The worst of the European airports

ROME: As we sat for an hour waiting to deplane at Leonardo da Vinci Airport from a short-haul flight this year, the pilot got on the public address system. "Sorry," he intoned. "Everybody knows this is one of Europe's worst airports."

At the time it seemed hard to argue: After the 50-minute flight and the wait to get off the plane, we would wait another hour around a carousel before receiving our luggage.

But these days, there is intense competition for the title of "worst airport."

Each year, the World Airport Awards, given by an air travel research and consulting firm called Skytrax, honor the best airports. Only a few in Europe made the top 10 this year: Munich is No. 4, Zurich is No. 6, Amsterdam Schiphol is No. 7 and Madrid Barajas is No. 10. The top three are in Asia, while no U.S. airports made the list.......... continua (http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/28/business/wbairport.php?page=1)

Forse non hanno visto quello di Barcellona...

The worst of the European airports

ROME: As we sat for an hour waiting to deplane at Leonardo da Vinci Airport from a short-haul flight this year, the pilot got on the public address system. "Sorry," he intoned. "Everybody knows this is one of Europe's worst airports."

At the time it seemed hard to argue: After the 50-minute flight and the wait to get off the plane, we would wait another hour around a carousel before receiving our luggage.

But these days, there is intense competition for the title of "worst airport."

Each year, the World Airport Awards, given by an air travel research and consulting firm called Skytrax, honor the best airports. Only a few in Europe made the top 10 this year: Munich is No. 4, Zurich is No. 6, Amsterdam Schiphol is No. 7 and Madrid Barajas is No. 10. The top three are in Asia, while no U.S. airports made the list.......... continua (http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/28/business/wbairport.php?page=1)

Barajas????

Comunque alla fine l'articolo è "lusinghiero" per noi: l'aeroporto peggiore è Heathrow, poi Charles de Gaulle, poi solo dopo Frankfurt e Roma, quindi se la cava abbastanza bene... eppoi dai, anche l'articolista ammette di trovare l'attesa a Roma molto meno irritante che altrove, anche perchè ci si aspetta che in Italia bisogna avere meno pretese... :) Comunque l'articolista dice chiaramente che si basa solo sulla sua esperienza personale e le opinioni che ha scambiato con altri viaggiatori.

Mi sembra che questa notizia sia già stata postata nel thread riguardante Fiumicino: inutile ripetizione :lock: