MIA wins Best Airport Award 

Julian Jaeger, CEO of Malta International Airport being presented the ACI Europe Best Airport Award in the ‘up to 5 million passengers’ category, by Angela Gittens, director General of ACI World.

Malta International Airport has won the ACI Europe Best Airport Award 2010 in the up to 5 million passengers category.

This award was presented to chief executive officer Julian Jaeger by Angela Gittens, director general of ACI World for MIA’s "excellent and innovative entry, reflecting the airport’s serious progress across the range of competition criteria", according to a statement released by ACI today.

The 6th Annual ACI Europe Best Airport Awards were announced in Milan last night during the gala dinner of the 20th ACI Europe annual congress.

ACI Europe counts more than 400 airports in 46 European countries among its membership.

The ACI Europe Best Airport Awards cover four categories of airport and aim to recognise achievement in core activities such as customer service, retail, security and environmental awareness.

The winner of the ‘5-10 million passenger’ category was Lyon Airports, this year’s award in the ’10-25 million passenger’ category went to Manchester Airport, whilst the ‘over 25 million passengers’ category went to Barcelona Airport.

Source "The Times"