ACI Europe Best Airport Award Winners for 2020 Announced

The winners of the 16th Annual ACI Europe Best Airport Awards were announced yesterday during the 30th ACI Europe Annual Congress & Assembly which was live streamed from the Skyhall at Brussels Airport.

Release time : 2020-11-19 09:47:00

source : Travel Daily News

The winners of the 16th Annual ACI Europe Best Airport Awards were announced yesterday during the 30th ACI Europe Annual Congress & Assembly which was live streamed from the Skyhall at Brussels Airport.

The ACI Europe Awards recognise excellence and outstanding achievement across a whole range of activities. They cover 5 traffic categories of airport, including the brand-new ‘over 40 million passenger’ category. They also include the Eco-Innovation Award, the Accessible Airport Award, the Digital Transformation Award, the HR Excellence Award and the World Business Partners Recognition Award. This year’s judging panel for the ACI Europe Best Airport Awards was made of distinguished experts from the European Commission, EUROCONTROL, SESAR Joint Undertaking, the European Travel Commission (ETC) and Flight Global.

In the ‘Under 5 million passengers’ category

This year’s Award in the ‘under 5 million passenger’ category went to Torino Airport for its swift response to the COVID-19 pandemic through the implementation of health and safety protocols in collaboration with local authorities to maintain operational continuity. In particular, the airport was praised for the rapid introduction of body temperature screening, testing of passengers coming from areas severely affected by COVID-19 and the use of innovative technologies to ensure a touchless and safe passenger experience.

The judges were impressed by the airport’s strong community support, helping those in need. The judges also valued the airport’s intensive staff training, and insurance policy for employees infected by COVID-19.

Cork Airport was highly commended in this category.

In the ‘5-10 million passengers’ category

The winner of the ‘5-10 million passenger’ category was Malta International Airport. The airport secured the Award for its work on the creation of a contactless and safe