Qatar Airways wins Skytrax Award for best airline in the world 2019

Skytrax has named Qatar Airways world’s best airline of 2019. Every year Skytrax assesses airlines worldwide based on their performance and passenger satisfaction.

Qatar Airways takes winner title from Singapore Airlines

In 2018 it was still Singapore Airlines that was the best airline in the world. This year it is Qatar Airways that has taken the torch from the praised Asian airline from Singapore. Last year, Qatar Airways was still the number two. The top ten airlines are dominated by Eastern and Asian airlines. The sole European airline in the top ten is for the German Airline, Lufthansa, in ninth place. Over 21 million passengers from over a hundred different nationalities have taken part in the assessment.

Skytrax Awards and European Airlines

Among the European Airlines the highest ranked ones are Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian Airlines. British Airways is the only British Airline in the top 100, just after Dutch airline KLM, at rank 19.

Special mentions

Other
special awards were given to airlines scoring high in certain subcategories.

Singapore
Airlines – Best cabin crew

Qatar
Airways – Best business class

Japan
Airlines – Best economy class

Bangkok
Airways – best regional airline

EVA Air –
cleanest airplanes

AirAsia –
best budget airline