Four of London's airports rank among the top 100 in the world, with Heathrow in the top 10, according to a passenger survey published this week.
The awards, dished out by air travel rating site Skytrax, name the best international airports each year based on a nine-month customer survey.
While Heathrow touches down in eighth place, up from 10th in last year's World Airport Awards, London City Airport is at number 32, and Gatwick and Stansted rank 40th and 73rd respectively.
There's more good news for London when it comes to stopping over mid-journey. Sofitel London Heathrow is rated the fifth best airport hotel in the world, and Heathrow is rated the third best airport in the world for diners.
The Royal Docks' London City, meanwhile, is the third best regional airport on the globe.
However, none of Britain's airports rank among the 10 best places "for customers to relax and unwind during the airport experience".
Tokyo's Kansai International Airport is rated as the world's best for baggage handling, having reportedly never lost a single piece of luggage since its opening 21 years ago.
"The baggage delivery award is based around various criteria, the core emphasis integrating speed and efficiency of baggage delivery, staff support services, baggage hall information and so on," Peter Miller, director of marketing for Skytrax, told the Telegraph.
The reasons for Kansai's performance were "somewhat intangible", he added, but possibly a result of "the more fastidious nature of staff and their disciplined approach towards ensuring maximum service efficiency."
Heathrow is currently vying to be given the go-ahead for a sixth terminal, following the cancellation by the coalition of an earlier planned project in 2010.
