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(NewsNation) — A caller ranking of the world's champion airlines is retired and not a azygous U.S. bearer landed successful the apical 20.
Qatar Airways took location apical honors astatine this year's Skytrax World Airline Awards, often called the Oscars of the aviation industry.
It's the ninth clip the Qatari emblem bearer has been named the world's champion hose by Skytrax since the awards began successful 1999.
Singapore Airlines, a five-time winner, ranked 2nd for 2025, followed by Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific and Dubai-based Emirates. European carriers Turkish Airlines and Air France besides made the apical 10.
"As is indicated by truthful galore erstwhile winning airlines being present, prime consistency is intelligibly good recognized by customers erstwhile they ballot for these airlines," Edward Plaisted, CEO of Skytrax, said successful a statement.
This year's rankings travel from a planetary rider restitution survey conducted betwixt Sept. 2024 and May 2025. Participants represented implicit 100 antithetic nationalities and much than 325 antithetic airlines were included successful the results, according to Skytrax, which is based successful the UK.
While U.S. airlines consistently lead successful revenue and fleet size, nary cracked the apical 20 overall, showing that bigger isn't ever better.
Delta Air Lines ranked highest among U.S. carriers, finishing 22nd successful the world. United followed successful 51st, with JetBlue adjacent down successful 52nd.
A abstracted class ranking the world's champion determination airlines placed JetBlue sixth, followed by Alaska Airlines successful seventh. Skytrax defined determination carriers arsenic those that chiefly run home and/or planetary flights of astir 6 hours oregon less.
U.S. carriers did radiance successful 1 category: champion in-flight entertainment. Delta ranked sixth, United came successful 10th, followed by American astatine 15th and JetBlue astatine 20th.
Air Canada was named the champion hose successful North America successful this year's Skytrax rankings.
The survey asked customers to complaint everything from the check-in process and lawsuit work to in-flight amenities similar spot comfort, food, amusement options and adjacent toilet cleanliness.
The world’s apical 20 airlines successful 2025, according to Skytrax
- Qatar Airways
- Singapore Airlines
- Cathay Pacific
- Emirates
- ANA All Nippon Airways
- Turkish Airlines
- Korean Air
- Air France
- Japan Airlines
- Hainan Airlines
- Swiss Int’l Air Lines
- EVA Air
- British Airways
- Qantas Airways
- Lufthansa
- Virgin Atlantic
- Saudi Arabian Airlines
- STARLUX Airlines
- Air Canada
- Iberia
