Airport reviews
- ★★
- Nice
Underwhelming European airport at least offers a beautiful view
France’s second-busiest hub has so much potential, yet it’s an underwhelming gateway to a beloved tourist region.
- Chrissie McClatchie
- ★★★★★
- New Orleans
Doughnuts and jazz? This award-winning airport bursts with personality
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is sweeping and sparkling, but a world-famous beignet cafe is the (powdery) icing on the cake.
- Jenny Hewett
- ★★★
- Johannesburg
Utilitarian at best: The international airport the designers forgot
It’s a lot better than it was before the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but it’s still plain, uninspiring and sprawling.
- Julietta Jameson
- ★★★★½
- Air travel
One of the world’s busiest airports gets a $2 billion upgrade
Ten years ago I waited in a snaking security queue that extended out into the snow. Now a $US1.3 billion refurbishment is making this airport one of the best.
- Kate Allman
Best of the best: This is the ultimate airport
We can only dream of airport experiences being joyful and carefree because for the most part they are the opposite.
- Ben Groundwater
- ★★★★
- Thailand
This Thai island airport may be my all-time favourite
Despite a bizarre experience with my luggage, Koh Samui’s airport keeps me in holiday mode a little longer.
- Justine Costigan
- ★★½
- Frankfurt
Europe’s biggest buzzkill airport has football pitch-sized wastelands
This major European hub may be as big as an intergalactic shopping mall, but it’s without the fun stuff.
- Flip Byrnes
- ★★★½
- Indonesia
This airport is hot, humid, dated and underwhelming
Indonesia’s biggest airport is not going to win any beauty contests and its design seems to undermine the air-conditioning.
- Jenny Hewett
- ★★★★
- Byron Bay
This in-demand region’s airport got an upgrade. It may need another soon
Fresh from a $20 million upgrade, this is a great regional hub. But given the growing popularity of all things Byron, the terminal might need to grow.
- Shaney Hudson
- ★★★★½
- Abu Dhabi
Inside the $4.8 billion ‘world’s most beautiful airport’
It’s an increasingly popular stopover spot for Australians and was striking enough for Tom Cruise to shoot a major Mission Impossible scene in.
- Anthony Dennis
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