Top Airlines of the World. The International Airline Industry growing at an annual rate of 7% in the last decade. The growth in International Airline Industry is linked with Globalization, increasing purchasing power of Emerging Economies and low oil prices. Air travel boosts International trade, investment and tourism. Skytrax World Airline Awards are a popular accreditation for the International Airline Industry. The annual Skytrax World Airline Awards are considered to be the global benchmark of airline excellence. The awards are decided through an International passenger satisfaction survey. The top ten airlines for the year 2016 are:
1 Emirates. Dubai’s Emirates has been declared the best airline of the world. Emirates provides best customer service through its largest fleet of (A 380s and Boeing 777) wide body aircraft and its state of the art flight entertainment system.
2 Qatar Airways. Discover the new height of luxury by flying with Qatar Airways to 150 destinations of the world. The state owned national flag carrier of Qatar operates a hub and spoke network.
3 Singapore Airlines. The best airline in Asia, Singapore Airline is the national flag carrier of Singapore. Singapore Airline operates with three airline subsidiaries. SilkAir functions regionally to secondary cities. Scoot and Tigerair operate as low cost Airlines.
4 Cathay Pacific. The national flag carrier of Hong Kong, Cathy Pacific has slipped one position from 2015. However, Cathy Pacific won the Best First Class Airline Lounge and World’s Best Airline Cabin Cleanliness awards in 2016.
5 ANA All Nippon Airways. Japans largest International Airline, ANA also received the awards for the Best Airline Staff Service in Asia and World’s Best Airport Services.
6 Etihad Airways. It is the second largest airline of UAE after Emirates. The national flag carrier of UAE operates from Abu Dhabi. It is known for its First Class and Business Class services. Eithad means Union in Arabic; the name Eithad is the symbol of United Arab Emirates.
7 Turkish Airlines. The national flag carrier of Turkey has been declared the best airline of Europe for the 6th consecutive year. Turkish Airline also won the Best Business Class Airline Catering and Best Business Class Lounge Dining.
8 EVA Air. The second largest privately owned Taiwanese Airline EVA Air has a distinction of introducing Premium Economy class in 1991.
9 Qantas Airways. The Flying Kangaroo is the national flag carrier of Australia. Qantas is the oldest airline of the world, formed with the collaboration of KLM and Avianca in 1920. Queensland and Northern Territories Aerial Services was abbreviated to form the name QANTAS.
10 Lufthansa. Passenger transport is the largest operation of Lufthansa . Lufthansa is working with a multi-center strategy. It includes passenger airline group Lufthansa passenger airlines (including Germanwings and Euroswings), Swiss Air and Austrian Airlines. Equity stakes in Brussels Airline adds to the strategic portfolio of Lufthansa.
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