Hong Kong International Named World’s Best Airport

Travel Blog  •  Jim Benning  •  07.16.08 | 1:48 PM ET

imagePico Iyer once wrote that “Setting foot in Hong Kong’s new airport was the first time I felt I was stepping into the 21st century.” Others clearly agree: Hong Kong International has just been named the world’s best airport—for the seventh time—based on a passenger survey conducted by a U.K. consulting firm that collected a whopping 8 million responses. Coming in second and third: Singapore’s Changi Airport and Seoul’s Incheon Airport.

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Photo of Hong Kong International Airport by ztij0 via Flickr, (Creative Commons).