Southeast Asia's Safest Airports 2020 for COVID-19 Health and Safety Measures

September 21, 2020 9:40 AM GMT+7 1 min

While travel associations have been urging governments to re-establish global connectivity and re-open borders, they understand that safety rules the roost and people are only willing to step out if stakeholders prioritise the health of travellers.

While safety concerns arise from the time people step out of their houses, the perception of enclosed public spaces has changed drastically and airports are no exception. Airports play a critical role in easing the passengers into the new normal. They are the first line of defense in ensuring a safe and less anxious travel.

Following the announcement of the safest airlines, Safe Travel Barometer has now released the Safe Travel Score for airports worldwide. This score is an industry-first rating initiative, based on an independent audit of more than 200 airports and 20 traveler health and safety measures announced by airports.

With a score of 4.7 out of 5, Changi Airport in Singapore has been rated the safest across more than 200 airports evaluated by Safe Travel Barometer. The Safe Travel Score is an indicator of the preparedness of the travel industry as part of the ‘new normal’.

Close on the heels of Changi is Frankfurt Airport, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, each tied at a Safe Travel Score of 4.6 out of 5. UAE’s Abu Dhabi International Airport and Dubai International Airport are tied at 4.5 each. Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport has also made it to the global top 10.

In Southeast Asia, Chiang Mai Airport trails closely behind Changi Airport with 4.2 points, followed by KLIA (Kualu Lumpur), Soekarno-Hatta Airport (Jakarta), and I Gusti Ngurah Rai (Bali).
As Virendra Jain, Co-Founder and CEO, Safe Travel, states, “Overnight, hundreds of airports worldwide had to upend their operational processes; research, evaluate and implement a variety of initiatives to ensure traveler and crew safety and comfort, while also minimising the chances of Covid-19 transmission.”

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Akhyari Hananto

I began my career in the banking industry in 1997, and stayed approx 6 years in it. This industry boost his knowledge about the economic condition in Indonesia, both macro and micro, and how to More understand it. My banking career continued in Yogyakarta when I joined in a program funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB),as the coordinator for a program aimed to help improve the quality of learning and teaching process in private universities in Yogyakarta. When the earthquake stroke Yogyakarta, I chose to join an international NGO working in the area of ?disaster response and management, which allows me to help rebuild the city, as well as other disaster-stricken area in Indonesia. I went on to become the coordinator for emergency response in the Asia Pacific region. Then I was assigned for 1 year in Cambodia, as a country coordinator mostly to deliver developmental programs (water and sanitation, education, livelihood). In 2009, he continued his career as a protocol and HR officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya, and two years later I joined the Political and Economic Section until now, where i have to deal with extensive range of people and government officials, as well as private and government institution troughout eastern Indonesia. I am the founder and Editor-in-Chief in Good News From Indonesia (GNFI), a growing and influential social media movement, and was selected as one of The Most Influential Netizen 2011 by The Marketeers magazine. I also wrote a book on "Fundamentals of Disaster Management in 2007"?, "Good News From Indonesia : Beragam Prestasi Anak Bangsa di dunia"? which was luanched in August 2013, and "Indonesia Bersyukur"? which is launched in Sept 2013. In 2014, 3 books were released in which i was one of the writer; "Indonesia Pelangi Dunia"?, "Indonesia The Untold Stories"? and "Growing! Meretas Jalan Kejayaan" I give lectures to students in lectures nationwide, sharing on full range of issues, from economy, to diplomacy Less

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