TOP 15 Airlines of 2017

1. Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways is certified with the highest 5-Star Airline Rating for the Quality of its Onboard product and service, and for the standards provided at it’s home base airport of Hamad International Airport in Doha. Qatar Airways 5-Star Airline rating is determined through the Skytrax Audit system, which analyses cabin product and customer service standards onboard Qatar Airways flights and also across the Qatar Airways airport experience.

2. Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines is certified with the highest, 5-Star Airline Rating for the Quality of its Onboard product and service, and for the Singapore Airlines home base Airport service standards. The Airport Rating is based on Singapore Airlines operations at Changi Airport Singapore.

3.ANA All Nippon Airways

ANA All Nippon Airways is certified with the highest 5-Star Airline Rating for the Quality of its Onboard product and service, and for the standards ANA provides at it’s home base Airport of Tokyo Haneda International Airport. ANA’s 5-Star Airline rating is determined through the Skytrax Audit system, which analyses cabin product and customer service standards onboard ANA flights and also across the ANA All Nippon Airways airport experience.

4. Emirates

EMIRATES is certified with the 4-Star Airline Skytrax Rating for the Quality of its Onboard product and staff service, and for the Emirates home base Airport service standards. The Airport Rating is based on Emirates operations at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, UAE.

5. Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific Airways is certified with the highest 5-Star Airline Rating for the Quality of its Onboard product and service, and for the ground service standards Cathay Pacific Airways provides at it’s home base airport of Hong Kong International Airport. Cathay Pacific Airways 5-Star Airline rating is determined through the Skytrax Audit system, which analyses cabin product and customer service standards onboard Cathay Pacific Airways flights and also across the Cathay Pacific Airways airport experience.

6. EVA Air

EVA Air has been Certified as a 5-Star Airline by Skytrax, the world’s leading airline and airport rating agency. In an Award ceremony at the Taipei Marriot Hotel on 15th June 2016, Skytrax presented the 5-star Airline Certification to EVA Air.

7. Lufthansa

Lufthansa is certified with the 4-Star Airline Rating for the Quality of its Onboard product and service, and for the Lufthansa home base Airport service standards. The Airport Rating is based on Lufthansa operations at Frankfurt Airport, Germany

8. Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways has become the ninth airline worldwide to achieve the Certified 5-Star Airline rating from Skytrax, the international air transport rating organisation.

9. Hainan Airlines

Hainan Airlines 5-Star Airline Certification for 2016 was presented at the World Airline Awards held at Farnborough Airshow on 12th July 2016. The award was made by Mr Edward Plaisted of Skytrax to the Chairman of Hainan Airlines, Mr Xie Haoming.

10. Garuda Indonesia

Garuda Indonesia is certified with the highest 5-Star Airline Rating for the Quality of its Onboard product and service, and for the standards Garuda Indonesia provides at it’s home base Airport of Soekarno–Hatta Airport, Jakarta. The Garuda Indonesia 5 Star Airline rating is determined through the Skytrax Audit evaluation system which analyses the front-line quality standards onboard Garuda Indonesia flights and across the Garuda Indonesia airport experience.

11. Thai Airways

Thai Airways is certified with the 4-Star Airline Rating for the Quality of its Onboard product and service, and for the Thai Airways home base Airport service standards. The Airport Rating is based on Thai Airways operations at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport.

12. Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines  is the national flag carrier airline of Turkey, headquartered at the Turkish Airlines General Management Building on the grounds of Atatürk Airport in Yeşilköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul. As of 2017, it operates scheduled services to 302 destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, making it the fourth-largest carrier in the world by number of destinations. It serves more destinations non-stop from a single airport than any other airline in Europe. Turkish Airlines flies to 120 countries, more than any other airline. With an operational fleet of fourteen cargo aircraft, the airline's cargo division serves 64 destinations. Istanbul Atatürk Airport is its main base, and there are secondary hubs at Esenboğa International Airport, Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, and Adnan Menderes Airport. Turkish Airlines has been a member of the Star Alliance network since 1 April 2008.

13. Virgin Australia

Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd, formerly Virgin Blue Airlines, is Australia's second-largest airline^[3] after Qantasand it is the largest airline by fleet size to use the 'Virgin' brand. Now based in Bowen Hills, Brisbane, the airline was co-founded by British businessman Richard Branson, the founder of parent Virgin Group and former Virgin Blue CEO Brett Godfrey. It was established in November 1999 ^[4] with two aircraft operating on a single route, and suddenly found itself catapulted to the position of Australia's second airline after the collapse of Ansett Australia in September 2001. The airline has grown to directly serve 29 cities in Australia from hubs in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, using a fleet of narrow-body Boeing and Embraer jets; and Airbus and Boeing widebody jets.

After several years operating as a low-cost carrier it improved its services to become a so-called (self-described) "New World Carrier" – essentially a business model which offers the "guest" the choice of purchasing a ticket with aspects of the "no frills" approach of low-cost carriers or paying a little more to receive services more in line with full-service airlines^[5] – to compete more effectively with Qantas in the business travel market. In 2011 it took this strategy further by introducing new uniforms; new catering options on board; new widebody aircraft to compete with Qantas on Perth–Melbourne–Sydney services; and the concurrent introduction of business class in January 2012;^[6]together with a new livery and renaming of the brand to Virgin Australia.

14. Swiss International Air Lines

Swiss International Air Lines AG (short Swiss, stylized as SWISS) is the national airline^[5] of Switzerlandoperating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Its main hub is Zurich Airport, with a focus city operation at Geneva Airport. The airline was formed after the 2001 bankruptcy of Swissair, Switzerland's former flag carrier.

Swiss is a member of the Star Alliance. It is a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, with headquarters at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg near Basel, Switzerland, and an office at Zurich Airport in Kloten, Switzerland.^[6] The company's registered office is in Basel.^[7] The airline uses the IATA code LX that it inherited from the Swiss regional airline Crossair (Swissair's code was SR). The ICAO code is SWR, inherited from Swissair (Crossair's was CRX), in order to keep international traffic rights.

15. Qantas Airways

Qantas Airways (/ˈkwɒntəs/ KWON-təs; ASX: QAN) is the flag carrier of Australia and its largest airline by fleet size, international flights and international destinations.^[5] It is the third oldest airline in the world, after KLM and Avianca^[6] having been founded in November 1920; it began international passenger flights in May 1935. The Qantas name comes from "QANTAS", an acronym for its original name, "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services", and it is nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo". Qantas is a founding member of the Oneworld airline alliance.

The airline is based in the Sydney suburb of Mascot with its main hub at Sydney Airport. As of March 2014, Qantas had a 65% share of the Australian domestic market and carried 14.9% of all passengers travelling in and out of Australia.^[7][8] Various subsidiary airlines operate to regional centres and on some trunk routes within Australia under the QantasLink banner. Its subsidiary Jetconnect provides services between Australia and New Zealand, flying under the Qantas brand. Qantas also owns Jetstar Airways, a low-cost airline that operates both international services from Australia and domestic services within Australia and New Zealand; and holds stakes in a number of other Jetstar-branded airlines.