Best of the best: Airport Authority Airport Management Director Howard Eng receives the Best International Airport Prize from TravelWeekly.

Hong Kong International Airport has once again been named the world's best, and it has accepted the 2007 Asia-Pacific Airport Efficiency Excellence Award, from the Airport Transport Research Society.

It was awarded the Best International Airport Prize in the 2007 TravelWeekly (Asia) Industry Awards.

It won the Airport Transport Research Society award after receiving the top score among 30 major Asian airports. Conducted by international aviation experts, the Global Airport Benchmarking Project measured productivity, efficiency, costs, competitiveness, financial results and airport charges.

It was also nominated for the Best International Airport award by a panel of travel-industry experts. The final award was determined in a poll involving more than 160,000 individual votes from TravelWeekly magazine readers.

"These awards, which were presented by both academics and our peers in the travel industry, are a testament to the hard work and dedication of the 60,000 people who comprise the airport community," Airport Authority Hong Kong Chief Executive Officer Stanley Hui said.

"By combining modern, efficient facilities with an airport-wide focus on customer service, we will continue to lead our industry and deliver the greatest possible benefit to passengers using our airport and the people of Hong Kong," he added.