Beijing Capital International airport, the main airport that serves Beijing, ranked 10 in the overall list of the world’s best 20 airports, with Singapore’s Changi International Airport taking the top spot, according to the latest annual World Airport Awards published by Skytrax annual rankings.
Skytrax, a London-based aviation website and global source of airline ratings and reviews, said that it was the third year that Singapore's Changi International Airport was named World's Best Airport.
According to Skytrax, Singapore' Changi Airport is served by 80 international airlines, connecting customers to more than 200 destinations worldwide, with 5,000 arrivals and departures a week.
The second busiest airport in the world from 2014, Beijing Capital International Airport remained in the list's top 10, standing at seventh last year.
The Skytrax list showed that the first 10 spots were divided equally between Asian and European airports. None of the North American airports made it into the top 10; Vancouver International Airport ranked 11, the best in North America.
The World Airport Awards has become a global benchmark of airport excellence since it started in 1999. The 2015 World Airport Awards are based on information from 13 million survey questionnaires given and completed by airline customers worldwide. The survey, which covered 550 airports worldwide, evaluated travelers' experiences from arrivals, check-ins, transfers, shopping, security and immigration through to departure at the gate.
Here is the list of rankings of the world's best 20 airports in 2015 by Skytrax, together with their previous ranks enclosed in parentheses:
1. Singapore Changi International Airport (1)
2. Incheon International Airport (2)
3. Munich Airport (3)
4. Hong Kong International (4)
5. Tokyo International Haneda (6)
6. Zurich Airport (8)
7. Central Japan International (12)
8. London Heathrow (10)
9. Amsterdam Schipol (5)
10. Beijing Capital (7)
11. Vancouver International Airport (9)
12. Kansai International Airport (14)
13. Frankfurt Airport (13)
14. Narita International Airport (16)
15. Auckland International Airport (11)
16. Copenhagen Airport (17)
17. Taiwan Taoyuan (18)
18. Helsinki-Vantaa (19)
19. Kuala Lumpur International (20)
20. Brisbane Airport (23)