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    Istanbul tops list of world's fastest-growing airports

    Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport is the world's fastest growing airport, according to a new report released by Airports Council International (ACI) August 1.

    The World Airport Traffic Report 2010, which analyzed the performance of over 1,300 airports in 157 countries around the world last year, suggests that traffic at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport, completed in 2009, jumped by 75 percent last year.

    That puts it considerably ahead of Campinas in Brazil, the world's second-fastest growing airport, and Rio de Janeiro, the third.

    Charleroi in Belgium and Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport rounded off the top five list.

    Overall, traffic through the world's airports grew by 6.6 percent in 2010, the report shows, a total of 5.04 billion passengers -- the first time global air travel has passed the 5 billion mark.

    The fastest growth was observed in Latin America and the Caribbean (13.2 percent), ACI said, followed by the Middle East (12 percent), Asia-Pacific (11.3 percent) Africa (9.5 percent), Europe (4.3 percent) and North America (2.5 percent).

    Preliminary statistics show that for the first six months of this year, global passenger traffic is up by six percent again.

    The busiest airports in the world overall were Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson in the US, Beijing, Chicago in the US, London Heathrow and Tokyo Haneda.

    However, stripping out domestic passengers to include just international travel, London Heathrow holds the top spot, followed by Paris Charles de Gaulle, Hong Kong International, Dubai International in the United Arab Emirates and Frankfurt in Germany.

    The world's fastest-growing airports

    1. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport, Turkey
    2. Viracopos-Campinas, Brazil
    3. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    4. Charleroi, Belgium
    5. Moscow Sheremetyevo, Russia
    6. Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    7. Bogota, Colombia
    8. Phuket, Thailand
    9. Shanghai Pudong, China
    10. Muscat, Oman
    11. Ankara, Turkey
    12. St Petersburg, Russia
    13. Medan, Indonesia
    14. Shanghai Hongqiao, China
    15. Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Data from Airports Council Internationalhttp://www.airports.org/

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    • AcesHigh  •  6 months ago
      Somehow i do agree with Jen, but, i can't blame the grads for not accepting the job either. They were offered 2k, with the cost of living in S'pore of course it isn't enough to feed their family. In years to come, we can't predict how the standard in S'pore gonna be like, might be more expensive, and your pay is stagnant, and increment can't even catch up with the cost of living.
    • Aaron  •  6 months ago
      waw, and amazingly Indonesia's airport one of them.. :D
    • Txz  •  6 months ago
      How about fastest decaying airport? I am pretty sure airport in my country is a good candidate.
    • Mathi Lingam  •  6 months ago
      People are like this . one day you see them happy another day they are sad. today they complain complain complain tomorrow they dont like complains. I thought clowns are at circus but no they are in singapore living next to you.
    • Mathi Lingam  •  6 months ago
      yes singapore airport is the best. If we become number 2 also never mine . We singapore singaporen work for it. I hope it will be like this in the years to come.
    • daddy  •  6 months ago
      org malaysia ni biasala.........suka kutok negeri sendiri........bengong...........airport yg lain tu memang la fastest growing.........tapi interms of facility, klia tak kalah.............

      dubai airport, baru bukak emirates terminal, tak salah aku 2 years ago, medan.....domestic passenger top.....nak naik keta pegi mane2.......jgn harapla......jalan yg ada macam jalan masuk felda.......ingat airport medan sama dgn airport lama bintulu, nak tunggu flight bole makan kt warung dulu depan airport, nampak dah landing baru pegi boarding lounge....he he......

      frankfurt airport, europe cargo hub.......klu nak compare facility, klia not so bad.......aku dah pegi kt some of those top airport........klu service......aku rasa, beijing airport immigration paling kurang hajar......dari experience aku........tapi satu je kat klia atau lcct ni yg kalau nak kasi point paling lowest...........org malaysia yg bangang suka parking merata2........dah ada polis pun buat dek......yg ni patut kita kena malu la.........tak kan ni pun salah kerajaan.........
    • MOHD FAUZI  •  6 months ago
      Malaysia memang cantik, bersih dan canggih. Cuma sebahagian rakyatnya tak reti menilaikannya dan tak tahu bersyukur. Mereka tak pergi ke Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam. Paling tidak mereka pergi Mekah. Jadi mereka tak tahu buat perbandingan yang elok. Yang canggih tu hasil kepimpinan yang ada sekarang ni yang bakal hendak dihakiskan. Tak payah pegi jauh, tengok saja negeri serambi mekah. hasil utamanya adalah mengekspot rakyatnya ke negeri lain kerana negeri sendiri pun tak ada apa benda macam Indon. Dan rakyatnya di negeri lain ramai tak sedar diri dan lupa sejarah. KLIA memang cantik dan canggih, biarlah orang luar negara yang memuji dan mengiktirafkannya kerana rakyat Malaysia lebih berbangga dengan peliwat. Orang yang menonton video dihukum tapi pelakun dalam video disanjung.
    • racsofied  •  6 months ago
      para mabago ang image ng naia palitan ung mga aligator, hindi nman lahat pero napakarami nila, para nman mkapasok ung mga new honest graduates, taon taon madami colleges graduates na walang mapasukan, tanggalin ung mga buwaya at mga inutil na empleyado ng naia, para maibsan ang unemployment sa pinas. di baleng wlang trabaho ung mga buwaya.
    • Cesario  •  6 months ago
      sana may mga workers sa NAIA na makabasa sa mga comments ninyo. God Bless Philippines.
    • Johnny Storm  •  6 months ago
      Putangina nyo lahat ng taga NAIA pak you all and your friends!
    • mig  •  6 months ago
      Airports around the world.... NAIA comparisson....well sa kalumaan ng airport natin at sa dami ng anay sa loob ng ating NAIA airport unti unti nilang kinakain ang ating Airport... I share to the sintements of all here. Kelangan na ma improve ang ating mga facility sa airports for SAFETY and Security. Firstly ang mga Equipment that guides our pilot to land... ILS, RADARS, etc..etc..

      I dont know how the airport operates when it comes to revenue... alam ko ang mga shops ads at kung ano ano pang makikita natin sa NAIA na mga ads are paying to NAIA millions of pesos. Not to mention The Philippine Travel Tax that the government is collecting everytime we purchase our ticket from the airlines (exp for OFW and IMMIGRANTS) Airport Departure/Terminal fee 200 domestic and 700 for international departure...

      Imagine, we pay 200 pesos just to pass airport terminal. 200 is a big money considering we have 4 terminals to include old Domestic Terminal and most of the people now prefered to travel by plane becaus of cheaper rates/promos offered by the airlines...

      Ang mga advetisements sa mga embarkation cards na naging controversial pa at one point. this means lahat ng facilities, ads, shops may katapat na contrata at bayad sa ating pamahalaan. bakit hindi gamitin ang mga iyan to improve our airports. ang kadalasan kasing nan----ayari. parang nag alaga tayo ng isang baka na pinagkukunan natin ng gatas pero pag nabenta na ang gatas ang baka habang nag bibigay pa ng gatas di natin napapansin na bi----an ng vitamins masarap na pagkain to maintain the production of milk.

      Parang ganyan ang na----ayari sa ating Airport... Ginagatasan ng ginagatasan ng pamahalaan pero nakalimutang alagaan...

      Ala din namang pakialam ang mga officials ng airport at immigration dahil kanya kanya din sila raket sa airport natin.

      Ang hihintayin na naman natin may mag crush landing na reroplano (wag naman sana) at may mamatay na isang maimpluwensyang tao bago natin e improve ang ating pasilidad sa ating mga paliparan..

      Di pa din nawawala sa atin ang ugaling.. BAHALA NA at NINGAS KUGON.

      We hope some improvements will be initiated sa NAIA its also one of the windows of our country it is the first place that every traveler seen first when they come to the Philippines. how do we operate and maintain our airports reflects on how do we as filipinos somehow. at sana walang iskandalo na man----ayari gaya sa Terminal 3.

      Compare our airports to one airports in INdia the DelHI airport. or any of our neighboring aisan counties.... ang airport natin sad to say parang Basahan.... tsk.. tsk... tsk.

      Hirap kasi sa atin ang mga pulitiko may dinadaanan na special lanes so di nila nakikita ang mga pangangailangan ng airport. mantakin mo ba naman na palibutan sya ng naparaming security guards airport officials so natatabunan ang mga di dapat makita kasi puro nalang alalay ang makikita nya. hayzzzz

      Me personally expects more improvements at our airports especialy airport facilities and procedure kasi im working in a travel business and most of our travellers going to manila are asking why our airports looks like a mess...

      Its a challenge to our leaders!
    • Rubbish Pore  •  6 months ago
      Nobody can always be on top. The greater and stiffer the competition, the better. Wll done for all those airports that made leaps and bounds improvements. This will keep Changi on its toes.
    • Taurus17  •  6 months ago
      Hay nakuu mahal kong bayan PILIPINAS! kaylan ka kaya makakatikim ng ginhawa...kaylan kaya kaylan....MALAPIT NA!!! ALISIN LAHAT ANG MGA BUWAYAAAA...
    • Big Bear  •  6 months ago
      I think a lot of you guys got it wrong. When we want to whack and whack and whack about our country also, must be reasonable guys. KLIA is world class in terms of facilities and service. no doubt. fastest grwoing is based on passengers la. Why Medan and others etc, a lot of foreign workers like Maids, labourers and also cheap tourists travelling in and out. istanbul gets a lot of tourists from Middle East and Europe also. Brazil also gets a lot of tourists internally and from Americas as a whole. this survey has got nothing to do with best airports which Incheon in Korea is also at the top. please interpret it right. I know many of us are frustrated with our government with many things which is fair but must also be fair on what is also right. still, I am with the opposition. :) :) :) but airport is still good la brothers and sisters. Cheers
    • Abdullah  •  6 months ago
      Apa tidaknya kita kena terima hakikat bahawa KLIA cuma feeder airport pada Singapore Changi. Mana tidaknya flight dari KL ke SIngapura dan sebaliknya bukan main rancak sama ada MAS, Silk Air, Singapore Airline mahu pun Air Asia. Tak lama lagi YTL nak buat rel laju dari Singapura ke KL nah KLIA jadi white elephant. Please ponder fellow Malaysians .
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    • BeadC  •  6 months ago
      Medan, Indonesia ?????

      can not be la
    • RAP  •  6 months ago
      Pinapangarap pa ng bansa natin na lumago ang tourism industry.....

      eh kung ang first impression na makikita ng mga turista pag dating sa Pilipinas yung airport natin, bka ang mging first impression nila ay "What The Hell! Am I in a Trash Can?"
    • PhoenixJan  •  6 months ago
      Wag nman kau masyado mag comment ng negative, let's appreciate simple things!

      Let's take time to incline our appreciation to our motherland... :)

      Filipino tau at hnd banyaga d2...
    • .  •  6 months ago
      uh oh.... I better go visit quickly before some of these cities are fully develop and destroyed by tourism...

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