Abu Dhabi International Airport (ADIA) has clinched two prestigious awards by the Airports Council International (ACI), an international body of 573 members operating over 1,643 airports in 178 countries, reported today UAE's news agency(WAM) . ADIA has been proclaimed the best Airport in Africa and the Middle East. The award is based on annual results of overall satisfaction of international passengers. ADIA has also been recognized as the best airport in Africa and the Middle East in terms of courtesy and customer service. The new "Regional Airport People Award" recognizes those airports that have cultivated a strong customer service culture among their staff and business partners and have been rated by passengers as having the most courteous and helpful airport, airline and security staff. In this latter award category, Abu Dhabi came on top of the Africa-Middle East group, Brussels led the European group, Seoul Incheon emerged as the best in Asia-Pacific, while Halifax topped the list of the Americas. The two awards were bestowed on ADIA at a special ceremony held at JW Marriott, Dubai on the sidelines of ACI Airport and Trinity Forum 2007, a global conference on airport commercial revenues. Gorges Mohoho, President of ACI Africa, conferred the award for best airport in the Middle East and Africa on Khalifa Al Mazrouei, Chairman and Managing Director, Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC). Abu Dhabi Airports Company, ADAC, is a public joint-stock company wholly owned by Abu Dhabi Government. It was incorporated by Emiri Decree number 5, of March 4th, 2006, to spearhead the development of the Emirate's aviation infrastructure. ADAC has officially taken over the operation and management of Abu Dhabi and Al Ain international Airports, as of 28/09/2006. Under its mandate will be the re-development and expansion of Abu Dhabi International Airport, which includes the new midfield terminal designed to increase the overall capacity of the airport to 20 million passengers by 2010 . -- SPA
