New Delhi airport world’s best Airport

New Delhi airport world’s best, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad in top 5

New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi international airport (IGIA) has been ranked as world’s best airport for the year 2014, in the airport service quality (ASQ) awards of Airports Council International, in the 25 to 40 million passengers per annum (MPPA) size category. The ASQ awards survey covers 34 key service areas including major categories such as access, check-in, security, airport facilities, food and beverage, retail and others.

New Delhi IGI airport terminal 3 interior.

The airport was ranked second for the preceding three years. Since 2011 IGIA was second to Seoul’s Incheon international airport, considered as the best airport in the world. This year Incheon moved in to the 40+ million category and displaced Guangzhou from the top five list.

IGI airport operated by the GMR led DIAL consortium is hub to four of the seven Indian carriers, Air India, IndiGo, Vistara, and SpiceJet. All seven domestic and 51 foreign carriers operate to 54 domestic and 65 international destinations. It is expected to handle 40 million passengers this fiscal year ending March 31, 2015. The airport handled 100 million bags with an error rate of 1.67 per million bags, 60 times greater than acceptable global standards.