The Top 25 Airlines Around the World: 2016

Every year, the World Airline Awards are held at Farnborough Airshow and Skytrax announces the top 100 airlines. The awards are considered one of the most respected assessments of current airlines, and these 25 came in at the top for 2016:

Emirates

This year’s rating: 1
Last year’s rating: 5

Qatar Airways

This year’s rating: 2
Last year’s rating: 1

Singapore Airlines

This year’s rating: 3
Last year’s rating: 2

Cathay Pacific

This year’s rating: 4
Last year’s rating: 3

ANAs

This year’s rating: 5
Last year’s rating: 7

Etihad Airways

This year’s rating: 6
Last year’s rating: 6

Turkish Airlines

This year’s rating: 7
Last year’s rating: 4

EVA Air

This year’s rating: 8
Last year’s rating: 9

Qantas Airways

This year’s rating: 9
Last year’s rating: 10

Lufthansa

This year’s rating: 10
Last year’s rating: 12

Garuda Indonesia

This year’s rating: 11
Last year’s rating: 8

Hainan Airlines

This year’s rating: 12
Last year’s rating: 22

Thai Airways

This year’s rating: 13
Last year’s rating: 19

Air France

This year’s rating: 14
Last year’s rating: 15

Swiss International Air Lines

This year’s rating: 15
Last year’s rating: 14

Asiana Airlines

This year’s rating: 16
Last year’s rating: 11

Air New Zealand

This year’s rating: 17
Last year’s rating: 17

Virgin Australia

This year’s rating: 18
Last year’s rating: 16

Austrian

This year’s rating: 19
Last year’s rating: 13

Bangkok Airways

This year’s rating: 20
Last year’s rating: 23

Japan Airlines

This year’s rating: 21
Last year’s rating: 21

Dragonair

This year’s rating: 22
Last year’s rating: 18

AirAsia

This year’s rating: 23
Last year’s rating: 25

KLM

This year’s rating: 24
Last year’s rating: 28

Virgin America

This year’s rating: 25
Last year’s rating: 26

For the full list of the top 100 airlines, click here.