Qatar Airways has got being the world’s best airline down to a fine art.
Yet again – for the sixth year in a row – it has been named the No.1 carrier on the planet out of 350 airlines at the ‘Oscars of Aviation’, the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2021.
In second place is Singapore Airlines, with British Airways 11th worldwide, up from No.19 in 2019 and No.31 in 2018. The top carrier in America is named as Delta Air Lines (30th worldwide), with Qantas top in Australia/Pacific (eighth worldwide).
Qatar Airways has been named as the No.1 carrier on the planet out of 350 airlines at the ‘Oscars of Aviation’. Above is a first-class cabin on one of the carrier’s A380s
Groaning trophy cabinet: Qatar Airways scoops the gong for World’s Best Business Class (pictured above)
Edward Plaisted of Skytrax commented that for Qatar Airways to win for the sixth time in a row is a ‘remarkable achievement’.
What’s more, the airline adds the following gongs from this year’s awards to its groaning trophy cabinet – World’s Best Business Class, World’s Best Business Class Seat, World’s Best Business Class Airline Lounge and Best Business Class Onboard Catering.
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr Akbar Al Baker, said: ‘This award is the result of the incredible work by the Qatar Airways team and I want to thank our valued passengers for their loyalty and appreciation for all we have offered during the most challenging and uncertain times, without compromising on the service and excellence that the airline is renowned for throughout the world.
SKYTRAX GLOBAL AWARD-WINNERS FOR 2021
The World’s Top 40 Airlines of 2021
1. Qatar Airways
2. Singapore Airlines
3. ANA All Nippon Airways
4. Emirates
5. Japan Airlines
6. Cathay Pacific
7. EVA Air
8. Qantas Airways
9. Hainan Airlines
10. Air France
11. British Airways
12. China Southern
13. Lufthansa
14. Aeroflot Russian Airlines
15. Garuda Indonesia
16. KLM
17. Turkish Airlines
18. Swiss Int’l Air Lines
19. Bangkok Airways
20. Air New Zealand
21. Etihad Airways
22. Korean Air
23. Thai Airways
24. Virgin Atlantic
25. Asiana Airlines
26. Saudi Arabian Airlines
27. Austrian
28. Vistara
29. AirAsia
30. Delta Air Lines
31. Finnair
32. jetBlue Airways
33. Air Canada
34. Virgin Australia
35. Iberia
36. Aegean Airlines
37. Ethiopian Airlines
38. China Airlines
39. Southwest Airlines
40. Scoot
World’s Best Cabin Crew 2021
1. Singapore Airlines
2. ANA All Nippon Airways
3. Thai Airways
4. Garuda Indonesia
5. Japan Airlines
6. Hainan Airlines
7. EVA Air
8. Asiana Airlines
9. Cathay Pacific Airways
10. Qatar Airways
World’s Best Low-Cost Airlines 2021
1. AirAsia
2. Southwest Airlines
3. Scoot
4. Vueling Airlines
5. IndiGo
6. EasyJet
7. Jetstar Airways
8. Ryanair
9. Jetstar Asia
10. Flynas
The World’s Cleanest Airlines 2021
1. ANA All Nippon Airways
2. Singapore Airlines
3. Japan Airlines
4. Qatar Airways
5. EVA Air
6. Cathay Pacific Airways
7. Asiana Airlines
8. Korean Air
9. Hainan Airlines
10. Swiss International Air Lines
Source: Skytrax
Advertisement 
British Airways is 11th worldwide, up from No.19 in 2019 and No.31 in 2018. Pictured above is a first-class BA Dreamliner cabin
In second place is Singapore Airlines, which is also honoured with awards for the World’s Best First Class and the World’s Best First Class Seat. Pictured above is one of the airline’s ‘suite class’ seats
‘We never abandoned our loyal customers when they needed us the most. We continued flying to get people home and implemented stringent biosafety measures to provide strong reassurance for travellers, all while continuing to innovate to ensure we remain the airline of choice for millions of passengers across the globe.’
Other noteworthy successes at this year’s airline awards include easyJet scooping Best Low-Cost Airline in the UK (sixth worldwide, ahead of Ryanair in eighth); ANA All Nippon Airways claiming the top prize in the World’s Cleanest Airlines of 2021 category and Singapore Airlines receiving the gold medal for World’s Best Cabin Crew.
Singapore Airlines is also honoured with awards for the World’s Best First Class and the World’s Best First Class Seat.
Qantas is top in Australia/Pacific and eighth worldwide. Pictured above is a Qantas A380 taxiing at Sydney Airport
Delta Airlines is 30th worldwide in the 2021 Skytrax awards – and named as the No.1 airline in America
Air Canada wins Best Airline Staff in North America, Air France is named Best Airline in Europe and BA also gets the Best Premium Economy Onboard Catering award and wins the Best Airline Staff in Europe category.
The winners of the Skytrax World Airline Awards are decided by a huge passenger satisfaction survey. This year over 100 customer nationalities participated in it, with the 2021 Awards based on 13.42million eligible survey entries (88 per cent of these were registered up to March 2020).
The online survey operated from September 2019 to July 2021.
For more information visit www.worldairlineawards.com.
Source link : https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-10036699/Skytrax-awards-Qatar-Airways-lands-best-airline-award-2021-Oscars-Aviation.html
