Taxis wait for passengers at Beijing Capital International. The airport handled almost 82 million passengers last year. Tee Eng Koon / AFP
A British Airways plane comes in to land at Heathrow Airport in London. Heathrow airport handled about 70 million passengers last year. Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP Photo
Passengers walk through the newly opened international terminal building of Tokyo’s Haneda International airport in 2010. Yoshikazu Tsuno / AFP
NBA basketball player Darko Milicic waits at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. Paul Beaty / AP Photo
Los Angeles International airport handled 63.6 million passengers last year. David McNew / Getty Images / AFP
A traveller looks at boarding announcements at the Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. Thomas Coex / AFP
American Airlines planes on the tarmac at Dallas-Fort Worth International airport. Louis DeLuca / The Dallas Morning News
A passenger at Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta. Beawiharta / Reuters
Dubai International expects to attract 65.4 million passengers this year. Stephen Lock / The National