Our AirlineRatings ‘Airline of the year’ awards, acknowledge the best of the best in the airline industry in turn helping you the passenger choose who to fly with. As well as in flight product, our world’s best airlines must also be innovative, have a good route network and score highly for safety. In addition to these awards we also have our world’s top 10 airlines. These airlines are those our experienced editors feel offer the best in comfort, innovation, value and safety across Economy, Business and First Class. All awards are judged against a strict assessment criteria put together by our editors who combined have over 150 years of experience.
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| Best First Class |
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| Best Business Class |
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| Best Premium Economy |
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| Best Economy Class |
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| Best Low Fare Carrier Asia / Pacific |
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| Best Low Fare Carrier Europe |
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| Best Low Fare Carrier Americas |
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| Best Low Fare Carrier Middle East / Africa |
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| Best Regional Airline |
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| Most Improved Airline |  |
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| Inflight Catering Award |
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| Long Haul Americas |
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| Long Haul Middle East / Africa |
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| Long Haul Asia / Pacific |
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| Long Haul Europe |
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| In Flight Entertainment Award |
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| Best New World Carrier |
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| Best Cabin Crew |
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| Best Domestic Service |
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| Best Lounges |
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| Best Ultra Low Cost Airline |
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