The best airports of Europe in 2022 were named at the Ceremony in Rome

Created on 21.07.2022 09:39

The best airports of Europe in 2022 were named at the Ceremony in Rome

The winners of the annual ACI Europe Best Airport Awards were announced during the ACI Europe 32nd Annual Congress and General Assembly Gala Dinner, held in Rome and hosted by Rome Airport.

In recognition of airports’ efforts in key areas, awards were also given for environmental innovation, excellence in human resource management and a digital transformation award.

This year the jury included representatives of the European Commission, Eurocontrol, the joint project on air traffic control in Europe SESAR, the International Transport Forum and the European Civil Aviation Conference ECAC.

The award in the “under 5 million passengers” category was awarded to La Palma Airport.

The “5-10 million passengers” award went to Valencia Airport. The Valencia Airport is also a pioneer of SAF’s sustainable fuel, being a test airport for Aena’s collaboration with BP. Eindhoven Airport is also highly rated in this category.

This year, the award in the “10-25 million passengers” category was awarded to Porto Airport.

The winner in the “25-40 million passengers” category was Vienna International Airport. The airport’s sustainability commitment has also been highly rated, as Vienna Airport plans to become carbon neutral by 2023 and zero by 2035. Athens Airport is also highly rated in this category.

This year’s the award in the “over 40 million passengers” category went to Rome Fiumicino Airport in recognition of its leading position among the transport hubs of continent. Rome Hub is a leader in sustainability, being the first European airport to achieve Level 4+ of the Airport Carbon Accreditation Program. Innovation standards are set at a very high level with a new ambitious innovation plan to drive digital transformation, as well as the opening of a new Aviation Innovation Center, the collaboration with key stakeholders and focus on local business development. The main airport of Istanbul was also highly rated in this category.

This year, London City Airport is the winner in the Digital Transformation nomination. The UK hub has been recognized as a pioneer in deploying a digital ATC tower, a SESAR solution, at such a large airport. The project was completed in just four years.

This year, the Excellence Award in Human Resources Management was awarded to Istanbul International Airport.

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