Montreal-based Airports Council International presented its annual Airport Service Quality awards to two Indonesian airports — I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, and Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar, South Sulawesi — on Monday (06/03).
Bali's airport was named the world's third best among airports with a capacity of 15 million to 25 million passengers every year. It earned the same accolade in 2015.
Makassar's Sultan Hasanuddin airport was a new entry in the ASQ awards, being recognized as the most improved airport in Asia Pacific.
State-run Angkasa Pura I operates both airports.
"This recognition is proof of our continued hard work to improve services for airport customers," Danang S. Baskoro, Angkasa Pura I president director, said in a statement.
Angkasa Pura I has been expanding the Sultan Hasanuddin airport since late 2014 to a capacity of 15 million passengers every year from 7 million passengers in 2015.
That year, 9.4 million people actually went through the airport and the number went up to 10.3 million people in 2016, according to Cecep Marga Sonjaya, the airport's general manager, as quoted by Kompas.com.
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