RGIA clinches the coveted Skytrax Award for the 7th year in a row

Receives this coveted Passengers Choice Award, days after being adjudged as World No. 3 Airport in ASQ by ACI

The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) managed and operated by GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. (GHIAL), a GMR led Consortium, has bagged the coveted Skytrax ‘Best Regional Airport in India and Central Asia Award’. RGIA has been winning Skytrax Awards for the last 7 years in various categories.

Skytrax is the world’s largest airport customer satisfaction survey. It is considered one of the most prestigious awards that recognizes Product and Service Quality across airports worldwide. The Skytrax World Airport Awards are a global benchmark of airport excellence, and widely known as the Passengers Choice Awards.

Commenting on this achievement, Mr. SGK Kishore, CEO, GHIAL, said, “It is a moment of great honour and pride that Hyderabad Airport has again been crowned with Skytrax Award, this time as Best Regional Airport in India and Central Asia’. We are thankful to our esteemed passengers for reposing faith in us. Winning this passengers choice award is indeed a feat which we must credit to our entire airport community at RGIA including our stakeholders, partners, concessionaires and employees. We have been consistently endeavouring to make our airport a place of delight for our passengers. Hence, aligning our vision with our honorable Prime Minister’s Digital India program, we became the first airport in India to implement end-to-end seamless e-boarding process for our passengers. On environment front also, we are harnessing solar power to meet our airport's energy requirement during peak day hour with our 5MW solar power plant at the airport. We have robust passenger feedback mechanism and we ensure that our passenger’s comfort are kept at on our top priority.”

RGIA has won the following Skytrax awards during the past few years: Best Airport in India and Central Asia in 2010; Second Best Airport in India and Central Asia in 2011; Third Best Airport in India and Central Asia in 2012; Best Airport in India and Central Asia in 2013; Second Best Airport in India in 2014; and Third Best Airport in India and Central Asia 2015.