Vancouver's airport named best in North America
Vancouver's airport has been named the best in North America for 2024, rising to the top of the rankings for the first time since 2021.
The Skytrax World Airport Awards are handed out annually based on the results of a survey of travellers at more than 500 airports around the world. The survey includes questions about everything from the cleanliness of bathrooms, to the prices at cafes, to the availability of taxis, to the "terminal ambience, comfort and design," according to the website.
Tamara Vrooman, the airport's president and CEO, said the honour was a testament to the hard work and dedication of employees.
"From the team greeting people at our front doors, to those who move cargo and bags, to security staff who keep us moving safely, to those to maintain and clean our facilities – 26,000 people work at our airport each and every day with pride and purpose," she said in a statement.
Other airports in the top five for the region were: Seattle-Tacoma, Houston Hobby, New York LaGuardia, and Houston George Bush. YVR was also ranked the cleanest airport in North America.
Globally, Vancouver was the only North American Airport to crack the top 20 – coming in 17th.
Vancouver also cracked the Top 10 in the world in two categories. The Fairmont Vancouver Airport hotel was ranked fifth in the world and YVR came in seventh for "Best Art."
The only other Canadian airports to make the list of the world's top 100 were Montreal, at number 53, and Toronto, which was ranked 63rd.
Qatar's Doha Hamad International Airport was ranked the best in the world, overall.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Poilievre kicked out of Commons after calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 'wacko'
Testy exchanges between the prime minister and his chief opponent ended with the Opposition leader and one of his MPs being ejected from the House of Commons on Tuesday -- and the rest of Conservative caucus walking out of the chamber in protest.
Baby, grandparents among 4 people killed in wrong-way police chase on Ontario's Hwy. 401
A police chase which started with a liquor store robbery in Bowmanville Monday night ended in tragedy some 20 minutes later when a suspect fleeing police entered Highway 401 in the wrong direction and caused a pileup which killed an infant and the child's grandparents, as well as the suspect, investigators say.
Freeland leaves capital gains tax change out of coming budget implementation bill, here's why
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will be tabling yet another omnibus bill to pass a sweeping range of measures promised in her April 16 federal budget, though left out of the legislation will be the government's proposed capital gains tax change.
CSE says it shared information on Chinese hacking of parliamentarians in 2022
While several MPs and senators say they were only recently made aware of China-backed hackers targeting them, the Communications Security Establishment, one of Canada's intelligence agencies, says it shared information about the incident with parliamentary officials in June of 2022.
Man dies after suffering cardiac arrest while waiting in ER, widow wants investigation
When an ambulance took David Lippert to the hospital in March of 2023, the 68-year-old Kitchener, Ont., executive was hoping to find out why he was feeling weak and unable to walk. Some 24 hours later, he was found unresponsive in the ER.
Sword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 4 others
A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers in a northeast London suburb Tuesday, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring four other people, British authorities said.
WATCH Arnold Schwarzenegger spotted filming in Elora, Ont.
The name of the project has not been officially released although it’s widely believed to be the Netflix series FUBAR.
Eviction for landlord's use was legitimate, despite owners' partial move, B.C. court rules
A B.C. judge has upheld the eviction of a family from their North Vancouver townhouse, finding that the landlords did not take an unreasonable amount of time to move into the home after the tenants vacated it.
What's causing the catastrophic rainfall in Kenya?
The torrential rains and deadly floods that have hit Kenya since March have been some of the worst in the country in recent years. Here's how factors combined to create the deadly deluge.