Incheon Seoul International Airport selected as the best airport in three categories Best Airport Worldwide, Best Airport in Asia-Pacific and Best Airport with annual passenger traffic between 25-40 million passengers for six consecutive years with ASQ Special Recognition Award in the annual Airport Service Quality conducted by the Airports Council International (ACI) which has 1,700 world airports as its members. Singapore’s Changi International Airport came in second, followed by Hong Kong International Airport, Beijing Capital International Airport and Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
Incheon Seoul International Airport is the one and only airport that has received the grand prize for six consecutive years.
The award is dubbed as the Nobel Price of the Airline Industry as candidates have to demonstrate a high degree of speciality amidst tough competition.
The award ceremony for the Best Airport will take place on April the 7th 2011 in New Delhi, India during the Asia Pacific plenary session of ACI.
ACI gave awards according to 250,000 air passengers' evaluations last year, which rated airports in 34 categories, such as airport services, facilities and business. The Airports Council International is the highest aviation authority in the aviation field, and it has made airport service quality evaluations on more than 1,700 airports worldwide each year since 1993.
Seoul Incheon International Airport, also known as the Winged City, is built on reclaimed land located between two islands near to Incheon Port. The airport is the largest in Asia and is well-located for Japan and China as well as Korea. It opened in 2001 and replaced Kimpo as Korea’s main international airport.
Incheon is South Korea's most important transport hub. In the 21st century, Incheon has transformed into a global business hub centred on the high-tech and futuristic Song-do International City, which is home to South Korea's tallest building, the 305m super-tall Northeast Asia Trade Tower.
Incheon Metropolitan City, is South Korea's third largest metropolis, after Seoul and Busan, and tied with Daegu, as the largest seaport on the west coast and home to the country's largest airport became important because its location, connectivity to other part of the world.
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