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    Airlineratings names world’s best airlines, top 10 low-cost airlines for 2022

    July 30, 2022
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    Airlineratings names world’s best airlines, top 10 low-cost airlines for 2022

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    The AirlineRatings has named world’s Best Airlines for 2022 , and the airline of the year is Qatar Airways.

    The Doha-based airline nudged out Air New Zealand, Etihad Airways and Korean Air for the top spot in AirlineRatings.com Best Airlines for 2022 followed by Singapore Airlines, Qantas and Virgin Australia.

    Qatar Airways is being honoured for its innovation, product, and industry leadership as well as its commitment to keeping the world’s critical long-haul air routes open during COVID-19 over the past 30 months which has resulted in the airline posting a record profit, despite losing money on many capped flights.

    Air New Zealand was again another big winner in the AirlineRatings.com Airline Excellence Awards taking out number 2 position in the Top Twenty Airlines rankings, Best Airline in the Pacific, Best Premium Economy, and Best Economy.

    Singapore Airlines won the prestigious Best First Class award for its unique Suites product and also Best Lounges.

    Several new award categories were added this year and the winners are Etihad Airways for Best Environmental Airline, Korean Air for Best Cargo Airline and Vietjet which won Best Value Airline.

    Virgin Australia won Best Cabin Crew and Emirates was awarded Best Inflight Entertainment.

    Qantaslink won Best Regional Airline for its outstanding work in the remote Australian outback.

    Excellence in long haul travel was awarded to: jetBlue (Americas), Turkish Airlines (Europe), Qatar Airways (Middle-East/Africa), Korean Air (Asia) and Air New Zealand (Pacific).

    AirlineRatings also named its Best of the Best: Qatar Airways, Air New Zealand, Etihad Airways, Korean Air, Singapore Airlines, Qantas, Virgin Australia, EVA Air, Turkish Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Japan Air Lines, JetBlue, Finnair, Emirates, Hawaiian, Air France/KLM, Alaska Airlines and British Airways.

    The AirlineRatings.com Airline Excellence Awards which honour the Best Airlines, are compiled by global editors with over 100 years of industry experience using an objective value-based methodology. The criteria include safety and product ratings, passenger reviews, fleet age, profitability, and environmental commitment.

    Best Low-Cost Airlines – Top 10

    Similarly,the AirlineRatings top 10 LCCs for 2022 are, in alphabetical order: Allegiant Air, AirAsia, EasyJet, Jetstar, Flair, Fly Dubai, Ryanair, Scoot, Southwest and VietJet Air.

    Best Low-Cost Airlines are: Southwest (Americas), easyjet (Europe) and Jetstar (Asia/Pacific) and Fly Dubai (Middle-East).

    July 2022

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