JAKARTAÂ - Airport Service Quality Award yang diprakarsai oleh Airport Council International melansir 50 bandara terbaik dan ternyaman di dunia. Yang membanggakan, Bandara I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bali, Indonesia terpilih menjadi salah satu diantaranya.
Melalui survey terhadap lebih dari 550.000 pengunjung 300 bandara di 80 negara, Bandara Changi Singapura dan Incheon Korea Selatan terpilih sebagai bandara terbaik dalam kategori bandara dengan 40 juta penumpang pertahun.Â
Sementara itu, Bandara I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bali berhasil meraih peringkat 3 dunia dalam kategori bandara dengan 15-25 juta penumpang pertahun. Selain itu, Bandara I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bali juga termasuk dalam nominasi bandara dengan paling banyak kemajuan, bersaing dengan Bandara Nairobi; Bandara Istanbul, Bandara Kingston-Jamaica, Bandara Dammam-Saudi Arabia, dan Bandara Saskatoon, Canada.
Berikut merupakan nominasinya:
Best Airport by Region (over 2 million passengers per year)
Africa
First place: Mauritius
Second place: Cape Town (South Africa); Durban (South Africa)
Third place: Johannesburg
Asia-Pacific
First place : Seoul Incheon; Singapore Changi
Second place: Beijing; Mumbai; New Delhi; Sanya Phoenix (China); Shanghai Pudong
Third place: Guangzhou Baiyun (China); Taiwan Taoyuan; Tianjin Binhai (China)
Europe
First place: Moscow Sheremetyevo; Pulkovo St. Petersburg (Russia); Sochi (Russia)
Second place: Dublin; Malta; Prague; Zurich
Third place: Copenhagen; Keflavik (Iceland); London Heathrow; Porto (Portugal); Vienna
Middle East
First place: Amman
Second place: Abu Dhabi; Doha
Third place: Dammam (Saudi Arabia); Dubai; Tel Aviv
North America
First place: Indianapolis
Second place: Dallas Love Field; Grand Rapids (Michigan); Jacksonville (Florida); Ottawa; Tampa (Florida)
Third place: Austin; Detroit; Sacramento; San Antonio (Texas); Toronto Billy Bishop
Latin America-Caribbean
First place: Guayaquil (Ecuador)
Second place: Quito
Third place: Punta Cana (Dominican Republic)
Best Airport by Size
2-5 million passengers per year
First place: Jaipur (India)
Second place: Lucknow (India)
Third place: Guayaquil (Ecuador)
5-15 million passengers per year
First place: Sanya Phoenix (China)
Second place: Tianjin Binhai (China)
Third place: Hyderabad (India)
15-25 million passengers per year
First place: Seoul Gimpo
Second place: Wuhan (China)
Third place: Denpasar
25-40 million passengers per year
First place: Mumbai; New Delhi
Second place: Taiwan Taoyuan
Third place: Shanghai Hongqiao
Over 40 million passengers per year
First place: Seoul Incheon; Singapore
Second place: Beijing; Shanghai Pudong
Third place: Guangzhou Baiyun (China)
Best Airport by Region (under 2 million passengers per year)
Africa: Upington (South Africa)
Europe: Skopje (Macedonia)
North America: Portland
Latin America-Caribbean: Culiacan (Mexico)
Best Airport by Size and Region
Asia-Pacific
2-5 million passengers per year: Jaipur (India)
5-15 million passengers per year: Sanya Phoenix (China)
15-25 million passengers per year: Seoul Gimpo
25-40 million passengers per year: New Delhi
Over 40 million passengers per year: Seoul Incheon
Europe
2-5 million passengers per year: Sochi (Russia)
5-15 million passengers per year: Pulkovo St Petersburg (Russia)
15-25 million passengers per year: Dublin
25-40 million passengers per year: Moscow Sheremetyevo
Over 40 million passengers per year: London Heathrow
North America
2-5 million passengers per year: Grand Rapids (Michigan)
5-15 million passengers per year: Indianapolis
Most Improved Airport
Africa: Nairobi
Asia-Pacific: Denpasar (Indonesia)
Europe: Istanbul
Latin America-Caribbean: Kingston
Middle East: Dammam (Saudi Arabia)
North America: Saskatoon (Canada)
(DSS/Sumber: CNN )
