Singapore Changi Airport has earned the SkyTrax World's Best Airport title for the third consecutive year.
Singapore Changi Airport has earned the SkyTrax World's Best Airport title for the third consecutive year.
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South Korea's sprawling Incheon International Airport came in second place in the best airport category for the third year in a row.
South Korea's sprawling Incheon International Airport came in second place in the best airport category for the third year in a row.
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Munich Airport held on to third place in the best airport category for the second year in a row, and why not? Besides excellent flight service, this airport has its own brewery and beer garden.
Munich Airport held on to third place in the best airport category for the second year in a row, and why not? Besides excellent flight service, this airport has its own brewery and beer garden.
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Hong Kong International Airport held on to its fourth-place spot in the best airport award category, serving over 100 airlines operating flights to about 180 locations worldwide.
Hong Kong International Airport held on to its fourth-place spot in the best airport award category, serving over 100 airlines operating flights to about 180 locations worldwide.
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Tokyo International Airport, also known as Haneda, jumped from sixth to fifth place this year.
Tokyo International Airport, also known as Haneda, jumped from sixth to fifth place this year.
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The largest international airport in Switzerland, Zurich Airport jumped from eighth to sixth place this year.
The largest international airport in Switzerland, Zurich Airport jumped from eighth to sixth place this year.
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Central Japan International Airport in Nagoya is the newcomer to this top 10 list, taking seventh place in 2015.
Central Japan International Airport in Nagoya is the newcomer to this top 10 list, taking seventh place in 2015.
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The busiest airport in the United Kingdom, London Heathrow Airport jumped two spots to take eighth place.
The busiest airport in the United Kingdom, London Heathrow Airport jumped two spots to take eighth place.
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Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam, dropped four spots to ninth place, despite 55 million passengers traveling through the airport last year.
Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam, dropped four spots to ninth place, despite 55 million passengers traveling through the airport last year.
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Beijing Capital International Airport, the world's second-busiest airport, dropped from seventh to tenth place in the best airport category.
Beijing Capital International Airport, the world's second-busiest airport, dropped from seventh to tenth place in the best airport category.
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World's best airports

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Singapore Changi Airport is world's No. 1 airport for the third year in a row

The SkyTrax awards are based on millions of passenger surveys

CNN  — 

Airport authorities are clearly doing something right in Singapore. For the third year in a row, Singapore Changi Airport has earned the World’s Best Airport title at the annual SkyTrax World Airport Awards, which were announced Wednesday in Paris.

“It is a great honor to be named World’s Best Airport by SkyTrax for the third year running,” airport CEO Lee Seow Hiang told SkyTrax. “This recognition is particularly pleasing for us as it comes at a time of transformation at Changi Airport.”

The airport handles 5,000 arrivals and departures a week by 80 international airlines. This month, Changi awarded a $234 million construction contract for the expansion of Terminal 1.

The World Airport Awards, also known as the Passenger’s Choice Awards, were launched by air transport advisory group SkyTrax in 1999. The 2015 awards are based on more than 13 million surveys completed by 112 nationalities of airline customers between May and January.

Incheon International Airport near Seoul is the No. 2 airport in the world, also for the third year running.

Germany’s No. 3-ranked Munich Airport retained its 2014 rank, as did No. 4 Hong Kong International. This year’s No. 5-ranked airport, Tokyo International (Haneda), climbed one rung from No. 6 in 2014.

The world’s top 10 airports, according to SkyTrax:

1. Singapore Changi Airport

2. Incheon International Airport

3. Munich Airport

4. Hong Kong International Airport

5. Tokyo International Airport (Haneda)

6. Zurich Airport

7. Central Japan International Airport

8. London Heathrow Airport

9. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

10. Beijing Capital International Airport

North America didn’t have an airport in the top 10 this year. Vancouver International Airport, the No. 1 airport in North America for a record sixth consecutive year, fell in the global rankings from No. 9 in 2014 to No. 11 this year.