Rising firmly within the world aviation scene with its distinctive structure, robust infrastructure, superior know-how and high-level journey expertise it affords, Istanbul Airport was deemed worthy of the “5-Star Airport” award in response to the analysis of Skytrax, probably the most necessary organizations within the worldwide area. Due to the measures taken in opposition to COVID-19, Istanbul Airport turned one of many two airports on the earth that was licensed with the “5-Star COVID-19 Airport” ranking, along with the “5-Star Airport” ranking.
As Turkey’s gateway to the world, Istanbul Airport continues to be the satisfaction of Turkish aviation, with awards acquired worldwide. Chosen just lately because the “Greatest Airport” within the Digital Transformation class as part of “16th ACI Europe Awards” organized by the Airports Council Worldwide (ACI), owing to its digital infrastructure and state-of-the-art know-how, Istanbul Airport receives yet one more award.
Licensed as “5-Star Airport” by the London-based aviation institute Skytrax, which was established in 1989, Istanbul Airport has achieved to be amongst eight world hub airports that achieved this title on the earth. Moreover, it’s acknowledged that Istanbul Airport is the fourth airport on the earth to obtain the “5-Star COVID-19 Airport” award, a ranking that’s given particularly throughout COVID-19 pandemic, after Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Hamad Worldwide Airport in Doha and El Dorado Airport in Bogota. Along with these achievements, Istanbul Airport has gained the privilege to be the airport with the most important terminal on the earth that has “5-Star” ranking.
Istanbul Airport, which acquired the “Airport Pandemic Certificates” issued by the Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation, after which signed the “COVID-19 Aviation Well being Security Protocol” printed by the European Union Aviation Security Company (EASA), earlier than the Skytrax awards, additionally turned the primary airport on the earth to acquire the “Airport Well being Accreditation” certificates offered by Airports Council Worldwide (ACI).
Istanbul Airport comes out of the powerful evaluation with “5 Stars”!
Skytrax, which is a world air transport analysis company, has been offering high quality audits, star grading and high quality comparability providers for airports and airways since 1989. After complete preparations and detailed preparation interval adopted by three days of intensive bodily audits, passenger expertise excellence supplied by Istanbul Airport has been acknowledged with “5 Stars” by a world group. Possessing the most important terminal amongst “5 Star” rated airports, Istanbul Airport has confirmed that it achieved an incredible and a uncommon success.
Auditing the Istanbul Airport which is among the greatest aviation hubs with its structure and know-how, auditors have skilled every level of contact that impacts departing passenger, switch passenger and arriving passenger expertise corresponding to parking areas, public transport, web site, cellular software, safety/passport management, fundamental passenger providers, outlets, meals and beverage areas, baggage declare; they usually have analyzed the service supplied at that factors, service accessibility and passenger consolation meticulously. Along with nearly 800 standards, which had been assessed in an in depth method, the measures in opposition to the pandemic had been additionally subjected to the grading.
Throughout the audit, the place every facet that has an affect on touring expertise was evaluated, most important processes corresponding to safety test, check-in, passport management, customs, cleansing, baggage declare and likewise most important providers, catering areas, procuring areas and lounges had been inspected intimately by the specialists. As well as, the measures taken in opposition to the pandemic had been additionally thought of within the high quality inspection. Istanbul Airport, which gained 2 necessary awards because of the prolonged audits of the Skytrax specialists, has proven the significance it attaches to perfection within the passenger expertise.
“At Istanbul Airport, we turned desires into actuality, and actuality into management!”
Kadri Samsunlu, the CEO and Normal Supervisor of _GA Airport Operation, who made remarks about Istanbul Airport having been deemed worthy of the 2 main awards by the world-renowned aviation evaluation firm Skytrax acknowledged that “An airport being licensed as each a “5-Star Airport” and a “5-Star COVID-19 Airport” by an necessary aviation authority like Skytrax, simply after 2 years since its opening and 1 and a half yr after commencing its operation at full capability, is a uncommon scenario. I can say with satisfaction that, as _GA, we now have achieved this as Istanbul Airport. We’ve established a customer-oriented tradition in our airport, we are going to advance this even additional and our work on this respect is constant at tempo. We’re the eighth hub airport on the earth to obtain “5 Stars” among the many world switch hub airports, after Doha, Hong Kong, Munich, Seoul Incheon, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo. We’ve additionally grow to be the fourth airport on the earth to obtain the “5-Star Covid-19 Airport Score”, in respect of the COVID-19 measures carried out at airports. We’re the second airport on the earth to carry each titles on the identical time. In addition to all of its different options, Istanbul Airport is the airport with the most important terminal amongst all of these with “5 Stars”. As is understood, instantly prior to those necessary awards offered by Skytrax, we had been additionally chosen the “Greatest Airport” within the Digital Transformation class, inside the scope of the “16th ACI Europe Awards”, organized by Airports Council Worldwide (ACI). All of those worthwhile and prestigious awards are proof of how a lot confidence the aviation authorities on the earth and particularly our passengers have in _GA and Istanbul Airport. I want to emphasize this specifically; those that stroll firmly and with daring steps for the sake of the values they imagine in, eventually attain the targets they dream of. At Istanbul Airport, we as _GA, we turned desires into actuality first, and now actuality into management! We’re proud and glad on behalf of our nation for having achieved so successful. I want to thank everybody and all our workers, who has contributed for this achievement. With the identical pleasure and enthusiasm like the primary day, we are going to proceed our efforts to make our nation, and Istanbul Airport the world’s most necessary aviation hub.” he stated.
The CEO of Skytrax Edward Plaisted acknowledged; “We’re happy that Istanbul Airport has joined amongst the celebrated 5-Star Airports. This participation is a well-deserved recognition that the excessive requirements supplied at _GA Airports are additionally offered right here. Istanbul Airport is an excellent engineering achievement with its terminal with a capability of 90 million passengers, accomplished in three and a half years. This grand airport has a powerful variety of passenger amenities, with the convenience of accessibility to completely different terminal areas. Right now, Istanbul Airport was entitled to obtain the 5-Star COVID-19 Airport Security Score. This ranking acknowledges complete measures that the airport takes to scale back the unfold of coronavirus, corresponding to complete indicators and passenger steerage, elevated hand sanitizer dispensers, disposal of non-public protecting gear and social distancing changes, in addition to a separate Biosafety Group to make sure the implementation of all these protocols.
