The plane truth

The top 10 airlines of 2015 plus more World Airline Award winners

by CAMILLE CHIN • September 2015

Paris hosted the prestigious 2015 World Airline Awards — also known as the Passengers Choice Awards — in June. Launched in 1999, the “independent, impartial” survey, conducted by the UK-based Skytrax, was carried out online between September 2014 and May 2015. Almost 19 million travellers from 105 nationalities answered the questionnaire about 245 airlines. The winners of four of the 13 global categories are below. For more: worldairlineawards.com.

Top 10 airlines of 2015

1. Qatar Airways
2. Singapore Airlines
3. Cathay Pacific Airways
4. Turkish Airlines
5. Emirates
6. Etihad Airways
7. ANA All Nippon Airways
8. Garuda Indonesia
9. EVA Air
10. Qantas Airways

Best cabin staff

1. Garuda Indonesia
2. Cathay Pacific
3. Singapore Airlines
4. Asiana Airlines
5. Malaysia Airlines
6. Qatar Airways
7. EVA Air
8. ANA All Nippon Airways
9. Thai Airways
10. Hainan Airlines

Cleanest aircraft cabins

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

Best inflight entertainment

1. Emirates
2. Qatar Airways
3. Singapore Airlines
4. Qantas
5. Etihad Airways
6. Turkish Airlines
7. Cathay Pacific
8. Virgin Atlantic
9. Thai Airways
10. Air France

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