QATAR AIRWAYS IS VOTED WORLD'S BEST AIRLINE IN 2017

QATAR AIRWAYS IS VOTED WORLD’S BEST AIRLINE IN 2017

By: Christian Stan | 22 June, 2017

Qatar Airways was announced the World’s Best Airline at the SKYTRAX 2017 World Airline Awards. Voted Best Airline by travellers across the world in the annual passenger survey, the Doha based carrier has now won the prestigious Airline of the Year title for a fourth time. Qatar Airways enjoyed further success by winning major awards for the World’s Best Business Class, the World’s Best First Class Lounge and as the Best Airline in the Middle East.

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Qatar Airways, which travels to destinations across Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Africa, North America and South America, was honored with the accolade during an awards ceremony Tuesday. It had come in at second place in 2016.

“In a relatively short time, Qatar Airways has grown to more than 140 destinations worldwide, offering levels of service excellence that helped the award-winning carrier to become best in the world,” leading consumer aviation website Skytrax, which led the awards, said in a statement.

Business Class at Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways’ prestigious award comes at a time when the gas-rich country is coping with an isolation attempt by neighbors Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt — who imposed a regional blockade on Qatar two weeks ago, accusing the state of supporting terrorism. Qatar has since said it will not negotiate with its neighbors to resolve the dispute unless they first lift the trade and travel boycott. The state has denied the accusations that it funds terrorism, foments regional instability or has cozied up to enemy Iran.

Singapore Airlines is the second best airline in the world in 2017

Singapore Airlines, a perennial favourite in the awards was ranked No. 2 in the world, also receiving awards as the Best Airline in Asia, the World’s Best Business Class seat and for having the Best Premium Economy Onboard Catering.

Referred to as the “Oscars of the aviation industry”, the World Airline Awards are held in high esteem for clarity of process and independence, with no outside sponsorship or external influence. The survey voting processes and awards results analysis were subject to detailed, independent assessment by the UK advertising authority (ASA) in 2015 and found fully compliant, transparent and independent.

Lufthansa is ranked the best European Airline

The survey enables any airline in the world to be nominated, allowing travellers to make their own choice, underlining the brand as the Passenger’s Choice Awards.

Emirates loosed the 1st place to Qatar and ranks only on 4th place this year…

19.87 million eligible survey entries were counted in the final results, and 105 nationalities participated in the survey from August 2016 to May 2017. The survey covered over 325 airlines, from largest international airlines to smaller domestic carriers, measuring Quality standards for 41 KPI’s across front-line product and service factors in the Airport and Onboard environments.