The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) has bagged the apical honours astatine the Airports’ Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific & Middle East Safety Recognition Awards 2026.
The KIA won the diamond award, portion the golden and metallic went to Chubu Centrair International Airport, Nagoya, Japan and King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia respectively.
The ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East stated that the 2026 variation of the awards continues to recognise airdrome operators’ efforts successful promoting effectual information civilization and information absorption done innovative and cost-effective solutions.
The taxable of the twelvemonth is “Effective implementation of Runway Safety Team”. The ACI said that the recognised airports stood retired for their innovative solutions to code operational challenges and show operational resilience.
“Aviation information and ratio are the bedrocks of our industry, a harmless cognition and runway absorption are arsenic captious to support the spot of travellers, particularly successful an progressively analyzable operating environment. Airports crossed the portion person demonstrated a precocious modular of enactment and resilience to accommodate to the evolving environment. I congratulate the winners for their committedness to information excellence,” Stefano Baronci, Director General of ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East, said.

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