HKIA Voted the World's Best Airport in the Annual Skytrax Survey

(HONG KONG, 8 August 2007) - Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has been recognised as the world's best airport for the sixth time in seven years in the annual Skytrax survey. Nearly 8 million people participated in the global passenger poll, which was conducted by Skytrax, an independent, London-based air transport research organisation.

The Chief Executive Officer of Airport Authority Hong Kong, Stanley Hui, thanked passengers for choosing HKIA. "Being named the world's best airport is a source of pride for the people of Hong Kong and the 60,000 staff who comprise the airport community. We will continue to enhance our facilities and provide quality services so that we can deliver an efficient and pleasant airport experience to all of our passengers."

Ease of airport use and waiting times are top priorities for passengers. Skytrax Chief Executive Officer, Edward Plaisted, said, "Hong Kong's return to the top this year is a testament to the quality of service being delivered across their front-line staff areas, together with the more functional aspects of an airport that depend upon delivering efficiency and consistency."

From August 2006 to July 2007, 7.8 million passengers across the globe voted in the Airport of the Year Survey. Forty aspects of product and service quality were rated, including terminal cleanliness, staff efficiency and courtesy, airport accessibility, shopping and dining options, Internet services, as well as security processing and immigration waiting times.

In this year's survey, Seoul Incheon International Airport and Singapore Changi Airport tied for second place, while Munich Airport and Kuala Lumpur International Airport ranked fourth and fifth, respectively. HKIA was voted the world's best airport in Skytrax surveys from 2001 to 2005.

Recently, HKIA received the Air Transport Research Society's Asia-Pacific Airport Efficiency Excellence Award. HKIA was also named the best international airport by TravelWeekly magazine and the world's best airport among facilities serving over 40 million passengers annually by the Airports Council International.

For more information about the Skytrax survey, please see: http://www.worldairportawards.com/Awards_2007/Airport2007.htm