Based on the results of 158 million datapoints from HappyOrNot “smiley terminals” in 160 airports across 36 countries, the UK’s Exeter airport has been rated the happiest airport in the world.
The report details the top eight rated airports worldwide, with Exeter first with a score of 88.66 per cent, followed by Cork and Rome Fiumicino (both scoring 88.45 per cent), Dallas Fort Worth (87.35 per cent), Newcastle, UK (87.05 per cent), Southend (86.79 per cent), Cardiff, (86.57 per cent) and Iceland’s Keflavik airport (86.35 per cent).
The scores are based on feedback data collected between November 2016 and November 2017, from airports which received over 120,000 feedbacks over the period across more than two points of experience (check-in, security, washrooms, arrivals, etc).