Qatar Airways is the world’s finest airline, in response to AirlineRatings.com.
The Doha-based provider nabbed the distinguished Airline of the 12 months title for 2024, having nudged out final 12 months’s winner, Air New Zealand, for the highest spot.
Qantas and Virgin Australia/Atlantic got here ninth and tenth, respectively.
The judging panel, which consists of 5 editors, think about a spread of standards that embrace security and product score, fleet age, profitability, severe incidents, passenger critiques from a number of sources, innovation and ahead fleet orders.
Between the judges there’s greater than 100 years of trade expertise.
“In our goal evaluation Qatar Airways got here out primary in lots of key areas though it was a really shut scoring for the highest 10,” AirlineRatings.com editor-in-chief Geoffrey Thomas mentioned in an announcement.
“The passenger critiques nonetheless scored Qatar Airways forward of all airways and its consistency and excessive normal of service supply got here by way of within the suggestions.”
Coming in second on the Prime 25 listing is Korean Air adopted by Cathay Pacific Airways.
Air New Zealand fell again to identify 4 whereas Emirates secured fifth place adopted by Air France/ KLM, All Nippon Airways and Etihad Airways.
In 2023, each Qantas and Virgin Australia secured sixth and seventh spot, however this 12 months they fell again to ninth and tenth spot respectively.
In the meantime, Qatar Airways additionally picked up Finest Enterprise Class for the fifth 12 months working and Finest Catering and Air New Zealand received Finest Economic system Class.
Singapore Airways received Finest First Class, whereas Virgin Australia received Finest Cabin Crew.
Finest-in-Flight Leisure and Finest Premium Economic system went to Emirates.
It’s the ninth 12 months that Emirates has received the leisure awards. It was one of many first to introduce seat-back movies for economic system passengers again within the early Nineteen Nineties.
In keeping with Airlineratings.com.au it has led the sphere ever since and in the present day the system has 6,500 channels “making it a transparent winner for Finest Inflight Leisure”.
Qantas picked up Finest Lounges, whereas Etihad Airways picked up Finest Environmental Airline for the third 12 months working.
Qatar Airways’ success comes because the group reported a robust monetary efficiency for the primary half of 2023/2024.
It reported a web revenue of QAR 3.736 billion ($A1.537 billion) which represents a rise of 113.8 per cent in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months 2022/2023. The Group’s complete income for first half of fiscal 12 months 2023/2024 elevated to QAR 40.126 billion ($A16 billion)), up 7.4 per cent in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months 2022/2023.
