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The best of the rest

Which airports offer the most comfortable sleeping zones and where to find the most snooze-friendly facilities

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Illustration by Binay Sinha

Vijay Verghese New Delhi
Unlike the celebrated Iranian refugee Mehran Nasseri whose botched Paris transit in 1988 resulted in an 18-year residence at Charles De Gaulle airport, most air passengers would be quite happy if they never had to deal with airports at all — whether it be lumpen security officials, overpriced food, sloth-slow immigration or taxi rip-offs.
 
Some places like Sanya Phoenix International Airport, unburdened by WiFi or air-conditioning, further discourage lingering travellers by actually closing the airport and fastening a chain around the entrance doors when there is a lull in flights. At airports like New Delhi’s once-acclaimed Indira Gandhi International
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