Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has been ranked as the world’s eighth best in a survey conducted by AirHelp. AirHelp is an organisation that specialises in air-traveller rights and seeks compensation in cases of delays or cancellations. According to the data collected, the New Jersey Hub was ranked as the worst airport in the United States (US) in the 2019. Qatar Airways ranked as the top airline for the second consecutive year, followed by American Airlines, Aeromexico, SAS Scandinavian Airlines,and Qantas in the top five. At the bottom of the list were Ryanair, Korean Air, Kuwait Airways, the United Kingdom’s (UK) EasyJet and Thomas Cook Airlines. Here are the 10 best airports for 2019 1. Hamad International Airport, Qatar (DOH) 2. Tokyo International Airport, Japan (HND) 3. Athens International Airport, Greece(ATH) 4. Afonso Pena International Airport, Brazil (CWB) 5. Gdansk Lech Wasa Airport, Poland (GDN) 6. Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russia (SVO) 7. Changi Airport Singapore, Singapore (SIN) 8. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, India (HYD) 9. Tenerife North Airport, Spain (TFN) 10. Viracopos/Campinas International Airport, Brazil (VCP) Take a look at the 10 worst airports for 2019 1. London Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom (LGW) 2. Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, Canada (YTZ) 3. Porto Airport, Portugal (OPO) 4. Paris Orly Airport, France (ORY) 5. Manchester Airport, United Kingdom (MAN) 6. Malta International Airport, Malta (MLA) 7. Henri CoandaInternational Airport, Romania (OTP) 8. Eindhoven Airport, Netherlands (EIN) 9. Kuwait International Airport, Kuwait (KWI) 10. Lisbon Portela Airport, Portugal (LIS) “One area in which many airlines need to improve is claim-processing operations,” says Henrik Zillmer, AirHelps chief executive officer (CEO). He added that Instead of cancelling a flight as soon as it is clear that an airplane will not be able to fly, many force passengers to wait in the airport during long flight delays. “They are not economically incentivised to put you on a different airline to get you to your destination, he says, hoping that rankings like this can shed light on how airlines are falling short and motivate them to step up service,” Zillmer explains. 10 top airlines for 2019 9 (on-time performance) 1. Qatar Airways 2. American Airlines 3. Aeromexico 4. SAS Scandinavian Airlines 5. Qantas 6. LATAM Airlines 7. WestJet 8. Luxair 9. Austrian Airlines 10. Emirates The 10 Worst Airlines of 2019 (on-time performance) 1. Adria Airways 2. Aerolineas Argentinas 3. Transavia 4. Laudamotion 5. Norwegian 6. Ryanair 7. Korean Air 8. Kuwait Airways 9. EasyJet 10. Thomas Cook Airlines .<doc-sep>GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), the operator of RGIA, holds over 5,000 acres on a 60-year-long lease. Of this, GMR Hyderabad Aerotropolis, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GHIAL, plans to develop around 1,500 acres for building hubs commercial, retail, leisure and entertainment, hospitality, education healthcare aerospace and logistics at the airport. (Photo: PTI) Hyderabad: GMR Infrastructure Ltd plans to monetise its excess land holding at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad through developing business ecosystem to boost its revenues. While launching the second tower of its business park at the airport on Friday, GMR Airport Land Development CEO Aman Kapoor said his company wants to monetise the entire land bank which it controls as part of the airport project. GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), the operator of RGIA, holds over 5,000 acres on a 60-year-long lease. Of this, GMR Hyderabad Aerotropolis, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GHIAL, plans to develop around 1,500 acres for building hubs commercial, retail, leisure and entertainment, hospitality, education healthcare aerospace and logistics at the airport. The seven acre business park would consist of six towers with a floor space of over one million square feet. The entire project cost for the business park is expected to be Rs 350 crore and is likely to be completed in 2.5 years. Mr. Kapoor said the business park would sever as an incubator which would allow technology companies to set up their facilities until they can build and move out to their own campuses. The official also said that his company is ready to allot land to the companies which want to build their own bigger campuses at the airport city.<doc-sep>The sleuths of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Monday night apprehended a Dubai-bound passenger at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad here and seized foreign currencies equivalent of over ₹30 lakh from his possession. Sources told The Hindu that the passenger identified as Thomas Benny, who was scheduled to fly on Emirates flight no EK 529 to Dubai, was intercepted after clearing immigration near security check. On profiling at 9.05 p.m., a CISF officer deployed at the international departure detected currencies of various Gulf countries equivalent to ₹30,35,422 in Thomas's baggage, they said. When the passenger in question failed to submit relevant documents for the currency on his possession, he, along with the currency, was handed over to Air Intelligence Unit of Hyderabad Airport customs for legal action.<doc-sep>Hyderabad Airport | Photo Credit: BCCL New Delhi: Global air passengers right expert Airhelp came out with the list of world's best airports and Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International airport was ranked the world's eighth best airport. Airhelp ranks world's airports according to which deliver on the passenger experience. The survey takes into account on-time performance, service quality and food & shops to determine the ranking. As per the list, Qatar's Hamad International Airport was ranked the best in the world with AirHelp score of 8.39 out of 10. On-Time Performance score was 8.3, Service Quality score 8.5 and Food & shops score 8.5. Tokyo International Airport followed at number 2 spot with an overall score of 8.39 as well. Athens International Airport was ranked 3rd, Afonso Pena International Airport at 4th, Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport at 5th, Moscow Sheremetyevo international airport at 6th and Singapore Changi Airport was ranked 7th best. Spain's Tenerife North Airport followed Hyderabad airport at number 9 and the 10th best airport in the list was Brazil's Viracopos/Campinas International Airport. It may be noted that AirHelp uses the on-time performance statistics for every airport to calculate how likely it is that your flight will be on time. During the survey, AirHelp asked thousands of people from around the world to tell them about customer service, queues and cleanliness at their local airports. This helps determine service quality. For food and shops score, extensive surveys are conducted and thousands of people are asked to rate airports' eating and shopping options. Worth mentioning here is that Hyderabad Rajiv International Airport is the only Indian airport in the top of the list. RGIA is located at 20 km at the south of Hyderabad, near Shamshabad, serving the city with domestic and international flights. It opened in 2005 and is one of India's Greenfield airports as it uses eco-friendly designs.<doc-sep>
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has been declared as the eighth best airport in the world. In the 2019 annual rating report by AirHelp, an organization that specializes in air traveller rights, Doha's Hamad International Airport, Tokyo Haneda International Airport, and Athens International Airport have retained their top three positions in the list, since the ratings began in 2015. The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad is ranked right after Singapore's Changi Airport, which has been acknowledged as one of the newest state-of-art airports in the world. The Hyderabad airport attained a rating of 8.27 out of 10, while the first-ranking Hamad International Airport received 8.39 on a scale of 10. In 2017, the Hyderabad airport was also recognised as Asia Pacific's first airport to turn carbon neutral. Interestingly, no US airport could make it in the top 10 spot. Among the highest-rated US airports, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport bagged 34th spot out of 132 airports around the world. Newark held the lowest US spot, at 116. The worst airports in the survey were Lisbon's Portela Airport and the Kuwait International Airport, ranked at 131 and 132 spots, respectively. The survey was conducted based on three factors: on-time performance, service quality, and food and shopping options. The first category, 'on-time performance' accounted for 60 per cent of the score and the other two criteria made up 20 per cent each. AirHelp's data came from multiple commercial vendors, along with its own database. Besides, the survey included interviews of over 40,000 passenger in 40 countries during 2018. In addition to this, the survey found that congestion is the biggest problem that airports are facing as the flight industry is experiencing a rapid increase in global tourism. According to a report by Worldwide Tourism Organization, globally international tourist arrivals increased 6 per cent, to 1.4 billion in 2018. Here's a list list of Top 10 Best and Worst Airports of the world: The 10 Best Airports of 2019 1. Hamad International Airport, Qatar (DOH) 2. Tokyo International Airport, Japan (HND) 3. Athens International Airport, Greece (ATH) 4. Afonso Pena International Airport, Brazil (CWB) 5. Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport, Poland (GDN) 6. Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russia (SVO) 7. Changi Airport Singapore, Singapore (SIN) 8. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, India (HYD) 9. Tenerife North Airport, Spain (TFN) 10. Viracopos/Campinas International Airport, Brazil (VCP) The 10 Worst Airports of 2019 123. London Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom (LGW) 124. Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, Canada (YTZ) 125. Porto Airport, Portugal (OPO) 126. Paris Orly Airport, France (ORY) 127. Manchester Airport, United Kingdom (MAN) 128. Malta International Airport, Malta (MLA) 129. Henri Coanda International Airport, Romania (OTP) 130. Eindhoven Airport, Netherlands (EIN) 131. Kuwait International Airport, Kuwait (KWI) 132. Lisbon Portela Airport, Portugal (LIS)