For those who value a clean cabin above all else, you may want to consider flying on an Asian airline.

Skytrax's annual World Airline Awards recently ranked the world's cleanest aircraft and it was Taiwan-based EVA Air that took top honours.

Rounding out the top three were Singapore Airlines in second place and ANA All Nippon Airways in third.

Taiwan-based carrier, EVA Air, was named the cleanest airline in Skytrax's annual World Airline Awards

Skytrax did not, however, test for bacteria on tray tables or inside the toilets.

Instead, they surveyed 18 million passengers on over 245 airlines to ascertain such a ranking.

Passengers were asked to assess the standards and quality of cleanliness in the aircraft cabin on airlines they were voting for.

Seat areas, including the seat back pocket, tables, carpets, cabin panels and, of course, on board washrooms were all considered in determining the final results.

The results, from passenger votes, were based on cleanliness of seat areas, tables, carpets, cabin panels and toilets (Stock photo)

TOP 10 CLEANEST AIRLINES: 1. EVA Air 2. Singapore Airlines 3. ANA All Nippon Airways 4. Cathay Pacific 5. Asiana Airlines 6. Garuda Indonesia 7. Japan Airlines 8. Hainan Airlines 9. Korean Air 10. Hong Kong Airlines Advertisement

Interestingly, Dubai-based airline Emirates did not make the list.

Just days after the rankings were released, an incident occurred where a rodent was found in an Emirates plane, causing the flight to be cancelled.

The mouse managed to evade capture by cabin crew for 30 minutes before it escaped through a vent.

An Emirates spokesperson told MailOnline Travel at the time: 'Emirates can confirm that flight EK038 from Birmingham to Dubai returned to stand shortly after pushback as a rodent was detected on board.