Singapore Changi Airport awards and accolades
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Singapore Changi Airport
is known for its excellent services and security, winning numerous worldwide awards and accolades since its opening. Despite competition from much newer airports in the region, the airport continues to maintain its reputation for setting standards in airport service quality. It received 16 best airport awards in 2000, 20 in 2001, 23 in 2002, 20 in 2003, 19 in 2004 and 20 in 2005.
Some notable awards and accolades the airport has received include:
Singapore Changi Airport
Singapore Changi Airport , Changi International Airport, or simply Changi Airport, is the main airport in Singapore. A major aviation hub in Southeast Asia, it is about north-east from the commercial centre in Changi, on a site....
is known for its excellent services and security, winning numerous worldwide awards and accolades since its opening. Despite competition from much newer airports in the region, the airport continues to maintain its reputation for setting standards in airport service quality. It received 16 best airport awards in 2000, 20 in 2001, 23 in 2002, 20 in 2003, 19 in 2004 and 20 in 2005.
Some notable awards and accolades the airport has received include:
World Airport Awards
| Place | Years |
|---|---|
| 1st | 2006, 2010 |
| 2nd | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011 |
| 3rd | 2001, 2009 |
- Best Airport Leisure Amenities 2008, 2010, 2011
- Best Airport Asia 2010
- Best Airport Duty Free shopping Award for 2008
- Best Airport Dining Award 2008
- Best International Transit Airport 2011
Airline Star Ranking
- 5 Star Airport, the highest category in SkytraxSkytraxSkytrax is a United Kingdom-based consultancy, the public face of Inflight Research Services, which has the largest airline and airport review and ranking site. It conducts research for commercial airlines...
's "World Airport Star Ranking".
Other awards
- "Best Airport in Asia" award by AETRA 2004, a new award by Airport World based on the "AETRA Customer Satisfaction Survey" launched in 2004 and replacing the "IATA Global Airport Monitor", a collaboration between the Airports Council InternationalAirports Council InternationalAirports Council International is the association of the world’s airports. It is a non profit organization, whose prime purpose is to advance the interests of airports and to promote professional excellence in airport management and operations...
and the International Air Transport AssociationInternational Air Transport AssociationThe International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...
. Prior to this, the airport has won both the "Best Airport - Worldwide" and the "Best Airport - Asia/Pacific" awards in the 25-40 million passengers category four times consecutively from 2000 to 2003. - "IATA Eagle Award - Airport" award from the International Air Transport AssociationInternational Air Transport AssociationThe International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...
(IATA) for four years from 2001 to 2003 and 2005 - "Best Airport in the World" from the UK/Europe edition of Business TravellerBusiness TravellerBusiness Traveller is a CNN International monthly television program hosted by Richard Quest.-External links:*...
for 18 consecutive times from 1988 to 2005. It was also awarded the "Best Airport in the World" from the Asia Pacific edition of the same magazine for 13 consecutive times since 1992. The GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
edition conferred the same award for 12 consecutive years since 1993, while the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
edition gave the award 12 times since 1991. It won the award for the first time in the Middle EastMiddle EastThe Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
edition in 2004, and again in 2005. - The World Travel Awards http://www.worldtravelawards.com was organised since 1994 and considered the "Oscars" of the travel industry, it awarded the "World's Leading Airport" title to Changi in 1994, the "Asia/Pacific's Leading Airport" title in 2001 and 2002, the "World's Leading Airport Lounge" award in 2003 and the "Asia's Leading Airport" award in 2004.
- "Airport Authority in Asia/ Pacific with the most supportive approach in Travel Retail" award from the Duty Free News International and Travel Retailer International's highly prestigious "Raven Fox Awards for Travel Retail Excellence in Asia Pacific" for seven consecutive times since 1998.
- "Best Airport - Asia" by Cargonews Asia in the 2005 Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards for 19 consecutive times from 1987 to 2005.
- "Deficiency-free airport" by the International Federation of Airline Pilots Association for 24 consecutive years since 1981.
- "World's Best Airport" by the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
edition of Condé Nast TravelerCondé Nast TravelerCondé Nast Traveler is a US magazine published by Condé Nast. It has its origins in a mailing sent out by the Diners Club club beginning in 1953, listing locations that would take the card. It began taking advertising in 1955. In order to attract more advertisers, it became a full-fledged magazine,...
in the 2004 Travel Awards, four times since 1999 except 2001. - "Favorite Asian Airport" by the Asian edition of TIMETimeTime is a part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change such as the motions of objects....
magazine in the TIME Readers' Travel Choice Awards for four consecutive years since 2001. - "Best International Airport" by the Daily Telegraph (United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
) and the Sunday TelegraphSunday TelegraphThe Sunday Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper, founded in February 1961. It is the sister paper of The Daily Telegraph, but is run separately with a different editorial staff, although there is some cross-usage of stories...
in the Telegraph Travel Awards for six consecutive years since 1998. - "Best International Airport" by OAG Worldwide's http://www.oag.com Airline of the Year Awards for nine years from 1996 to 2003 and in 2005.
- "TTG Travel Awards" by the Travel Trade GazetteTravel Trade GazetteTravel Trade Gazette is a weekly newspaper for the travel industry.TTG, as it is widely known, was launched in 1953 and claims to be the world's oldest travel trade newspaper. It features news, destination reports and careers advice for the travel and tourism industries...
. The airport was entered into a special category called the "Hall of Fame" since 2002 for being nominated in the "Best Airport" category for more than a decade. Inaugurated in 2002, this special award is conferred every year the award ceremony is conducted and elevates the airport from the voting process. Singapore AirlinesSingapore AirlinesSingapore Airlines Limited is the flag carrier airline of Singapore. Singapore Airlines operates a hub at Changi Airport and has a strong presence in the Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and "Kangaroo Route" markets...
was similarly entered into the Hall of Fame for the "Best Airline" category in 2002.