World’s Best Airlines Declared

irlineratings.com, “The world’s best one-stop airline safety and product rating review website” has just announced the 2016 Airline Excellence Awards, with at least 12 mentions, including:

Qantas, Cathay Pacific Airways, Etihad Airways, Singapore Airlines, Virgin Australia, Kulula.com, Lufthansa, Delta Air Lines, Norwegian, Scoot, Virgin Atlantic and Virgin America.

So what’s the best Airline? For “its continuous passenger innovations, environmental commitment, record-breaking financial performance, operational safety and motivation of its staff that have cemented the airline an industry trendsetter”, Air New Zealand was named 2016 Airline of the Year.

According to airlineratings.com, ““Put simply Air New Zealand remains the industry leader and a textbook case of what an airline should be in today’s intensely competitive market.” The website took into consideration Air New Zealands award-winning technology, including the SkyCouch, SpaceSeat. “Outstanding staff performance”, and other awards were also mentioned.

Air New Zealand wins Best Economy

What about best Low Cost Airlines? The airlineratings winners for this year are: Virgin America (The Americas), Scoot (Asia/Pacific) , Kulala.com (Middle East/Africa), and Norwegian (Europe).

The four airlines are standouts in their respective markets with clever innovations and they consistently deliver an excellent value proposition

2016 TOP 10 Airlines:

1. Air New Zealand
2. Qantas Airways
3. Etihad Airways
4. Cathay Pacific Airways
5. Singapore Airlines
6. Emirates
7. EVA Air
8. Virgin Atlantic/Australia
9. All Nippon Airways
10. Lufthansa