This Is The Worst Airport In The World
The flight information board at Benazir
Bhutto Airport in Islamabad, Pakistan.
The winner of the
unfortunate title for the world's worst airport is Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto
International Airport.
It says something - and not a good something -
when your airport is named the world's worst at a time when commercial air
travel is considered by many to be an unsatisfying experience.
The travel
website The Guide To Sleeping In Airports conducted a survey in which it asked
the site's readers to submit ratings and comments.
The site then
evaluated numerous airport terminals across the world on their comfort,
cleanliness, conveniences, and customer service.
Although many facilities
fared quite well, others failed miserably.
Benazir Bhutto International
Airport, serving the country's capital of Islamabad, is one of the busiest in
Pakistan and is home to the country national airline - PIA.
That it was
named world's worst should prove to be a welcome sigh of relief for last year's
winner, Manila's Ninoy Aquino Airport. Benazir Bhutto International finished
fourth last year.
So what makes Benazir Bhutto Airport so
bad?
According to the survey, passengers, "likened [ the airport] to a
central prison, criticized it for the crowds (and absence of crowd control), the
pervasive corruption, the aggressive-yet-inconsistent security checks, and the
overall lack of cleanliness and technology."
Amenities at the airport
include only four restaurants - none are open 24 hours - and no car-rental
facilities.
Fortunately for flyers headed to Pakistan's capital, a brand
new international airport is set to come online within the next few
years.
In case you were wondering, New York's LaGuardia Airport made the
list as well. Its 10th place finish makes the airport the worst in North
America, according to the survey.
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