A brand new rating of the world’s best airlines is out and never a single U.S. service landed within the high 20.
Qatar Airways took dwelling high honors at this 12 months’s Skytrax World Airline Awards, typically known as the Oscars of the aviation trade.
It is the ninth time the Qatari flag service has been named the world’s finest airline by Skytrax for the reason that awards started in 1999.
Singapore Airways, a five-time winner, ranked second for 2025, adopted by Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific and Dubai-based Emirates. European carriers Turkish Airways and Air France additionally made the highest 10.
“As is indicated by so many former profitable airways being current, high quality consistency is clearly nicely acknowledged by prospects once they vote for these airways,” Edward Plaisted, CEO of Skytrax, stated in an announcement.
This 12 months’s rankings come from a world passenger satisfaction survey performed between September 2024 and Could 2025. Contributors represented over 100 completely different nationalities and greater than 325 completely different airways had been included within the outcomes, in keeping with Skytrax, which relies in the UK.
Whereas U.S. airways constantly lead in revenue and fleet dimension, none cracked the highest 20 general, exhibiting that greater is not at all times higher.
Delta Air Traces ranked highest amongst U.S. carriers, ending twenty second on this planet. United adopted in 51st with JetBlue shut behind in 52nd.
A separate class rating the world’s finest regional airways positioned JetBlue sixth, adopted by Alaska Airways in seventh. Skytrax outlined regional carriers as those who primarily function home and/or worldwide flights of roughly 6 hours or much less.
U.S. carriers did shine in a single class: finest in-flight leisure. Delta ranked sixth, United got here in tenth, adopted by American at fifteenth and JetBlue at twentieth.
Air Canada was named the most effective airline in North America on this 12 months’s Skytrax rankings.
The survey requested prospects to fee all the pieces from the check-in course of and customer support to in-flight facilities like seat consolation, meals, leisure choices and even bathroom cleanliness.
The world’s high 20 airways in 2025, according to Skytrax:
- Qatar Airways
- Singapore Airways
- Cathay Pacific
- Emirates
- ANA All Nippon Airways
- Turkish Airways
- Korean Air
- Air France
- Japan Airways
- Hainan Airways
- Swiss Int’l Air Traces
- EVA Air
- British Airways
- Qantas Airways
- Lufthansa
- Virgin Atlantic
- Saudi Arabian Airways
- STARLUX Airways
- Air Canada
- Iberia