Qatar Airways: Best Airline in the World 2015
Qatar Airways has been named the Best Airline in the World for 2015 by leading flight buyer site Skytrax. The Gulf-based carrier was given the honor at Tuesday’s grant function at the 2015 Paris Air Show.
According to Business Insider , alternate carriers to make the Skytrax’s main 10 incorporate Singapore Airlines, Turkish Airlines, ANA, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Etihad, Qantas, Garuda Indonesia, and EVA Air.
On the other hand, Skytrax has yet to uncover the accurate request of the main 10. Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker told CNN that the meriting beneficiaries of the honors are the airline’s staff.
Qatar’s victory unseated a year ago’s victor, Singapore Airlines.
Notwithstanding best airline, Qatar likewise took home the top prize for Best Airline in the Middle East and Best Business Class seat. Qatar Airways already held the top price in 2011 and in 2012.
Other winners at the ceremony included AirAsia, which took home the top prize for Best Low-Cost Airline for the seventh year consecutively.
The Skytrax awards are chosen in view of independent survey finished by 18.9 million travelers from 110 distinct nations around the globe.
Provided below is how some of the top airlines got ranked in different categories:
| The world’s top 10 airlines | World’s Best Cabin Staff | World’s Best Economy Class Airlines |
| 1 Qatar Airways | 1 Garuda Indonesia | 1 Asiana Airlines |
| 2 Singapore Airlines | 2 Cathay Pacific | 2 Singapore Airlines |
| 3 Cathay Pacific Airways | 3 Singapore Airlines | 3 Qatar Airways |
| 4 Turkish Airlines | 4 Asiana Airlines | 4 Garuda Indonesia |
| 5 Emirates | 5 Malaysia Airlines | 5 Cathay Pacific Airways |
| 6 Etihad Airways | 6 Qatar Airways | 6 ANA All Nippon Airways |
| 7 ANA All Nippon Airways | 7 EVA Air | 7 Emirates |
| 8 Garuda Indonesia | 8 ANA All Nippon Airways | 8 Turkish Airlines |
| 9 EVA Air | 9 Thai Airways | 9 Thai Airways |
| 10 Qantas Airways | 10 Hainan Airlines | 10 EVA Air |
| World’s Best Business Class Airlines | World’s Best Inflight Entertainment |
| 1 Singapore Airlines | 1 Emirates |
| 2 Qatar Airways | 2 Qatar Airways |
| 3 Cathay Pacific | 3 Singapore Airlines |
| 4 ANA All Nippon Airways | 4 Qantas |
| 5 Etihad Airways | 5 Etihad Airways |
| 6 Garuda Indonesia | 6 Turkish Airlines |
| 7 Qantas Airways | 7 Cathay Pacific |
| 8 Emirates | 8 Virgin Atlantic |
| 9 Turkish Airlines | 9 Thai Airways |
| 10 Oman Air | 10 Air France |
About Qatar Airways
Founded in 1993 and re-launched in 1997, Qatar Airways is the national carrier of Qatar, based at Doha Hamad International Airport. The carrier is wholly-owned by the Qatari government. Qatar Airways is one of the Middle East’s “big three” network airlines, operating an extensive network of international services to destinations in the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America. Qatar Airways joined the one world global alliance on 30-Oct-2013. The carrier’s investments include a 9.99% stake in the International Airlines Group (IAG), the group’s largest shareholder.
