The moment has arrived and Skytrax has released this year’s list of best airlines in the world for 2019. Skytrax ranks airlines based on more than 21 million survey responses from airline passengers. This year, no US-based airlines made the top 20.
The list goes as follows:
| Rank: | Airline:
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| 1 | Qatar Airways
TripAdvisor |
2018 Rank: 2
Qatar Airlines won world’s best business class and business-class seat for 2019. |
| 2 | Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines |
2018 Rank: 1
Singapore Airlines won world’s best cabin crew, best airline in Asia, world’s best first class and first-class seat tin 2019 |
| 3 | ANA All Nippon Airways
TripAdvisor |
2018 Rank: 3
ANA All Nippon Airways won the world’s best airport services, world’s best business-class catering, best business class in Asia, and best airline staff in Japan in 2019. |
| 4 | Cathay Pacific Airways
TripAdvisor |
2018 Rank: 6
Cathay Pacific attained high ratings for technology and safety in 2019. |
| 5 | Emirates
Forbes |
2018 Rank: 4
Emirates won world’s best inflight entertainment in 2019. |
| 6 | EVA Air
EVA Air |
2018 Rank: 5
EVA Air won world’s best airline-cabin cleanliness and world’s best economy-class catering in 2019. |
| 7 | Hainan Airlines
The Irish Times |
2018 Rank: 8
Hainan Airlines won best airline in China, best airline staff in China, and world’s best business-class amenities in 2019. |
| 8 | Qantas Airways
BBC |
2018 Rank: 11
Qantas won best airline, first-class, and business-class in the Australia/Pacific region in 2019. |
| 9 | Lufthansa
Lufthansa |
2018 Rank: 7
Lufthansa won best airline and first class in Europe in 2019. |
| 10 | Thai Airways
TODAYonline |
2018 Rank: 10
Thai Airways won best airline staff in Asia and world’s best airline spa facility. |
| 11 | Japan Airlines
Business Traveller |
2018 Rank: 13
Japan Airlines won world’s best economy class and economy-class seat in 2019. |
| 12 | Garuda Indonesia
Business Traveller |
2018 Rank: 9
Garuda Indonesia won best airline staff in Indonesia in 2019. |
| 13 | Swiss International Air Lines
TripAdvisor |
2018 Rank: 12
Swiss International Air Lines won world’s best first-class lounge in 2019. |
| 14 | China Southern Airlines
China Daily |
2018 Rank: 14
China Southern Airlines is Asia’s largest airline. |
| 15 | Austrian Airlines
International Flight Network |
2018 Rank: 16
Austrian Airlines won best premium economy catering, best business-class catering, and best cabin crew in Europe in 2019. |
| 16 | Air New Zealand
Airline Ratings |
2018 Rank: 17
Air New Zealand won best premium economy in the Australia/Pacific region in 2019. |
| 17 | Bangkok Airways
TAT Newsroom |
2018 Rank: 21
Bangkok Airways won world’s best regional airline in 2019. |
| 18 | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Sputnik International |
2018 Rank: 19
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is considered to be the world’s oldest airline, founded in 1919. |
| 19 | British Airways
BBC |
2018 Rank: 31
British Airways won best airline staff in Europe in 2019. |
| 20 | AirAsia
TripAdvisor |
2018 Rank: 28
AirAsia won best low-cost airline in 2019. |
