{"id":165587,"date":"2024-05-28T14:00:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=165587"},"modified":"2024-05-28T21:06:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T21:06:08","slug":"qatar-airways-named-worlds-best-airline-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/05\/qatar-airways-named-worlds-best-airline-for-2024.html","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Airways named &#8220;World\u2019s Best Airline&#8221; for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Qatar Airways<\/strong> has been recognized as the \u201cAirline of the Year 2024\u201d by <strong>AirlineRatings<\/strong>, safety and product rating website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Qatari airline nudged out previous winners Air New Zealand as well as Korean Air, Cathay Pacific Airways and Emirates for the top spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AirlineRatings Airline Excellence Awards, judged by five editors with over 100 years of industry experience, combines major safety and government audits, with 12 key criteria that include: fleet age, passenger reviews, profitability, safety rating, product rating, innovation and forward fleet orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn our objective analysis Qatar Airways came out number one in many key areas although it was a very close scoring for the top ten\u201d, AirlineRatings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe passenger reviews however scored Qatar Airways ahead of all airlines and its consistency and high standard of service delivery came through in the feedback,\u201d Thomas added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2024\/05\/qatar-executive-takes-delivery-of-worlds-first-two-gulfstream-g700-aircraft.html\">Qatar Executive takes delivery of world\u2019s first two Gulfstream G700 aircraft<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Top 25 premium airlines are Qatar Airways, Korean Air, Cathay Pacific Airways, Air New Zealand, Emirates, Air France\/ KLM, All Nippon Airways, Etihad Airways, Qantas, Virgin Australia\/Atlantic, Vietnam Airlines, Singapore Airlines, EVA Air, TAP Portugal, JAL, Finnair, Hawaiian, Alaska Airlines, Lufthansa \/ Swiss, Turkish Airlines, IGA Group (British Airways &amp; Iberia) Air Canada, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and American Airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qatar Airways picked up Best Business Class for the fifth year running and Best Catering and Air New Zealand won Best Economy Class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore Airlines won Best First Class, while Virgin Australia won Best Cabin Crew. Best-In-Flight Entertainment and Best Premium Economy went to Emirates, while Qantas picked up Best Lounges. Etihad Airways picked up Best Environmental Airline for the third year running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Excellence in Long Haul travel: <\/strong>Middle East \u2013 Qatar Airways, North Asia \u2013 Korean Air, Europe \u2013 Air France, North America \u2013 Air Canada, South America \u2013 Latam, Southern Europe \u2013 Turkish Airlines, South-East Asia\u2013 Cathay Pacific Airways and Australia\/Pacific \u2013 Air New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best Regional Airline was Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AirlineRatings.com\u2019s Best Low-Cost Airlines are;<\/strong> Americas \u2013 Southwest, Middle East \u2013 Fly Dubai, Asia \u2013 AirAsia Group, Australia\/Pacific \u2013 Jetstar Group and Europe \u2013 easyJet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vietjet picked up two awards; Best Ultra Low-Cost Airline and Best Low-Cost Airline Onboard Hospitality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AirlineRatings also announced its Top 25 Best Low-Cost Airlines which are in alphabetical order: AirAsia Group, 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