Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi is officially the most beautiful airport in the world.
Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International Airport was named the world’s most beautiful airport at the prestigious Prix Versailles, The World Architecture and Design Award, recognising its outstanding architectural design in the Airports category.
The announcement was made at a ceremony in Paris at UNESCO’s Headquarters, coinciding with the airport’s first anniversary and the 53rd Eid Al Etihad celebrations.
A symphony of design and excellence spanning 742,000 square meters, Zayed International Airport boasts a distinctive X-shaped design, equipped to accommodate up to 11,000 travellers per hour and 79 aircraft simultaneously.
This doubles the previous capacity with Zayed International Airport primed to manage up to 45 million passengers annually, pioneering the world’s first nine biometric touchpoints by 2025.
It has also achieved an excellent ACI ASQ satisfaction score that ranks Zayed International Airport as one of the best airports in the world. This is against a backdrop of strong passenger traffic numbers that have seen a steady quarter-on-quarter increase to serve over 21 million passengers as of September 30.