PERTH'S international reputation has taken a hit with a world-leading news website ranking Perth Airport as one of the most hated airports on the planet.

CNNGO.com, a travel-based division of CNN.com which is owned and operated by Ted Turner’s Cable News Network, published a report earlier this week titled “10 of the world’s most hated airports”.

Perth Airport came in at number nine between Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport in Brazil at number 10 and Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, in eighth place.

Specifically, it was major delays and queues for check-in and taxi services, among other inadequacies, that drew the ire of the journalist responsible for the article.

“With a reviled pair of domestic terminals (home of two-hour taxi-line queues, atrocious check-in lines, overpopulated gates and meager lounges) and a slightly more palatable international terminal five kilometers away, Perth’s brittle facilities can be overwhelmed just by a trio of aircraft arriving within 20 minutes of each other,” journalist Jordan Rane wrote.

“Now that an ambitious “billion-dollar” redevelopment project has been significantly scaled back, who would ever want to leave Changi for this place?”

Thankfully, the less than scenic drive to and from the airport along Great Eastern Highway failed to get a mention.

“But let’s be clear,” the article read, “the most hated airports in the world are not the worst airports in the world.”

“To come up with our admittedly unscientific list, we canvassed travel websites, blogs and message boards. And called on memories of our own travel nightmares.”

The nightmare has only just begun for Perth Airport and its reputation as a key gateway between South East Asia and Australia, not to mention Perth’s positioning and branding as an international destination.

CNN.com has consistently been ranked as one of the world’s most viewed and shared websites since it launched in the early 1990s.

Especially unfortunate has been the pronounced positioning the article has already received on social media.

The story had been Tweeted almost 400 times and “liked” on Facebook more than 2200 times in less than 48 hours.

Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris came in as the most hated airport in the world.

“Grimy washrooms with missing toilet seats don’t help. Nor do broken scanning machines and an overall lack of signage, gate information screens and Paris-worthy bars, restaurants or cafés,” the article read.

“The baffling circular layout is worsened by warrens of tunnel-like structures, dismissive staff and seething travelers waiting forever in the wrong queue.

“The worst part may be this airport’s aura of indifference to it all.

“If you’re actually staying in Paris, you may be okay. If you have the gall to just be passing through between Malaga and Montreal, you can cut the spite of this place with a cheese knife.”

Other airports which made the list included Los Angeles International Airport, Heathrow in London and JFK International in New York.