Which are your 5 favourite airlines - and why?

[AFF Editor]

AFF editor Matt and writer Stephen recently came up with a list of each of their five favourite airlines. You can read the full lists and the reasons they each chose the airlines they did here:

Stephen Gray's 5 Favourite Airlines

AFF writer Stephen Gray shares his five favourite airlines and the reasons why they stand out from the pack. Stephen's picks are totally different to Matt's.

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Matt Graham's 5 Favourite Airlines

AFF Editor Matt Graham reveals why Air Astana, Turkish Airlines, Singapore Airlines, JAL and Lufthansa are his five favourite airlines.

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Unlike Skytrax rankings (or, depending on your perspective, perhaps exactly like the Skytrax rankings!), these lists are subjective. Everyone has their own preferred airlines and their own reasons for choosing them.

What are YOUR top 5 favourite airlines in the world, and why?

 

[Beano]

I don't think I have ever flown on 5 airlines!

 

[RooFlyer]

Out of 67 airlines flown, my favourite 5 are these. Based on in-flight experience (say 50%), lounge experience (say, 25%) and usefulness of their FF program (say, 25%)

1. Qatar Airways (no surprise there ), 38 flights.. 5+2+2 = 9/10

2 Singapore Airlines, 34 flights, 4+2+2.5 = 8.5/10

3. Turkish airlines, 7 flights, 4+2+2 = 8/10

4. Finnair, 10 flights, 5+1.5+1.5 = 8/10

5. Japan Airlines, 6 flights, 4+2.5+1 = 7.5/10

 

[MarqueOne]

I must say that I haven't really flown enough recently but based on my last five years or so of flying:

1. Oman Air
2. Qatar Airways
3. Turkish Airlines
4. Finnair
5. Singapore Airlines

 

[Kremmen]

My selection criteria is basically: Which airlines do I actively look forward to flying, especially in business class. This is mostly a combination of comfort, service and good food (esp. whether garlic bread is hot and crispy). It also includes good lounges. (e.g. SQ and UA having sleeping rooms in some lounges.)

1. Singapore Airlines
2. Thai Airways
3. Qatar Airways
4. United Airlines
5. Fiji Airways

Notable mention to both ANA and JAL, but they both miss the cut because they often overheat their cabins.

(Matt has flown on twice as many airlines as me, so my selection pool is smaller. But I think the hundreds of domestic 737 flights he's taken have warped his brain.)

 

[Oceanic]

Out of 148 carriers, my 5 favourites, Emirates, Singapore, EVA, Cathay and Air France.
Notable mention, Air Astana, Turkish, Royal Jordanian, KLM
Those no-longer, British Caledonian, Air Jamaica, BWIA, UTA, PanAm, Canadian Pacific

 

[ronlon]

Finnair business class with the non recline lie flat seat plus the cabin service was my best ever flying experience !