Qatar Airways is 2024’s “Airline of the Yr,” in accordance with AirlineRatings.com.
The Doha-based airline is again on high, after falling to No. 2, behind Air New Zealand, in 2023.
The record combines main security and authorities audits with 12 key standards, from product rankings and passenger critiques to security, fleet age and incident studies, in accordance with the web site.
This yr’s record is once more dominated by Center Japanese and Asia-Pacific carriers, although Europe’s Air France/KLM entered the rating at No. 6.
The entire high 25 record of premium airways for 2024, in accordance with AirlineRatings.com, is as follows:
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 Airways
12. Singapore Airways
13. EVA Air
14. TAP Portugal
15. JAL
16. Finnair
17. Hawaiian
18. Alaska Airways
19. Lufthansa / Swiss
20. Turkish Airways
21. IGA Group (British Airways, Iberia)
22. Air Canada
23. Delta Air Traces
24. United Airways
25. American Airways
In an article announcing the ranking, AirlineRatings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas stated “Qatar Airways got here out primary in lots of key areas though it was a really shut scoring for the highest ten.”
Qatar Airways additionally received the “Greatest Enterprise Class” category for the fifth time in a row, whereas Singapore Airways was named “Greatest First Class” and Air New Zealand for “Greatest Economic system Class.”
“Greatest Premium Economic system” was awarded to Emirates, which was additionally named as having the “Greatest In-Flight Leisure.”
For the third yr in a row, Etihad Airways took high honors because the “Greatest Environmental Airline,” rounding out wins for every of the “ME3 carriers” — a time period to explain the dominant three Center Japanese airways: Doha’s Qatar Airways, Dubai’s Emirates and Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways.
The highest 25 low-cost carriers
AirlineRatings.com additionally assesses low-cost airways utilizing 12 standards, however doesn’t rank the highest 25 winners.
Right here is the 2024 record, in alphabetical order:
• AirAsia Group
• Air Baltic
• Air Canada Rouge
• Cebu Pacific
• EasyJet
• Eurowings
• FlyDubai
• FlyNAS
• GOL
• Jeju Air
• JetBlue
• Jetstar Group
• Jet2
• Norwegian
• Peach
• Ryanair
• Scoot
• SpiceJet
• Southwest Airways
• Solar Nation Airways
• Transavia
• Vietjet
• Volotea
• Vueling
• WizzAir
The web site additionally names one of the best low-cost carriers by area, that are:
• Americas: Southwest Airways
• Center East: FlyDubai
• Asia: AirAsia Group
• Australia/Pacific: Jetstar Group
• Europe: EasyJet
Vietnam’s Vietjet was named one of the best extremely low-cost airline and one of the best low-cost airline for onboard hospitality.
