Guwahati: Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in Delhi ranked the highest ranking of any airport in India, coming in at number 36 on Skytrax’s World Airport Awards 2023. The list was created by Skytrax, a British company that operates a website where users can rate and evaluate airlines and airports. Skytrax ranked 100 airports from all around the world.
Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad were the only other airports in India to be listed within the top 100. Singapore Changi Airport won the prize for the best airport in 2023 after moving up from third place the previous year to first this time. The Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, which was named the greatest airport the previous year, dropped one spot to take second place.
According to the site, the rankings are based on votes from air travelers around the world in the 2022-2023 World Airport Survey.
The top 10 airports from around the world in 2023, as ranked by Skytrax are Singapore Changi, Doha Hamad, Tokyo Haneda, Seoul Incheon, Paris CDG, Istanbul, Munich, Zurich, Tokyo Narita and Madrid Barajas.
The remaining three Indian airports on the list decreased from their positions from the previous year with the exception of the Delhi airport which rose from position 37 to position 36 this year.
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) fell 19 positions from last year’s ranking of 65 to 84 this year. The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad dropped two points from the previous year’s ranking of 63 to 65 this time. The Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore came in at number 69 this year down from 61 previous year.
The Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) and GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) both supported by the GMR Group which owns controlling holdings, respectively and Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) which is backed by Adani, operate the airports in Delhi and Hyderabad. On the other hand, Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) a public limited company is in charge of managing the airport in Bengaluru.