Magazine vote: Virgin America, Singapore Air are top airlines

Ben Mutzabaugh | USA TODAY

There are no shortage of lists attempting to rank the world’s best airlines. The latest comes from Conde Nast Traveler, which has revealed its top airlines as rated in its “2015 Readers’ Choice Awards.”

The magazine’s readers tabbed Virgin America as the top U.S. carrier and Singapore Airlines as the top global carrier. That matched the findings at T+L magazine, another prominent travel publication that also put those airlines at the top of its ratings for 2015.

Among the other ratings out so far this year are rankings by J.D. Power – JetBlue and Alaska Airlines were tops in the USA – and Skytrax, which named Qatar Airways as the best in the world. Yet another rating -- the scientific Airline Quality Rating report -- tabbed Virgin America as the top U.S. carrier, followed by Hawaiian Airlines and Delta.

As for Conde Nast Traveler's ratings, Virgin America and Singapore Air are familiar names at the top. Virgin America has won the U.S. category every year since it began flying in 2007. Singapore Airlines has won the global category in 27 of the 28 years that the magazine has produced the ratings.

Conde Nast Traveler says its ratings were tabulated based on the submissions from more than 128,000 respondents who identified themselves as regular travelers. The results were not scientific, but Conde Nast Traveler says individuals were limited to a single vote during the April 1-June 1 submission period.

Here are the top five airlines in the domestic and international categories for Conde Nast Traveler:

Domestic

1. Virgin America

2. JetBlue

3. Hawaiian Airlines

4. Southwest Airlines

5. Alaska Airlines

International

1. Singapore Airlines

2. Emirates

3. Qatar Airways

4. Virgin Atlantic

5. Etihad

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