News: London City wins best UK airport award
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Flights > News > # 2083 (16/02/2009)
Readers of the travel magazine Wanderlust have voted for London City airport as the best in the UK.
London City airport had a satisfaction rating of 87.27% from Wanderlust readers, followed by Inverness airport with 83.53% and Southampton airport with 81.71%. Also in the list of the top ten airports in the UK were Newcastle, Edinburgh, Belfast City, Birmingham, Bristol, Aberdeen and East Midlands.
No UK airports featured in the top ten worldwide airports. Singapore Changi airport came out on top with a customer satisfaction rating of 94.18%, followed by Paro airport in Bhutan with 91.43% and Hong Kong International airport with 91.3%.
Next highest rated worldwide airports were Denver, Kuala Lumpur, Bergen, Vancouver, Zurich, Amsterdam Schiphol, and Copenhagen, all of which scored well in excess of 80%.
No UK airlines were voted among the top ten worldwide airlines either. Singapore Airlines won with a satisfaction rating of 93.78%, closely followed by Etihad Airways with 92.63%. Other top ten airlines included Qatar Airways, Cathay Pacific, Jet Airways, Emirates, and Swiss.
But UK based airlines fared better in the top ten low cost airlines. Air Berlin won for the second year in a row with a score of 85%, followed by Air Asia and Virgin Blue. UK airlines in the top ten were bmi, Jet2.com, Flybe, Easyjet and bmibaby. Ryanair was placed way down in 19th position.
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