The world’s 10 favourite international airlines

Jul 9, 2015

Benjamin Zhang

Travel + Leisure just released the 2015 winners for its annual World’s Best Awards.

Top Airlines in the World was one of the big awards. To determine the winner, Travel + Leisure surveyed its readers and collected data on a host of parameters including cabin comfort, in-flight service, customer service, value, food, and loyalty programs.

The long-running travel magazine also handed out awards for best airports, cities to visit, hotels, and even best islands to checkout.

Pacific Rim airlines fared particularly well, making up 7 of the 10 award-getters. Here are the winners.

10. Qantas Airways

9. All Nippon Airways (ANA)

8. Korean Air

7. Thai Airways International

6. Virgin Atlantic Airways

5. Air New Zealand

4. Cathay Pacific Airways

4. Cathay Pacific Airways

3. Qatar Airways

3. Qatar Airways

2. Emirates

2. Emirates

1. Singapore Airlines

1. Singapore Airlines

This article is published in collaboration with Business Insider. Publication does not imply endorsement of views by the World Economic Forum.

To keep up with the Agenda subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

Author: Benjamin Zhang is a business and transportation reporter for Business Insider.

Image: The new Airbus A 380 super jumbo jet airplane stands at Frankfurt airport. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach.

Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.