BANGKOK, April 3 – Suvarnabhumi Airport was awarded the world’s sixth Best Airport by size by the Airports Council International (ACI) in competition with other 17 airports with more than 40 million passengers, according to Suvarnabhumi Airport Director Vilaiwan Nadvilai.
Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport ranking was 7th in 2011.
Under the ACI’s Airport Service Quality awards, 199 airports joined the rankings and more than 400,000 passengers were questioned about their satisfaction in the airport service four times in a year.
The first three Best Airport awards by size went to Singapore’s Changi Airport, Beijing Airport and Hong Kong Airport.
Suvarnabhumi Airport has set target to be in the top five next year.
The higher ranking for Suvarnabhumi Airport is the success of cooperation of all agencies at the airport to improve the airport service, she said