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Delhi’s IGI airport retains world’s number 1 position

Delhi’s IGI airport has retained the world’s number 1 position for the second consecutive year

Published on: Mar 1, 2016, 00:22:00 IST
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times | By , New Delhi
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Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport has retained the world’s number 1 position for the second consecutive year in 25-40 Million Passengers Per Annum (MPPA) category. The rankings were announced by the Airports Council International (ACI).

Delhi’s IGI airport has retained the world’s number 1 position for the second consecutive year (HT File Photo)
Delhi’s IGI airport has retained the world’s number 1 position for the second consecutive year (HT File Photo)

In 2007, a year after the airport was privatised, the airport’s Airport Service Quality (ASQ) ranking was 101 in the world. In 2011, the airport moved to number 2 position, which it retained till 2013. In 2014, it became no. 1 in the 25-40 MPPA category and retained the rank in 2015 with a score of 4.96 in ASQ survey on scale of 1 to 5.

“The IGI Airport partners and employees have relentlessly delivered distinct experience to our passengers enabling us to achieve three awards, including world no. 1 position twice in a row, best airport by size and region – Asia Pacific (25 – 40 MPPA) and second best airport by region – Asia Pacific,” said I Prabhakara Rao, CEO, DIAL.