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15 airports ranked best in the world
Last updated on: May 31, 2013 08:41 IST
Image: Members of London's Metropolitan Police Ladies tug an Airbus A320 jet for 100 feet during a race at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York. The annual race is a fundraising competition to benefit the charity Joining Against Cancer in Kids. Photographs: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
International Air Transport Association estimates that airlines will welcome about 3.6 billion passengers in 2016. That's about 800 million more than the 2.8 billion passengers carried by airlines in 2011.
With air travel set to increase exponentially around the world, let's take a look at some of the best airports in the world, according to Skytrax, a United Kingdom-based aviation research organisation.
Image: A five-metre-high sculpture 'Pentateuque' by contemporary French artist Fabien Merelle is displayed in Statue Square at Hong Kong's financial district. Photographs: Bobby Yip/Reuters
Image: Snowboarders ride a chair lift on one of the many snow runs during night skiing on Grouse Mountain with the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, down below, in Canada. Photographs: Andy Clark/Reuters
Image: A view of the KLCC Park in central Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photographs: Sim Wei Yang/Reuters
Kuala Lumpur International Airport
City: Kuala Lumpur
Country: Malaysia
Global rank: 14
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Image: A tram that has been converted into a rolling pub combines sightseeing with a night on the town in Helsinki, Finland. Photographs: Agnieszka Flak/Reuters
