Delhi airport in world’s Worst 5, the comfort is Paris there too

New Delhi: A New report conforms to our travel experience: it ranks the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi among the world’s worst five airports. Others in the list published by Foreign Policy, an influential bi-monthly, are the Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in the Senegalese capital of Dakar, the Mineralnye Vody Airport in the war-torn Russian city of Mineralnye Vody, the Baghdad International Airport and the Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris.
The report, which “looks at five airports around the world that make travelling hell”, lists the Delhi airport for its sheer chaos. It doesn’t talk of the recent flight delays but says visitors have “reported aggressive panhandlers and filthy bathrooms where attendants charge for toilet paper”.
Of the Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, the magazine says the airport is “just plain embarrassing” for a “city this great. Visitors to Paris should expect more than the grimy terminals, rude staff, confusing layout, and overpriced food.” The report quotes Michel-Yves Labbé, president of French travel company Directours, as having said, “Charles de Gaulle is a disgrace — it’s like a third-world airport.”
28/11/07 Uma Vishnu/Delhi Newsline

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Categories: Airports Nov 2007