Congratulations to our winners!
Excellence in
European Aviation
The ACI EUROPE Best Airport Awards are the region’s most prestigious recognition of airport performance, celebrating innovation, sustainability, and outstanding passenger experiences.
Join us in congratulating this year’s winners, whose remarkable achievements and inspiring work have earned industry recognition.
The annual ACI EUROPE 2026 Best Airport Awards winners were announced during the Gala Dinner of the 36th ACI EUROPE Annual Congress & General Assembly, taking place in Prague, Czechia, hosted by Prague Airport.
Main Category
Best Airport by Traffic Size
Best airport in action: excellence in operational efficiency, service quality & ESG impact
The most prestigious accolade for airports that demonstrate outstanding performance and exemplary best-practice implementation across operational efficiency, service quality, and environmental sustainability.
Under 5 Million Passengers
5-10 Million Passengers
10-25 Million Passengers
25-40 Million Passengers
Over 40 Million Passengers
Special Categories
Eco-Innovation Award
This award recognises one European airport that has taken its environmental management to new heights, demonstrating outstanding environmental excellence, exemplary performance, and an innovative approach.
Airports of all sizes can compete by submitting specific projects they have undertaken within one of the following categories:
- Climate Change
- Noise Management
- Biodiversity and Wildlife Management
- Air Quality
- Circular Economy
in partnership with
Digital Transformation Award
The initiative of SESAR Joint Undertaking in collaboration with ACI EUROPE recognises a European airport that has embraced digitalisation, adopting innovative technologies and procedures to improve the safety, capacity, efficiency, and environmental footprint of its operations.
Airports applying for this award must outline implemented SESAR or non-SESAR solutions that align with the SESAR vision of the Digital European Sky and its flagship technologies:
- Connected and automated ATM
- Virtualisation and cyber-secure data sharing
- Multimodality and passenger experience
- Aviation green deal
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) for aviation
in partnership with
HR Excellence Award
The award aims to give exposure to initiatives that will help the airport community
better assess and implement the new procedures and skills needed to develop its workforce.
This year, the focus of the award is on AI (Artificial Intelligence): How have HR departments integrated HR into their operations, and what best practices have they developed in using AI in any aspect of the EVP?
in partnership with
Meet the jury
Filip Cornelis
Director for DG MOVE, Directorate E
European Commission
Angela Gittens
Former Director General
ACI World
Andreas Boschen
Executive Director
SESAR Joint Undertaking
Patricia Reverdy
Executive Secretary
ECAC
Raúl Medina Caballero
Director General
EUROCONTROL
Florian Guillermet
Executive Director
EASA
Mark Pilling
Managing Editor
Aviation Week Network
Cheol-yun Kang
Senior Programme Manager
OECD
