TRAVELLERS have bestowed upon Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport the unflattering title of the worst airport in Asia, revealed a recent survey.
Online hotel reservations company Agoda polled travellers to 15 major Asian capitals, asking them to rate the facility on a scale of one (poor) to five (excellent).
Cities chosen for the survey were: Bangkok, Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, New Delhi, Phnom Penh, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Vientiane and Yangon.
According to the survey, Manila’s international airport garnered a paltry 2.4 and was the only airport to fall below the “passing score” of 2.5. This put Manila’s airport below Vientiane’s (2.7), Yangon’s (2.8) and Phnom Penh’s (2.9).
On the other end of the scale, Singapore Changi Airport unsurprisingly came out tops with a 4.3 rating. The airport, which features in the top three of nearly every airport-ranking list in the world, handled some 51 million passengers in 2012.
Hong Kong International Airport came in at second place with 4.1, followed by Seoul’s Incheon International Airport with 4.0 and Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport also with 4.0.
The full list of airports and rankings can be seen below.
Airport rankings in Asia’s capital cities:
1. Singapore Changi Airport, (4.37)
2. Hong Kong International Airport (4.13)
3. Incheon International Airport, Seoul (4.01)
4. Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi (4.00)
5. Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok (3.79)
6. Narita International Airport, Tokyo (3.69)
7. Kuala Lumpur International Airport (3.56)
8. Beijing Capital International Airport (3.48)
9. Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (3.38)
10. Phnom Penh International Airport (3.14)
11. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta (2.95)
12. Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Ho Chi Minh City (2.91)
13. Yangon International Airport (2.81)
14. Vientiane – Wattay Airport (2.74)
15. Manila International Airport (2.36)
