CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The I Gusti Rai airport has won awards in two categories, namely, the best airport by size and region in the Asia Pacific and for catering up to 15-25 million passengers per year, and was tied in the second position for the Best Airports in Asia Pacific and catering over 2 million people per year.

Detailed explanation-2: -For the fourth year in a row, Singapore Changi Airport has clinched the World’s Best Airport title at the annual SkyTrax World Airport Awards, announced Wednesday in Cologne, Germany.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport has held the top spot as the world’s busiest airport each year since 1998, except for 2020, when it was temporarily unseated by Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Detailed explanation-4: -The airport is a major centre for flights to Northeast India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Southeast Asia and the Middle Eastern cities of Dubai and Doha. In 2014 and 2015, Kolkata Airport won the title of Best Improved Airport in the Asia-Pacific region awarded by the Airport Council International.

Detailed explanation-5: -Beijing Capital International Airport has been the busiest airport in Asia since 2009.