Paris at the bottom of the world ranking
Since 2015, AirHelp, the largest passenger rights technology company in the world, has been compiling a ranking of the best airports in the world. A ranking considered the most comprehensive and accurate based on data from airports around the world. In total, 240 airports from 70 different countries around the world were analyzed and compared this year. And t...The end result is pretty clear... Paris Charles de Gaulle (Roissy CDG) has officially been named one of the worst airports in the world, coming in at a disappointing 216th place. The airport in Paris received an overall rating of 7.02, with a punctuality score of 6.6, customer evaluations at 7.3, and a saving grace of 8 for its shops and dining options.
Over at Orly and Beauvais, things are a bit better but still not amazing: Orly ranks 186th out of 240 with a score of 7.26, while Beauvais takes the 209th spot with a rating of 7.11. Despite these less than stellar rankings, the scores are not too catastrophic, giving us some hope for improvement. Let's hope things will be better during the upcoming Olympics.
At the top of the global ranking, it's the Doha Hamad airport in Qatar that takes the 1st place with an average score of 8.52, closely followed by the Cape Town airport in South Africa (8.50) and the Nagoya Chubu airport in Japan (8.49). It is worth noting that Japan is the most represented country in the top 10 with three airports (two for South Africa and Brazil). So we still have some progress to make in France before aiming for the very top spots in the ranking.
The top 10 French airports
On the French side, it's the Toulouse-Blagnac airport that takes the top spot (115th worldwide), followed by Nantes-Atlantique (138th) and Lyon Saint-Exupéry (142nd). The capital only reaches 5th place in the ranking with Paris Orly, while Paris Beauvais and Paris Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle lag behind.vent respectively in 7th and 9th position in the French ranking.
For this ranking, AirHelp took into account punctuality (60%), user feedback (20%), and the quality of dining and shopping areas (20%). The data was mainly obtained through the AirHelp data platform, which monitors over 4,000 airports worldwide, and thanks to the personal experiences of 17,000 passengers from over 60 countries, analyzing the performance of airports from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2024.
