Abu Dhabi International Airport wins “Airport of the Year” at the Air Transport News Awards
29 Mar 2016
, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) has won “The Airport of the Year Award” in the 10-30 million passengers category at the Air Transport News (ATN) Awards held in Salzburg, Austria.
“Winning this award is a huge honor for Abu Dhabi Airports as it reflects a strong vote of confidence from our passengers who appreciate the high quality services that we provide. It takes a collaborative effort to win such an award, and it is down to the extraordinary hard work and commitment of all those involved in running Abu Dhabi International Airport that we have received this recognition,” said H.E Ali Majed Al Mansoori, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Airports.
Airports were judged on several criteria for the award category including: airline, service quality, passenger friendliness, innovation and entrepreneurship, financial performance, and corporate social responsibility.
AUH achieved record traffic figures in 2015, with more than 23 million passengers traveling through its terminals, marking a 17.2% increase in traffic compared to 2014. This was followed by Abu Dhabi Duty Free setting a new sales record in 2015, reaching AED 1.5 billion across its retail, food and beverage (F&B) and services sectors.
AUH was also awarded the ISO 22301 Management System Certificate for Business Continuity Management in February this year. The certification is the international benchmark of good practice in Business Continuity Management and recognizes the steps that Abu Dhabi Airports has taken to implement processes which will provide continuity to its operations during disruptive events.
And, AUH is the only airport in the Middle East and Africa, and one of the few in the world, to host the award-winning United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility. The facility allows immigration, customs and security clearance procedures for arrival to the United States, to be completed at AUH.
“Our vision is to become the world’s leading airports group. All our efforts are channelled towards achieving this, and I am extremely proud to note that our collective effort is yielding great results,” H.E added.