GMR-led Hyderabad and Delhi airports ranked amongst top airports of the world:ACI

Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), and Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) both operated by the GMR Group led consortia, have been ranked 1st and the 4th best airports in the world in their respective categories in the latest ASQ rankings of the Airports Council International (ACI).
While Hyderabad has retained its number one crown for the second year in a row, IGIA’s ranking is in the group of 25-40 mppa (Million Passengers Per Annum). This niche league features the world’s Best Airports like Incheon-Seoul, Changi-Singapore, and Shanghai Pudong-China. The awards will be formally presented on April 7th, 2011 during the ACI conference at the ACI Asia Pacific Regional Conference and Exhibition to be held in New Delhi, India. 153 airports across the globe, including 6 Indian airports, participated in the ASQ survey in 2010.
Under the terms of the concessions agreement with the Airports Authority of India, the GMR-led IGIA was mandated to achieve a score of 3.75 on the completion of stage II of the OMDA agreement, i.e. after operationalization of Terminal 3 (ASQ ratings are measured on a scale of 1 to 5 points). Against this, IGIA has been effectively able to achieve the ratings of 4.49. With this year’s results, DIAL’s worldwide ranking has now improved to 12th rank from the last year’s rank of 32nd. It is now amongst the top 10 Airports in the Asia-Pacific Region. In 2007 IGIA’s ASQ rating was 3.02 points, which went up to 3.15 points in 2008. It further rose to 4.16 points for the year 2009 after the inauguration of Terminal 1 D and subsequently has been rising above 4.5 with the opening of new Terminal-3. IGI Airport, Delhi was also rated as Asia-Pacific Region’s ‘Most Improved Airport’ last year.
28/02/11 India Infoline

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Categories: Airports Feb 2011