{"id":31018,"date":"2018-03-22T11:26:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T11:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=31018"},"modified":"2018-03-22T11:26:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T11:26:51","slug":"london-heathrow-wins-worlds-best-airport-shopping-skytrax-award-ninth-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/london-heathrow-wins-worlds-best-airport-shopping-skytrax-award-ninth-time\/","title":{"rendered":"London Heathrow wins World&#8217;s Best Airport Shopping Skytrax award for ninth time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>London&#8217;s Heathrow Airport continues its success by winning the 2018 Award for the World&#8217;s Best Airport Shopping, based on landside and airside shopping facilities voted for by airport customers in the World Airport Survey.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Singapore Changi Airport takes 2nd place with Hong Kong International Airport in 3rd place.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers from around the world have once again voted for Heathrow to win major accolades at the 2018 Skytrax World Airport Awards, held at the Passenger Terminal EXPO in Stockholm. Heathrow\u2019s Terminal 2 beat international counterparts to win \u2018World\u2019s Best Airport Terminal\u2019 for the first time, whilst Terminal 5 is close behind as 4th best globally.<\/p>\n<p>For the 4th year running, Heathrow has been recognised as the \u2018Best Airport in Western Europe\u2019 and for the 9th year, \u2018Best Airport for Shopping.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>The World&#8217;s Best Airport Shopping 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/london-heathrow-airport-duty-free-2\/\">London Heathrow<\/a><br \/>\n2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/singapore-changi-airport-duty-free-2\/\">Singapore Changi<\/a><br \/>\n3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/hong-kong-airport-duty-free\/\">Hong Kong<\/a><br \/>\n4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/doha-hamad-international-airport-duty-free\/\">Doha Hamad<\/a><br \/>\n5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/amsterdam-schiphol-airport-duty-free\/\">Amsterdam<\/a><br \/>\n6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/seoul-incheon-airport-duty-free\/\">Seoul Incheon<\/a><br \/>\n7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/dubai-international-airport-duty-free\/\">Dubai<\/a><br \/>\n8 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/rome-fiumicino-airport-duty-free\/\">Rome Fiumicino<\/a><br \/>\n9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/paris-cdg-airport-duty-free\/\">Paris CDG<\/a><br \/>\n10 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/frankfurt-main-airport-duty-free\/\">Frankfurt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Skytrax World Airport Awards are voted for by air travellers in the largest, annual global airport customer satisfaction survey. The survey is operated as an independent study, with no entry fees or charges to any airport, and the Awards ceremony is also provided to winning airports at no cost. The use of award logos and related information is free of any charge.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 Awards are based on 13.73 million airport survey questionnaires completed by over 100 different nationalities of airline customers during the survey period. The survey operated from August 2017 to February 2018, covering 550 airports worldwide and evaluating traveller experiences across different airport service and product key performance indicators &#8211; from check-in, arrivals, transfers, shopping, security and immigration through to departure at the gate. The Survey was available in English, Spanish and Chinese language options.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px;\">The Awards follow a record-breaking 2017 for Heathrow where investments in facilities, along with the team\u2019s dedication to service, led to the airport\u2019s best annual passenger satisfaction scores and highest number of passengers &#8211; 78 million \u2013 to date.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nearly all (82%) of passengers surveyed in 2017 rated their Heathrow experience as \u2018Excellent\u2019 or \u2018Very Good.\u2019 Heathrow\u2019s operational team this year has worked to improved flight punctuality so now a record 80.2% of flights depart within 15 minutes of theirscheduled departure. Passengers in Terminal 5 enjoyed new terminal offers in 2017 like the \u2018First Wing\u2019 fast-track, dedicated security lanes to the British Airways\u2019 lounge.<\/p>\n<p>Heathrow Chief Commercial Officer Ross Baker said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo have two of our terminals be voted amongst the world\u2019s top five is testament to the hard work our team has done to transform Heathrow for the better.<\/p>\n<p>We are tremendously pleased our passengers are not only voting for us through these awards \u2013 but also with their feet \u2013 as we saw with this year\u2019s record breaking numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Going forward, we will continue to invest in Heathrow to give passengers an enjoyable, reliable and affordable journey every time they travel through the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/heathrow_175811027392655.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/heathrow_175811027392655-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/heathrow_175811027392655-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/heathrow_175811027392655-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/heathrow_175811027392655-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/heathrow_175811027392655.jpg 800w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/heathrow_175811027392655-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-31019 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-31019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/heathrow_175811027392655-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/heathrow_175811027392655-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/heathrow_175811027392655-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/heathrow_175811027392655-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/heathrow_175811027392655-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/heathrow_175811027392655.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The top 10 rankings for World\u2019s Best Airport Terminal in 2018:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Heathrow Airport \u2013 T2<br \/>\n2. Munich Airport -T2<br \/>\n3. Singapore Changi Airport \u2013 T3<br \/>\n4. London Heathrow Airport -T5<br \/>\n5. Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) \u2013 Int\u2019l<br \/>\n6. Madrid \u2013 Barajas Airport -T4<br \/>\n7. Dubai International Airport \u2013 T3<br \/>\n8. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport \u2013 T2-M<br \/>\n9. Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport \u2013 T2<br \/>\n10. Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport \u2013 T1<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London&#8217;s Heathrow Airport continues its success by winning the 2018 Award for the World&#8217;s Best Airport Shopping, based on landside and airside shopping facilities voted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":31063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5907,4812,5418],"class_list":["post-31018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-2018-skytrax-world-airport-awards","tag-heathrow-terminal-2","tag-london-heathrow-airport"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}