Skytrax names world's best airports 2021: After nearly a decade on top, Singapore's Changi dethroned

Singapore's Changi has finally been replaced as the world's best airport. Skytrax's annual ranking of the world's best airports has a new name on top – Doha's Hamad International Airport in Qatar. Changi, which has ruled for the last eight years, has slipped to third behind Tokyo's Haneda Airport.<br/>The rankings are voted for by the public, and Skytrax admits that the rankings have been affected by the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. "The 2021 World Airport Awards recognise the efforts of global airports in adapting and meeting the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. The past 18 months has been the most challenging and financially difficult period ever experienced by the world air transport industry, and airports have invested to provide the safest possible environment for their customers and staff during the global pandemic." It added that "many travellers (are) voting for their favourite/best airport based on pre-pandemic travel experiences, whilst other customers voted after their Covid-19 Airport Experience during the past 12 months".<br/>