Qatar Airways has been named as best Airline of the Year for 2024 by website AirlineRatings.com . Korean Air and Cathay Pacific are at number two and three respectively .
Qatar Airways edged out previous winners Air New Zealand, as well as Korean Air, Cathay Pacific Airways, and Emirates for the top spot.
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The AirlineRatings.com Airline Excellence Awards are judged by five editors with over 100 years of industry experience. These awards combine major safety and government audits with 12 key criteria, including fleet age, passenger reviews, profitability, safety rating, product rating, innovation, and forward fleet orders.
AirlineRatings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas stated, “In our objective analysis, Qatar Airways came out number one in many key areas, although it was a very close scoring for the top ten.”
Mr. Thomas also noted, “The passenger reviews scored Qatar Airways ahead of all airlines, and its consistency and high standard of service delivery were evident in the feedback.”
The Top 25 premium airlines
- 1- Qatar Airways,
- 2- Korean Air,
- 3- Cathay Pacific Airways,
- 4- Air New Zealand,
- 5- Emirates,
- 6- Air France/KLM,
- 7- All Nippon Airways,
- 8- Etihad Airways,
- 9- Qantas,
- 10- Virgin Australia/Atlantic,
- 11- Vietnam Airlines,
- 12- Singapore Airlines,
- 13- EVA Air,
- 14- TAP Portugal,
- 15- JAL,
- 16- Finnair,
- 17- Hawaiian,
- 18- Alaska Airlines,
- 19- Lufthansa/Swiss,
- 20- Turkish Airlines,
- 21- IGA Group (British Airways & Iberia),
- 22- Air Canada,
- 23- Delta Air Lines,
- 24- United Airlines,
- 25- American Airlines.
Qatar Airways also won Best Business Class for the fifth consecutive year and Best Catering, while Air New Zealand secured the Best Economy Class award.
Best Low-cost Airlines
The website also announced its Top 25 Best Low-Cost Airlines which are as follows . (in alphabetical order)
AirAsia Group, Air Baltic, Air Canada Rouge, Cebu Pacific, easyjet, Eurowings, FlyDubai, FlyNAS, GOL, Jetblue, Jet2, Jetstar Group, Jeju air, Norwegian, Peach, Ryanair, Scoot, Spicejet, Suncountry, Southwest, Transavia, Vietjet, Volotea, Vueling, WizzAir.