Gatwick Airport has been named the "second worst airport in the world" - beaten only to the top top spot by Kuwait Airport.

And it's far from alone - in fact, Gatwick is one of four British airports to be named among the worst 10 in the world according to AirHelp.

Stansted also featured in the top five worst, with Heathrow Airport the top ranked UK airport at number 20 - sandwiched between San Francisco and Vancouver.

The AirHelp ranking - which looks at punctuality, quality and service across 76 airports worldwide - found Manchester Airport to be the third worst with Edinburgh making the top 10 worst list at number six.

The top airport in the world, according to the rankings, was Singapore's Changi, followed by Munich and Hong Kong, while the worst was Kuwait.

The rankings also looked at airlines, with British Airways placed seventh worldwide out of 87 carriers, followed by Virgin Atlantic.

Flybe came in 22nd, while Ryanair and Monarch featured in the bottom five of the rankings which measure on-time performance, quality of service and how well airlines process claims for compensation.

The top ranked carrier in the world was Singapore Airlines, with Bulgaria Air bringing up the rear.

Here are the top 10 airports in the world and their scores in the AirHelp index

Singapore Changi 9.07

Munich, Germany 8.66

Hong Kong 8.42

Copenhagen Kastrup, Denmark 8.04

Helsinki-Vantaa, Finland 8.03

Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky, USA 7.94

Barcelona El Prat, Spain 7.90

Madrid Adolfo Suarez-Barajas, Spain 7.81

Auckland, New Zealand 7.80

Frankfurt, Germany 7.76

And here are the worst 10 airports in the world and their scores in the AirHelp index

Kuwait 5.02

London Gatwick 5.38

Manchester 5.43

Newark Liberty, New Jersey, USA 5.92

Stansted 6.07

Edinburgh 6.10

Mumbai, India 6.21

Dubai, UAE 6.24

Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, Thailand 6.30

Delhi, India 6.31

So is Gatwick really that bad? And are UK airports getting a bad rep? let us k ow your experiences in the comments section below.

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