't communicate with anyone. The food is sub-par at best. I think the airport in Singapore beats out Incheon, but Narita is far more the most traveled to airport with friendly staff. I think maybe this is only a measure of Asian airports. The best International airport I have been to is Chicago O'hare. Even LAX is much better. Hard to compete with. I'm sure Heath row in the UK is high quality.
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blade



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PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2011 4:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
According to this Hong Kong is airport of the year 2011:


http://www.worldairportawards.com/
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Yaya



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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 7:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
blade wrote:
According to this Hong Kong is airport of the year 2011:


http://www.worldairportawards.com/


The same organization named Incheon No. 1 in 2009, No. 2 last year and No. 3 this year. If Incheon just was like Singapore's Changi, I could believe it's the world's best.
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