Kempegowda International Airport

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The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) has been awarded the Best Regional Airport in India and South Asia at the 2024 Skytrax World Airport Awards.

More about Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) being awarded the Best Regional Airport in India and South Asia:

  • Skytrax conducts a comprehensive customer satisfaction survey to evaluate airports worldwide.
  • KIA's Terminal 2 secured the second position as the World's Best New Airport Terminal for terminals opened in the 18 months prior to the 2024 World Airport Awards.
    • The award for Terminal 2 covers the full range of airport facilities, staff services, and customer experience evaluation.
  • Since opening in 2023, Terminal 2 has also received a UNESCO Prix Versailles World's Most Beautiful Airport award, a
    •  Special Prize for its interiors, and LEED platinum certification.
  • The Skytrax World Airport Awards are globally renowned as a benchmark for airport excellence, recognizing airports that excel in delivering unparalleled customer experiences.
  • KIA clinched the Best Regional Airport title following rigorous evaluations of various frontline aspects, including 
  • Check-in procedures, arrivals, transfers, shopping facilities, security, immigration processes, and departures at the gates.
  • For the 2024 Awards, feedback was collected from airport customers of over 100 nationalities during a seven-month survey period conducted in over 550 airports worldwide, 
    • It provides valuable insights into the customer experience across various aspects of airport service and facilities.

Skytrax World Airport Awards:

  • The World Airport Awards began in 1999, when Skytrax launched its first global, Airport customer satisfaction survey.
  • They are regarded as a quality benchmark for the world airport industry, assessing customer service and facilities across over 500 airports.
  • There is no entry fee or any type of payment by an airport (or other third party) to be included in the survey or awards, with the survey and awards process fully funded by Skytrax.
  • In 2024 celebrating the 25th anniversary of the World Airport Awards.

 

UNESCO’s PRIX VERSAILLES:

  • Announced each year at UNESCO since 2015, the Prix Versailles is a series of architectural competitions that shine a light on the finest contemporary projects worldwide.
  • The Official pays tribute to innovation, creativity, reflections of local heritage, ecological efficiency, and the values of social interaction and participation,
    •  which the United Nations holds in high regard – is in line with the principles of intelligent sustainability, taking the projects’ ecological, social and cultural impacts into consideration.

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