Manchester Airport collects best European Airport honour
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Manchester Airport has been awarded the prestigious Best Airport Award 2008 by Airports Council International Europe.
The airport was named as the winner in the 10-25 million passenger category at the 4th Annual ACI Europe Best Airport Awards held in Paris this week. The judges praised Manchester Airport for “its simple, innovative approach to attracting airlines” and its commitment to the environment following the decision to make the airport carbon neutral by 2015. Also singled out for praise were the airport’s community relations programme and its sponsorship of the arts.
The judges were impressed with Manchester’s focus on customer service and its Customer First programme, designed to make sure that passengers have a seamless, easy and worry-free experience when they travel through Manchester Airport.
The airport was commended for the way it has handled changes to security restrictions, investing £10 million in a new security screening area in Terminal 1 and more than £2.2 million in new, state-of-the-art x-ray machines.
The awards followed a conference attended by more than 500 industry leaders, national government and EU officials where they discussed the challenges faced by European Airports, including the environment, aviation system capacity, airport financing and security.
Manchester Airport’s Managing Director Andrew Cornish expressed his delight at receiving the award. He said: “ These are challenging times in the aviation industry and we know that there are some excellent airports in Europe, so to win this prestigious award is particularly great news.
“Manchester Airport puts customers first and that includes both airlines and our passengers. We are committed to making life as easy and hassle free as possible for people when they travel through Manchester Airport.
“We’re also committed to the community, the environment and we’re a major sponsor of the arts in the region. We firmly believe that our approach is the right way to run an airport of the future and we’re delighted that the efforts of everyone here at Manchester Airport have been recognised in this award.”
Awards were presented to winning airports by Dr Yiannis Paraschis, President of ACI EUROPE.
Other awards were presented as follows:
Under 1 million passengers – Angelholm-Helsingborg Airport
1 – 5 million passengers – SAGAT Turin Airport
5 – 10 million passengers – Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport
Over 25 million passengers – Madrid- Barajas Airport
Published on: 24/06/2008 14:14:56
