Latin America's Best and Worst Airports
Frequent travelers rate the region's gateways.
In the 2012 reader survey from our sister publication, Latin Trade magazine, Caracas replaced Sao Paulo's Guarulhos as the worst airport in the region, scoring the fewest points for location/access, customs/baggage, shops/amenities and ease of connection.
The best airport? Santiago, which received the top scores on comfort/ambience and shops/amenities, while getting the second-highest score on location/access and customs/baggage. Meanwhile, it ranks fourth in Latin America when it comes to ease of connections.
Panama City's Tocumen ranked second overall thanks to receiving the highest score in location/access, customs/baggage and ease of connections. Mexico City's Benito Juarez ranked third overall, with the survey's second-highest score in customs/baggage and third-highest scores in comfort/ambience, ease of connections and shops/amenities and fifth-highest score in location/access.
The biggest improvements came from Lima's airport, which jumped from 10th place last year to fourth this year, while San Jose improved from seventh place to fifth.
Source: LATIN BUSINESS TRAVELER
A Latin Trade Group Publication
August 9, 2012
Frequent travelers rate the region's gateways.
In the 2012 reader survey from our sister publication, Latin Trade magazine, Caracas replaced Sao Paulo's Guarulhos as the worst airport in the region, scoring the fewest points for location/access, customs/baggage, shops/amenities and ease of connection.
The best airport? Santiago, which received the top scores on comfort/ambience and shops/amenities, while getting the second-highest score on location/access and customs/baggage. Meanwhile, it ranks fourth in Latin America when it comes to ease of connections.
Panama City's Tocumen ranked second overall thanks to receiving the highest score in location/access, customs/baggage and ease of connections. Mexico City's Benito Juarez ranked third overall, with the survey's second-highest score in customs/baggage and third-highest scores in comfort/ambience, ease of connections and shops/amenities and fifth-highest score in location/access.
The biggest improvements came from Lima's airport, which jumped from 10th place last year to fourth this year, while San Jose improved from seventh place to fifth.
Source: LATIN BUSINESS TRAVELER
A Latin Trade Group Publication
August 9, 2012