The India Expert

File this under humor.

Travel and Leisure Magazine, believes that New York JFK, Washington Dulles, Atlanta and El Paso are among the 12 ugliest airports in the world.  We’re shocked that no Indian or Chinese locations made it to their list which does include European, Indonesian and other distance airstrips.  Clearly the editors have not traveled to Lucknow (LKO) or Chennai in India (MAA) or had their eyes closed when they went through.

See this link for MAA . When I last went through, it was undergoing major reconstruction. LKO does not have photos that I can find. (taking airport photos in India is often restricted). Now I love both cities and find their airports very convenient in my travels so this is not a reflection of my opinions of these airports overall.  But they are uglier than JFK  or Dulles for any reasonable human being.

Posted on February 26th, 2010 by Gunjan

California-based management consultant Gunjan Bagla runs Amritt, a consulting firm helping American companies to succeed in India. He is author of Business in 21st Century India: How to Profit Today from Tomorrow’s Most Exciting Market (Hachette Book Group, July 2008).