Qatar Airways is voted the World's Best Airline at the SKYTRAX 2017 World Airline Awards.

Voted Best Airline by travellers across the world in the annual passenger survey, the Doha based carrier has now won the prestigious Airline of the Year title for a fourth time. Qatar Airways enjoyed further success by winning major awards for the World’s Best Business Class, the World’s Best First Class Lounge and as the Best Airline in the Middle East.

Singapore Airlines, a perennial favourite in the awards was ranked No. 2 in the world, also receiving awards as the Best Airline in Asia, the World’s Best Business Class seat and for having the Best Premium Economy Onboard Catering.

Referred to by media as the “Oscars of the aviation industry”, the World Airline Awards are held in high esteem for clarity of process and independence, with no outside sponsorship or external influence. The survey voting processes and awards results analysis were subject to detailed, independent assessment by the UK advertising authority (ASA) in 2015 and found fully compliant, transparent and independent.

The survey enables any airline in the world to be nominated, allowing travellers to make their own choice, underlining the brand as the Passenger’s Choice Awards.

19.87 million eligible survey entries were counted in the final results, and 105 nationalities participated in the survey from August 2016 to May 2017. The survey covered over 325 airlines, from largest international airlines to smaller domestic carriers, measuring Quality standards for 41 KPI’s across front-line product and service factors in the Airport and Onboard environments. View the World Airline Awards methodology

Some key results are listed below, the full Award results are available on this website.

The World’s Top 20 Airlines 2017

Qatar Airways Singapore Airlines ANA All Nippon Airways Emirates Cathay Pacific EVA Air Lufthansa Etihad Airways Hainan Airlines Garuda Indonesia Thai Airways Turkish Airlines Virgin Australia Swiss Int’l Air Lines Qantas Airways Japan Airlines Austrian Air France Air New Zealand Asiana Airlines

View the Top 100 Airlines 2017

World’s Best Cabin Staff

Garuda Indonesia ANA All Nippon Airways EVA Air Thai Airways Singapore Airlines Qatar Airways Asiana Airlines Japan Airlines Cathay Pacific Hainan Airlines Austrian Lufthansa Oman Air Etihad Airways Emirates Malaysia Airlines KLM Virgin Australia Swiss Int’l Air Lines Turkish Airlines

World’s Best Inflight Entertainment

Emirates Qatar Airways Singapore Airlines Turkish Airlines Virgin Atlantic Lufthansa Qantas Airways Etihad Airways Delta Air Lines Thai Airways

World’s Best Airline Cabin Cleanliness

EVA Air ANA All Nippon Airways Japan Airlines Asiana Airlines Cathay Pacific Hainan Airlines Korean Air Qatar Airways Singapore Airlines Lufthansa

World’s Best Low-Cost Airlines

AirAsia Norwegian jetBlue Airways easyJet Virgin America Jetstar Airways AirAsia X Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras Southwest Airlines IndiGo

World’s Best First Class

Etihad Airways Emirates Lufthansa Air France Singapore Airlines ANA All Nippon Airways Cathay Pacific Qatar Airways Japan Airlines Qantas Airways

World’s Best Business Class

Qatar Airways ANA All Nippon Airways Singapore Airlines Etihad Airways Lufthansa Turkish Airlines Garuda Indonesia Cathay Pacific Emirates EVA Air

World’s Best Premium Economy Class

Qantas Airways Air New Zealand Lufthansa Singapore Airlines Air France Japan Airlines Virgin Australia China Airlines Aeroflot Russian Airlines ANA All Nippon Airways

World’s Best Economy Class

Thai Airways Qatar Airways Asiana Airlines Garuda Indonesia Singapore Airlines Japan Airlines Emirates ANA All Nippon Airways EVA Air Lufthansa

World’s Best Regional Airlines