World's worst and Best airports in 2014 are...

[$@rJen]

(CNN) -- Good news for air travelers passing through Manila: the city's international airport isn't quite as bad as it used to be.

That's the only slightly uplifting word from The Guide to Sleeping in Airports, a travel website that produces an annual survey to identify the world's worst and best aviation terminals.

After being crowned worst three years in a row, Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport has this year lost its place at the bottom of the heap to Pakistan's Islamabad Benazir Bhutto International.

It's now climbed to the heady position of fourth worst.

Despite the website's name, airports weren't just rated according to how easy it is to catch some shuteye.

Readers were asked to judge facilities in four categories: comfort, conveniences, cleanliness and customer service.

Is Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International really so bad?

Airport officials didn't reply to CNN's requests for a comment, but survey respondents were less than complimentary.

"This airport is [like] a central prison," said one who complained of touts and aggressive taxi drivers.

The survey ranked Saudi Arabia's busiest airport, Jeddah's King Abdulaziz International as second worst, followed by Nepal's Kathmandu Tribhuvan International.

Manila's climb to fourth follows what many respondents said was a "slight improvement" created by the recent opening of its Terminal 3.

Three European airports frequented by low-cost carriers were next in line.

Paris Beauvais-Tille International Airport and "not-in-Frankfurt" Frankfurt Hahn International Airport tied for sixth. Bergamo Orio al Serio International Airport near Milan was listed as eighth worst.

New York City's LaGuardia International Airport, ranked 10th, was the only U.S. entry to make top 10 list.

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The rooftop pool at Singapore Changi Airport.
Airport with a spa

There were no surprises when it came to naming the best airport, with Singapore's Changi International taking the title it's held every year since the survey began 18 years ago.

Its success is credited to the spa, pool, gym, four-story slide and movie theaters that make the airport a destination in itself.

Offering almost as many cool perks as its Singapore counterpart, South Korean's Seoul Incheon International was named second best.

Amsterdam Schiphol and Hong Kong International Airport (last year's third and fourth best airports) dropped out from the top five to ninth and seventh spots, respectively.

Helsinki International Airport, Munich International Airport and Vancouver International Airport wrapped up the top five.

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Worst Airports of 2014

1. Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad, Pakistan

2. King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

3. Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal

4. Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Philippines

5. Tashkent International Airport, Uzbekistan

=6. Paris Beauvais-Tille Airport, France

=6. Frankfurt Hahn Airport, Germany

8. Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport, Italy

9. Tegel Airport, Berlin, Germany

10. LaGuardia Airport, New York City

READ: Breathtaking photos of Hong Kong glory days

Best Airports of 2014

1. Changi Airport, Singapore

2. Incheon International Airport, South Korea

3. Helsinki Airport, Finland

4. Munich Airport, Germany

5. Vancouver International Airport, Canada

6. Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia

7. Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong

8. Tokyo Haneda International Airport, Japan

9. Schiphol Amsterdam Airport, Netherlands

10. Zurich Airport, Switzerland

 

[C130]

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...ia-Airport-Third-World-Country-244024751.html

Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday said LaGuardia Airport is like a "third world country" while speaking about infrastructure in Pennsylvania.

Biden said if someone were blindfolded and taken to the airport in Hong Kong at 2 a.m. and asked "where do you think you are," the person would say "'This must be America, it's a modern airport.'"

He went on: "If I took you and blindfolded you and took you to LaGuardia Airport in New York you must think, 'I must be in some third world country.'"

"No, I'm not joking!" he added. "Why did we lead the world economically for so long? We had the most modern infrastructure in the world."

The vice president was unveiling Amtrak's newest engine at an event in Philadelphia and touting the need for more investment in U.S. infrastructure.

LaGuardia was turned into a private flying field in 1929 after it was transformed from an amusement park. It became New York Municipal Airport-LaGuardia Field in 1937, and was leased to the Port Authority 10 years later.

it's true it's true

 

[RKO]

where is India????

 

[Levina]

Singapore's Changi International taking the title it's held every year since the survey began 18 years ago.

Its success is credited to the spa, pool, gym, four-story slide and movie theaters that make the airport a destination in itself.

Havent crossed it but I hope I do.

Is Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International really so bad?

Havent crossed it either but thankfully i would never have to cross it

where is India????

which Indian airport were you expecting in the list?

 

[RKO]

Havent crossed it but I hope I do.


Havent crossed it either but thankfully i would never have to cross it


which Indian airport were you expecting in the list?

Mumbai....Delhi(im talkin abt best airports) or none may be???

 

[nair]

Been to 3 of the best air ports (hongkong, KL and Singapore), out of 3 Singapore wins the race by a large margin.....

 

[Developereo]

This was already discussed in another thread.
Worst Airports of 2014: Poll names Islamabad airport in Pakistan the worst in the world

Any case, these best/worst lists are about as ridiculous as sexiest man/woman alive lists.

Recently, Canberra, Australia was listed as the best city in the world to live. However, out of 20 million people in Australia, only 300,000 agree.

 

[Star Wars]

We are neither in best nor worst

 

[Soumitra]

Mumbai....Delhi(im talkin abt best airports) or none may be???

New Delhi is 9th in Best Airport of Asia

Best Airports in Asia 2014

 

[Levina]

New Delhi is 9th in Best Airport of Asia

Best Airports in Asia 2014

That must be the international terminal of Delhi.
But for domestic terminals I found Hyderabad to be the best (according to me ).

Mumbai....Delhi(im talkin abt best airports) or none may be???

Our international terminals need improvement for sure.But atleast those 're neat.

 

[RKO]

That must be the international terminal of Delhi.
But for domestic terminals I found Hyderabad to be the best (according to me ).

Our international terminals need improvement for sure.But atleast those 're neat.

yeah...Hyderabad terminal is not bad... I live here!!

That must be the international terminal of Delhi.
But for domestic terminals I found Hyderabad to be the best (according to me ).

Our international terminals need improvement for sure.But atleast those 're neat.

yeah...Hyderabad terminal is not bad... I live here!!

 

[Jayanta]

Been to 3 of the best air ports (hongkong, KL and Singapore), out of 3 Singapore wins the race by a large margin.....

Been to 2....Incheon and KLIA....Incheon definitely is the winner....

 

[nair]

Been to 2....Incheon and KLIA....Incheon definitely is the winner....

True!!!!!

 

[Jayanta]

True!!!!!

However, commuting to KLIA was easy....the KILA express is an added benefit...where as Incheon is almost 80 km from Gangnam....and travelling is a pain especially the Limousine buses stuck in the traffic...almost missed my flight once.

 

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