OREANDA-NEWS. August 06, 2014. For the 11th year, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has won the Global Efficiency Excellence Award from the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS). Over the weekend, ATRS released the results of its annual benchmarking study of commercial airports in Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and North America.

Based on a rigorous analysis of airport cost and revenue data, the ATRS benchmarking study assessed the productivity and efficiency of nearly 200 airports across the world.

"This recognition is another example of our commitment to making Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport the best in the world,” said Mayor Kasim Reed. “For the 11th time in 12 years, the world's busiest passenger airport has again been acknowledged as the world's most efficient. The 58,000 women and men who work on the Hartsfield-Jackson campus are committed to making it even better every single day."

“It is with great pride that our airport has once again been designated as the most efficient airport in the world,” said Hartsfield-Jackson Assistant General Manager Balram “B” Bheodari. “This award stands as a testament to our unwavering dedication to operational and managerial efficiency and cost competitiveness. I am grateful to ATRS for recognizing our continued efforts for the 11th year in a row.”

ATRS, the world’s leading academic society in the air transportation field, measures and compares the operating/managerial efficiency, cost competitiveness, financial performance and airport user charges for 200 airports and 26 airport groups in Canada, USA, Europe, Asia and Oceania. The ATRS Global Airport Benchmarking Task Force includes 15 leading professors/researchers from Asia, Europe, North America, Middle East and Australia. The ATRS Global Airport Performance Benchmarking Project has been formed and led by Professor Tae Hoon Oum of the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, and Chairman of ATRS.

“This airport benchmarking report provides a comprehensive and unbiased evaluation of airport performance around the world,” said Oum. “With increasing competition in airport transport markets worldwide, these rankings are helpful not only to the airport and airlines, but also to governments, consultants, regulatory commissions, institutional investors, researchers and graduate students.”

For more information on the Air Transport Research Society and the Global Efficiency Excellence Award, please visit www.atrsworld.org/airportawards.html.