Hamad International Airport named World’s Best Airport 2022

Hamad International Airport has been crowned the World’s Best Airport for the second year in a row, according to the 2022 World Airport Awards, which were hosted on June 16, 2022, at Passenger Terminal EXPO in Paris, France.

As the official airport partner for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and contender for the SKYTRAX World’s Best Airport 2022, Hamad International Airport (HIA) has witnessed a strong increase in passenger traffic, with a 162 percent surge compared to the same period in 2021.

Hamad International Airport served a total of 7.14 million passengers in the first quarter of 2022, with 2,163,086 passengers in January, 2,168,265 passengers in February and 2,812,874 passengers in March 2022. HIA also introduced three new passenger destinations in Q1 2022 to the 153 destinations the airport currently serves.

Other notable winners include Singapore Changi Airport, which received prizes for World’s Best Airport Staff Service and World’s Best Airport Dining, and Istanbul Airport, which received honours for World’s Best Airport Shopping and Most Family Friendly Airport.

Tokyo Haneda Airport was named the World’s Cleanest Airport, the Best Domestic Airport in the World, the Best Airport in Asia, and the Best Airport PRM & Accessible Facilities. Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport was named the World’s Most Improved Airport.

Nagoya’s Chubu Centrair International Airport was voted World’s Best Regional Airport, Copenhagen Airport was recognised World’s Best Airport Immigration Processing, and Zurich Airport repeated its triumph by being named World’s Best Airport Security Processing.