SINGAPORE, March 27 — Singapore’s Changi Airport has once again been named the World’s Best Airport at the 2014 Skytrax World Airport Awards in Barcelona, Spain today.

It is the fifth time Changi Airport has achieved this accolade and the very first time in Changi Airport’s history to win it twice in a row, China’s Xinhua news agency quotes Changi Airport saying in a press release.

The airport was given the vote of confidence by over 12 million travellers around the around through Skytrax’s global survey held online each year.

“Winning this prestigious award for the second year in a row, Changi Airport Singapore is showing itself to be much more than an airport,” said Edward Plaisted, chief executive officer of Skytrax.

“Changi Airport demonstrates how to make the airport experience an enjoyable part of the journey that is so important in today’s fast-moving world,” he said.

Changi Airport enjoyed double success at the Awards by also receiving the award for Best Airport for Leisure Amenities. — Bernama