Telegraph Travel has announced the top 10 airlines based on data from 90 carriers and 30 categories.
Britons choose which airlines to travel with based on many details such as cost, aircraft quality, fleet, baggage allowance and even in-flight meals or drinks.
The full rankings can be found below, but first of all, our top 10:
- Emirates
- Qatar Airways
- Singapore
- Cathay Pacific
- All Nippon Air
- Turkish Airways
- Japan Air
- Air France
- Etihad
- Korean Air
The Gulf airlines – Dubai-based Emirates, Doha-headquartered Qatar Airways and Abu Dhabi’s Etihad – are leading the way, as is Singapore Airlines, long a favourite of UK travellers. Turkish Airlines ranks highly, thanks to the quality of its food and the staggering number of destinations to which passengers can fly from its new hub in Istanbul. Japan’s two major airlines, Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways, are also flying high, helped by snazzy new premium-economy and business-class cabins. Air France and Korean Air also make it into our top 10.
Among the lowest performers were budget carriers Ryanair and Wizz Air – no real surprise given their lack of frills. US airlines’ reputation for treating passengers as self-loading freight is confirmed, with no American carriers in the top 20 (Alaska and Delta are the closest at 23rd and 24th). US low-cost carriers fared better, however, with JetBlue and Southwest returning strong scores.
