Best Airlines

[Gob]

1. Qatar Airways (1)

2. Asiana Airlines (3)

3. Singapore Airlines (2)

4. Cathay Pacific Airways (4)

5. ANA All Nippon Airways (11)

6. Etihad Airways (6)

7. Turkish Airlines (9)

8. Emirates (10)

9. Thai Airways International (5)

10. Malaysia Airlines (12)

11. Garuda Indonesia (19)

12. Virgin Australia (32)

13. EVA Air (16)

14. Lufthansa (15)

15. Qantas Airways (8) (Flight Test)

16. Korean Air (24) (Flight Test)

17. Air New Zealand (7) (Flight Test)

18. Swiss Int'l Air Lines (13)

19. Air Canada (21) (Flight Test)

20. Hainan Airlines (23)

Other awards

Best first class - Etihad Airways

Best business class - Cathay Pacific

Best premium economy - Qantas

Best economy class - Singapore Airlines

Best inflight entertainment - Emirates

Best low-cost airline - AirAsia

Best cabin staff - Malaysia Airlines

Best economy class meals - Singapore Airlines

Best first class lounge - Qantas (Sydney Airport)

Source: http://www.worldairlineawards.com

[loCAtek]

[dgs49]

One can only speculate about the percentage of the world's population that travels enough to render any meaningful opinion on this topic.

My guess is that it would be a zero, followed by a point, followed by several more zeros and a random number, say, "0.000000000000043%"

The best airline experience I ever had was on an Air Singapore flight. Coach.

Real china, real silver, beautiful, friendly stewardesses (NOT flight attendants), and good food. Didn't want to get off the plane.

For domestic, cheap flying in the U.S., I think Southwest has the right system. No assigned seats, carry your own stuff, and move quickly.

[Gob]

One can only speculate about the percentage of the world's population that travels enough to render any meaningful opinion on this topic.

Why would the "world population" have anything to do with it Dave? It's more a case of those who do you use the facility.

Approximately 1,423,500,000 people travel by airplane per year, about 3,900,000 passengers travel by flight every day.

[Econoline]

I've never flown Virgin America or WestJet (which were rated higher) but I've flown Southwest a lot and agree with you there. Also agree about the possible number of informed voters in this poll, but it would have to be more than 0.00000001% of the world's population.

From the same site:
http://www.worldairlineawards.com/Award ... merica.htm
The Best Low-Cost Airlines in North America
1 Virgin America
2 WestJet
3 Southwest Airlines
4 Frontier Airlines
5 Volaris
6 Spirit Airlines
7 Sun Country Airlines
8 Allegiant Air
9 Interjet
10 VivaAerobus

[Scooter]

I'm always struck by how many airlines from Southeast Asia make the list - they must have an entirely different philosophy of what air travel is supposed to be like, or something.

[Gob]

Nah, it's just they have these super hot Asian totty stewardesses.

[Rick]

I slept through the best flight of my life....

[Gob]

My best flight was with Hen, Japan Airlines, just over St Petersburg if I remember correctly.

[The Hen]

Not an Aeroflot in sight. I am not surprised. They certainly rated as my worst airline.