World's 10 Best Airlines Named by Skytrax

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More than 18.8 million passengers voted in this year's Skytrax Awards for the World's Best Airlines. Topping the list is Qatar Airways, jumping up from third place last year. Cathay Pacific, last year's winner, drops to number 4. The full Top Ten List

 

1. Qatar Airways

2. Singapore Airlines

3. Asiana Airlines

4. Cathay Pacific Airways

5. Thai Airways International

6. Etihad Airways

7. Air New Zealand

8. Qantas Airways

9. Turkish Airlines

10. Emirates

 

The best international airline in North America - Air Canada. Best domestic airline in North America - JetBlue Airways. Best First Class - Etihad Airways. Best Business Class - Singapore Airlines. Best Economy Class - Asiana Airlines.

 

http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/life/and-worlds-best-airline-889768?hpt=hp_bn10

[Guest]

Turkish airlines don't do too well on this measure: Plane crash rates

[Guest fountainhall]

Turkish airlines don't do too well on this measure:

Neither do THAI and Singapore Airlines, for that matter! A problem with the statistics for all three airlines is that they had fatal crashes with jumbo jets. A cargo door failure on a Turkish Airlines DC 10 downed the jet just outside Paris, killing all on board in the early 1970s. Singapore Airlines crashed a 747-400 as it tried to take off from Taipei for Los Angeles in a mild typhoon about 10 years ago. For some inexplicable reason, the pilot had turned on to the taxiway. As he took off, he saw construction equipment half way down. Like the KLM pilot in the Tenerife crash, he tried to take off early - without success. And THAI had two wide bodied A310s crash in the 1990s.

[Guest aot87]

I dont know how thai got up that high, none of their 747s which fly most of their long haul routes, have got screens in the back of the seats, so you are left with the old drop down ones