Qatar Airways has been chosen the best airline in the world at the ‘Aviation Oscars’.
The airline triumphed over 350 airline companies in the Skytrax World Airlines Awards 2024beating last year’s winner, Singapore Airlines, which came in second place.
Emirates occupies third place, ANA All Nippon Airways fourth and Cathay Pacific comes fifth.
British Airways has two reasons to celebrate: the airline rises from 18th to 13th place in the overall table and takes home the crown as the world’s most family-friendly airline, having placed tenth in this category last year.
Delta Airlines once again reigns as the Best Airline in North America, although it fails to rank among the top 20 worldwide, and Fiji Air ways secures the award for Best Airline in Australia/Pacific. RyanairMeanwhile, it has revolutionized the category of the world’s best low-cost airlines, coming ninth, ahead of its UK rivals. easyJet in tenth and very dear Jet2.com in 12. The absolute winner of the category is AirAsia.
Qatar Airways has been chosen the best airline in the world at the ‘Aviation Oscars’
The overall winner, Qatar Airways, also takes first place in the World’s Best Business Class category. Above: Airline Qsuite
British Airways rises from 18th to 13th place in the overall ranking. Above: your elegant business class (‘Club World’ cabin)
BA also takes home the crown as the world’s most family-friendly airline, having placed tenth in this category last year. Above: One of the airline’s Boeing 777s.
The overall winner, Qatar Airways, is also ranked first in the World’s Best Business Class category and was voted the cleanest airline in the Middle East and the airline with the world’s best business class lounge, at the International Airport Hamad.
Receiving the award for Best Airline in the World at the awards ceremony at Fairmont Windsor Park, near London Heathrow, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Officer Badr Mohammed Al-Meer said: “This is a moment of pride for Qatar Airways and I am honored to share this award with my hard-working colleagues. This award is a testament to our tireless dedication to providing unparalleled service and innovation. We look forward to more victories in the future.
Skytrax’s Edward Plaisted said: “It is a remarkable achievement for Qatar Airways to win this World’s Best Airline title by 2024, the eighth time they have done so.”
‘Qatar Airways achieved excellent results in many award categories, most notably having its Business Class cabin recognized as the World’s Best Business Class and its Al Mourjan Garden Lounge named the World’s Best Business Class Airline Lounge.
Singapore Airlines has been ranked the second best airline in the world
Second-place Singapore Airlines takes top honors in the World’s Best Cabin Staff ranking. Above: A Singapore Airlines business class cabin
Delta Air Lines reigns as North America’s best airline
Shown above is a cabin of the Delta Air Lines A330-900neo
“We congratulate Qatar Airways on this success, which should be a source of great pride and satisfaction for the airline’s management and staff.”
Second place Singapore Airlines obtains top honors in the World’s Best Cabin Staff ranking and takes first place on the podium in the prestigious World’s Best First Class category.
Third place Emirates wins the award for best airline in-flight entertainment in the world and fifth place cathay takes the honors of Best Economy Class in the World.
The rest of the top 10 of the general classification is made up Japan Airlines (sixth and best premium economy class in the world), Turkish airlines (seventh and best airline in Europe), Eva Air (eighth), French Air (ninth and best first class catering in the world) and Swiss international airlines (10th and best first class lounge for Zurich).
Expanding Graduates in Letters Skytrax, winner of the world’s most family-friendly airline, said: “This award covers many aspects of the experience, including family seating policies, family check-in facilities, priority boarding, children’s meals, amenities/toys/packages. activities for children, on-board entertainment specifically for children”. , children’s luggage and carrycot/stroller policies, and the standards of assistance service of ground staff and cabin crew during the family travel experience.’
Loyal air receives for the first time the award as Best Low Cost Airline in North America and Ethiopian airlines has won the Best Airline in Africa award for the sixth consecutive year.
Commenting on how the awards were decided, Skytrax said: ‘The World Airline Awards are completely independent and impartial and were introduced in 1999 to provide a customer satisfaction study that is truly global. Travelers from around the world vote in the largest airline passenger satisfaction survey to determine award winners.
‘More than 100 customer nationalities participated in the 2023/2024 survey, with 21.42 million eligible entries counted in the results. Survey entries are examined to identify IP and user information, with all duplicates,
Suspicious or ineligible entries are removed. More than 350 airlines appear in the final results of the award.’
For last year’s results, click here.