Skytrax also published rankings for individual categories and, for international travelers, they make particularly interesting reading.
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Industry awards such as those made by Skytrax include categories recognizing the best airport restaurant offerings.
Austrian Airlines has won the Skytrax award for Best Business Class Catering for the last two years.
Miller at SkyTrax is skeptical about the true benefits a celebrity chef can bring to onboard catering.
Skytrax, a company which ranks travellers' experience of airports, places Heathrow well behind its rivals in the Netherlands and Germany.
The award was based on surveys conducted by international travel research and consultancy group Skytrax, who polled 12.1 million passengers over a nine-month period.
"In winning this prestigious accolade, Singapore Changi Airport cements its place as one of the world's favorite airports, " said Edward Plaisted, chairman of Skytrax.
Plaisted said it was clear that airlines were paying attention to the power of the sites, as he suspected airline staff had attempted to plant negative reviews of competitors on Skytrax.
Skytrax's World Airport Awards are based on 12.1 million survey questionnaires filled out by passengers covering 108 different nationalities and 395 airports worldwide during a nine-month survey period in 2012 and 2013.
Changi was also one of the first airports to introduce free WiFi areas and previously scooped the Skytrax best airport award in 2000 before going on to win again in 2006 and 2010.
Kingfisher, the world's only Skytrax Five Star-ranked domestic airline (now also with flights to and from London, Dubai, Hong, Bangkok, Kathmandu and Singapore) makes life easy for those who do not have time to take India's scenic, but time-consuming trains.
Qantas won the Skytrax award for Best Economy Class Catering in 2008 partly as a result of simple enhancements such as the availability of fresh fruit between meals and from the self-serve bar in economy on its A380 aircraft.
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