Skytrax have published the 10 finalists for their annual "Airline of the Year" award.
No real surprises in the list that includes:
Air New Zealand, Asiana Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas Airways, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways.
Is skytrax Australian-centric? It just occurred to me all of these 10 airlines fly to Australia, and 7 of them (ie other than Etihad, Qatar & Asiana) have significant presence in Australia (in terms of number of flights serving Australia - these are probably 7 out of the top 8 - Jetstar being the missing one of the 8). Maybe we're just lucky in this part of the world!
No real surprises in the list that includes:
Air New Zealand, Asiana Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas Airways, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways.
Is skytrax Australian-centric? It just occurred to me all of these 10 airlines fly to Australia, and 7 of them (ie other than Etihad, Qatar & Asiana) have significant presence in Australia (in terms of number of flights serving Australia - these are probably 7 out of the top 8 - Jetstar being the missing one of the 8). Maybe we're just lucky in this part of the world!