Munich Airport receives Award as Europe's Best Airport

For the fourth time in a row, passengers from around the world selected Munich as Europe’s Best Airport in the World Airport Awards 2008. Over eight million passengers took part in the worldwide survey conducted by Skytrax, an independent aviation research institute.

The award was presented to Dr. Michael Kerkloh, Munich Airport’s CEO, on Thursday morning, by Edward Plaisted, the director of the renowned London-based institute.

In the worldwide airport rankings in which a total of 165 airports were assessed in the survey, Munich took fifth place behind the four impressive Asian metropolises of Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul and Kuala Lumpur.

Particularly impressive was Munich’s performance in the “Best International Transit Airport” category, where it took second place behind the overall winner Hong Kong. In the “Airport Dining” and “Immigration Service” categories, the Bavarian hub earned third-place rankings.

Dr. Michael Kerkloh, Munich Airport’s CEO said, “This shows that the systematic development of our airport into a leading European hub has been extremely successful. We have not only secured a solid position as a hub airport, but now actually receive significantly better Seite 2 von 2 ratings from passengers than almost any of the established hubs.”

In the World Airport Awards, international airports and airlines undergo close scrutiny by their customers every year. Airports are evaluated under 33 criteria, including quality of handling and services, staff courtesy and efficiency, shopping and leisure amenities and transit facilities. The world's 10 best airports as ranked by Skytrax are:

1. Hong Kong
2. Singapore
3. Seoul
4. Kuala Lumpur
5. Munich
6. Kansai
7. Copenhagen
8. Zurich
9. Helsinki
10. Capetown

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