Dublin Airport has made a list of the world’s top airports – ranked on punctuality, customer opinions and food and retail offerings.
Dublin was the only Irish airport to make the list of the world’s top 250 airports, conducted by air passenger rights group AirHelp.
Dublin rose 12 places, from 133rd in 2024 to 121st this year, with an overall score of 7.57 out of 10. The data reveals that Dublin Airport received 7.5 for punctuality, 7.5 for customer opinions, and 7.7 for food & shops.
The global ranking for 2025 reveals that Cape Town Airport in South Africa as the world’s leading airport, scoring 8.57 points overall. It overtakes Doha Hamad Airport in Qatar, last year’s number one, which now holds second place with a strong score of 8.52 points. Riyadh King Khaled Airport has risen through the ranks from 33rd place in 2024, to third place this year with 8.47 points.
Brasília–Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek Airport in Brazil takes fourth place, having moved up one position from last year. It achieved an overall score of 8.47, bolstered by an impressive 8.6 for punctuality. Finally, Muscat Airport makes the top five global airports, scoring 8.47 points overall.
Bodø Airport in Norway; Oslo Gardermoen Airport, also in Norway, Bilbao Airport in Spain’s Basque Country and Iceland’s Reykjavik Keflavik Airport were the best performers in Europe.
Tomasz Pawliszyn, CEO of AirHelp commented: “At AirHelp, we believe passengers should be able to make decisions about air travel based on more than just the price of a flight. Our goal is to equip them with an insight into flight performance using other factors that matter. Through the AirHelp Score, we can help passengers better predict what their experience will look like at different airports and what they can do if their flight gets delayed, cancelled or overbooked.”
