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Old 23rd Jun 2017, 23:37
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World's best airline and lounges.

According to the New Zealand Herald, Qantas has missed out on being included in the top 10 best airlines. This article can found in the business section.

"Under-siege Qatar Airways has been named the world's best airline and the Air New Zealand-operated Star Alliance lounge at Los Angeles has won in the World Airline Awards.

The Star Alliance lounge in the Tom Bradley terminal won the best airline alliance lounge title at the Skytrax World Airline Awards, voted by passengers.

It is the third year running the lounge has taken the top award.

Air New Zealand manages the lounge at LAX on a day-to-day basis and this includes having an Air New Zealand manager on duty.

The 675sqm space is used by around a dozen Star Alliance carriers.

The lounge offers a bar area for socialising, a library space, a den, a study and a media room and has eight shower rooms.

It also has an open air terrace which with panoramic views of the northern runway towards Hollywood Hills. This space provides passengers with an unparalleled sensory experience, complete with fire pits and a water wall.

Air New Zealand said it offers a variety of globally inspired dishes and beverages as well as New Zealand wines throughout the year (alongside other international wines) and from time to time provide Kiwi-inspired dishes including bacon and egg pies, kiwifruit smoothies and lolly cake.

Qatar Airways was named the best airline in the world for the fourth time. The airline - which is facing a blockade from some of its Middle Eastern neighbours - also won the World's Best Business Class, the World's Best First Class Lounge and as the Best Airline in the Middle East.

The World Airline Awards are managed by international air transport rating organisation, Skytrax Research of London.

The latest survey was conducted between August 2016 and May 2017, attracting 19.87 million eligible entries with participants from 105 nationalities. The survey covered over 325 airlines.

The TOP 10

Qatar Airways
Singapore Airlines
ANA All Nippon Airways
Emirates
Cathay Pacific
EVA Air
Lufthansa
Etihad Airways
Hainan Airlines
Garuda Indonesia"

I wonder what GT will come up with now that this bit of news is out.
It's interesting that Qatar gets the top position, but after all, 19.87 million were canvassed, according to this newspaper.
What's more, Qatar want to buy a 10% stake in American Airlines!
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Trying Etihad next week to Europe. Found Singapore hard to beat on our trip to Vietnam. Qantas? Don't make me laugh!
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This belongs on Flyertalk.com
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Originally Posted by AEROMEDIC
According to the New Zealand Herald, Qantas has missed out on being included in the top 10 best airlines. This article can found in the business section.

"Under-siege Qatar Airways has been named the world's best airline and the Air New Zealand-operated Star Alliance lounge at Los Angeles has won in the World Airline Awards.

The Star Alliance lounge in the Tom Bradley terminal won the best airline alliance lounge title at the Skytrax World Airline Awards, voted by passengers.

It is the third year running the lounge has taken the top award.

Air New Zealand manages the lounge at LAX on a day-to-day basis and this includes having an Air New Zealand manager on duty.

The 675sqm space is used by around a dozen Star Alliance carriers.

The lounge offers a bar area for socialising, a library space, a den, a study and a media room and has eight shower rooms.

It also has an open air terrace which with panoramic views of the northern runway towards Hollywood Hills. This space provides passengers with an unparalleled sensory experience, complete with fire pits and a water wall.

Air New Zealand said it offers a variety of globally inspired dishes and beverages as well as New Zealand wines throughout the year (alongside other international wines) and from time to time provide Kiwi-inspired dishes including bacon and egg pies, kiwifruit smoothies and lolly cake.

Qatar Airways was named the best airline in the world for the fourth time. The airline - which is facing a blockade from some of its Middle Eastern neighbours - also won the World's Best Business Class, the World's Best First Class Lounge and as the Best Airline in the Middle East.

The World Airline Awards are managed by international air transport rating organisation, Skytrax Research of London.

The latest survey was conducted between August 2016 and May 2017, attracting 19.87 million eligible entries with participants from 105 nationalities. The survey covered over 325 airlines.

The TOP 10

Qatar Airways
Singapore Airlines
ANA All Nippon Airways
Emirates
Cathay Pacific
EVA Air
Lufthansa
Etihad Airways
Hainan Airlines
Garuda Indonesia"

I wonder what GT will come up with now that this bit of news is out.
It's interesting that Qatar gets the top position, but after all, 19.87 million were canvassed, according to this newspaper.
What's more, Qatar want to buy a 10% stake in American Airlines!
GT is bias he is Pro QF & GA over the rest & doesnt give CX any credit
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Qatar still appears to be the best airline
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Originally Posted by Sunfish
Trying Etihad next week to Europe. Found Singapore hard to beat on our trip to Vietnam. Qantas? Don't make me laugh!
Ive only flown SQ once & they werent much better than QF
I found EK much better than both
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Unless you have experienced the majority of carriers on their list it is somewhat difficult to comment, having said that, I find myself in agreement with their economy assessment.
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As professional pilots we really shouldn't care about how these individual airlines are ranked, most in the top 25 are pretty good overall and differences are minor.

I'm more interested in how profitable they are for a chance of a stable career. United at 68, and American at 77 on the Skytrax list are pretty pathetic in terms of service but are profitable and hiring.
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The main event is to arrive at the destination intact. Qantas has the best safety record.
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Originally Posted by 4Greens
The main event is to arrive at the destination intact. Qantas has the best safety record.
Hasn't this been debated to death? Minor operator in the overall world tables of annual pax etc
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Originally Posted by 4Greens
The main event is to arrive at the destination intact. Qantas has the best safety record.


Can you quote your source? or is it the Rain Man?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...atal_accidents


Malaysian Airlines Berhad has a perfect safety record.
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Well, yeah, If you only want to count 2 years..........
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Having flown with all of the top ten airlines (except GA) extensively, I fully agree with the precise sequencing of the top ten. Qatar is - by far - consistently the best.
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The Aussie way is to beat up QF...

Now what about that other Oz icon, Virgin Australia??
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Ive only flown SQ once & they werent much better than QF
I found EK much better than both

I think one has to do several flights with all of them to gain a true picture. In my list of top ten QF don't rate and Emirates scrape in at ten. SQ right up there with the best. Haven't flown with four airlines on the original list.
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That's no way to talk about Air New Zealand's lounge.
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Qatar treat women as second class citizens. The whole of the Middle East squash dissent threaten and bribe their way to the top. You people here sounding off about how good these **** airlines are make me sick. You should be ashamed of yourselves as you quaff your French champagne with your fat arses spilling over in business class whilst the human rights abuses occurring in these countries are an affront to the western ideals that they purport to enchew. Hypocrites all of you.
Please. Don't hold back just to spare feelings. Tell us how you REALLY feel.
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Ive yet to find any difference in airlines,in cattle class,anyway.
Got a seat to sit in and a screen to play with.
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Originally Posted by Pappa Smurf
Ive yet to find any difference in airlines,in cattle class,anyway.
Got a seat to sit in and a screen to play with.
Really.To me , seat pitch is very important which is why I agreed with Skytrax
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Originally Posted by Chris2303
Please. Don't hold back just to spare feelings. Tell us how you REALLY feel.
Never understood the meaning of this phrase
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