{"id":164637,"date":"2017-03-15T15:40:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T13:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=164637"},"modified":"2017-03-15T15:40:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T13:40:28","slug":"top-10-best-airports-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/164637\/top-10-best-airports-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 best airports in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town International Airport has won the Skytrax Award for Best Airport in Africa, at a ceremony held in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p>South African airports featured prominently on the list with King Shaka International rated second,\u00a0 and O.R. Thambo International, East London Airport 6th and Port Elizabeth Airport in 10th place.<\/p>\n<p>The 2017 World Airport Awards are based on 13.82 million airport survey questionnaires that were completed by 105 different nationalities of air travellers during the survey period.<\/p>\n<p>According to Skytrax, the survey operated from July 2016 to February 2017, covering 550 airports worldwide and evaluating traveller experiences across different airport service and product key performance indicators.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 10 Best Airport in Africa for 2017:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"10%\">#<\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"50%\">Airport<\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"40%\">Country<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Cape Town<\/td>\n<td><strong>South Africa<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Durban King Shaka<\/td>\n<td><strong>South Africa<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Johannesburg<\/td>\n<td><strong>South Africa<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Mauritius<\/td>\n<td><strong>Mauritius<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Marrakech<\/td>\n<td><strong>Morocco<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>East London<\/td>\n<td><strong>South Africa<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Addis Ababa<\/td>\n<td><strong>Ethiopia<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Cairo<\/td>\n<td><strong>Egypt<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Seychelles<\/td>\n<td><strong>Seychelles<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Port Elizabeth<\/td>\n<td><strong>South Africa<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Singapore Changi Airport was named as the World\u2019s Best Airport by air travellers for the fifth consecutive year, while South Africa&#8217;s major airports performed well on a global level.<\/p>\n<p>Cape Town Airport was ranked 19th (22nd in 2016),\u00a0 Johannesburg&#8217;s OR Tambo slipped to 35th, from 30th in 2016, and King Shaka Airport was stable at 35th best airport in the world.<\/p>\n<p>The Durban airport did rank sixth best regional airport in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airlinequality.com\/news\/best-airports-of-2017-unveiled-at-world-airport-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\">rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 10 Best Airport in the world for 2017:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"10%\">#<\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"50%\">Airport<\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"40%\">Country<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Singapore Changi<\/td>\n<td><strong>Singapore <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Tokyo Intl Haneda<\/td>\n<td><strong>Japan<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Incheon Intl Airport<\/td>\n<td><strong>South Korea<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Munich Airport<\/td>\n<td><strong>Germany<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Hong Kong Intl Airport<\/td>\n<td><strong>China<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Hamad Intl Airport<\/td>\n<td><strong>Qatar<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Centrair Nagoya<\/td>\n<td><strong>Japan<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Zurich Airport<\/td>\n<td><strong>Switzerland<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Heathrow Airport<\/td>\n<td><strong>England<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Frankfurt Airport<\/td>\n<td><strong>Germany<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/162503\/multi-billion-rand-upgrades-for-or-tambo-and-cape-town-international-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\">Multi-billion rand upgrades for OR Tambo and Cape Town International announced<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town International Airport has won the Skytrax Award for Best Airport in Africa, at a ceremony held in 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