While airports are sometimes rated and ranked for punctuality or leisure and eating choices accessible to passengers ready earlier than a flight, travellers can’t deny that cleanliness – in washrooms and different public areas – is a key factor of consolation in any lengthy journey. In this regard, Asian airports are setting an instance for the world.

According to Skytrax, the London-based consulting organisation specialising in airline evaluation, Japan’s airports present the world with a masterclass in cleanliness, with no fewer than 4 hubs in the Top 10 checklist of this rating. Among the airports on the checklist are Tokyo’s Haneda and Narita, Chubu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya, and Kansai International Airport, which serves Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe.

Seoul’s Incheon International Airport and the Singapore Changi Airport are additionally on the checklist.

The solely European airport to make the checklist is Zurich Airport in Switzerland, whereas the solely different airport exterior of Asia to crack the prime 10 is Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar.

As with Skytrax’s different quite a few rankings devoted to the greatest airways in phrases of leisure, consolation and catering, this rating can also be based mostly on the opinions of shoppers who share their impressions through satisfaction surveys carried out in over 570 airports. – AFP (*10*)

The Chubu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya can also be a five-star airport, based on Skytrax. — Handout

World’s Cleanest Airports 2024 (Skytrax)

1. Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan

2. Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea

3. Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore

4. Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar

5. Chubu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya, Japan

6. Narita International Airport in Tokyo

7. Kansai International Airport in Osaka

8. Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong

9. Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan City, Taiwan

10. Zurich Airport in Zurich, Switzerland