South Africa’s Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) and OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) have been ranked among the Top 10 Best Airports in the World for 2024 by AirHelp.
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CTIA secured the second spot, while ORTIA ranked sixth.
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AirHelp evaluated 239 airports from 69 countries based on flights taken from 1 May of the previous year to 30 April of the current year.
‘There are over 4 000 airports in our database, which we whittled down to 239, based on the busiest airports according to flight traffic, and most popular with air travellers. We aim to rank the world’s major airports, but it’s worth noting that some are excluded due to a lack of data’ explained AirHelp.
Airports were assessed on three criteria: on-time performance, customer opinion, and food and shopping options.
Both CTIA and ORTIA are managed by the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), which celebrated the achievement on X, formerly known as Twitter.
South Africa soars to greater heights of airport excellence! We’re thrilled to share that @capetownint and @ortambo_int have been ranked among the top 10 airports in the world by @theairhelper for 2024! Congratulations to ACSA for this incredible achievement! 🎉✈️ #ACSAllence pic.twitter.com/0rfyhCV32x
— Airports Company SA (@Airports_ZA) July 10, 2024
CTIA also earned the distinction of being the best airport in Africa, thanks to its high scores.
Here are the Top 10 Airports and their scores out of 10:
- Doha Hamad Airport, Doha, Qatar (8.52)
- Cape Town International Airport, Cape Town, South Africa (8.50)
- Nagoya Chubu Airport, Nagoya, Japan (8.49)
- Osaka Itami Airport, Osaka, Japan (8.46)
- Brasília–Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek Airport, Brasília, Brazil (8.32)
- Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa (8.29)
- Muscat Airport, Muscat, Oman (8.28)
- Salt Lake City Airport, Salt Lake City, United States (8.28)
- Belém Val-de-Cans Airport, Belém, Brazil (8.26)
- Tokyo Narita Airport, Tokyo, Japan (8.24)
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