The World’s Best Airlines for 2023 /

AirlineRatings.com, the world’s only safety and product rating website, has named Air New Zealand Airline of the Year for 2023. Air New Zealand is being honored for the seventh time since 2013 for its multi-award-winning in-flight innovations, such as the SkyNest economy beds, operational safety, environmental leadership and staff motivation. Air New Zealand pushed past winner Qatar Airways (2021, 2022) Etihad Airways, Korean Air and Singapore Airlines into first place.

The AirlineRatings.com Airline Excellence Awards, judged by five editors with decades of industry experience, combine major safety and government audits, with 11 key criteria including: fleet age, passenger ratings, profitability, investment rating, product offerings and employee relations. Geoffrey Thomas, editor-in-chief of AirlineRatings.com, said: “In our objective analysis, Air New Zealand came in as number one in many key areas, although it scored very well for the top five.”

The Top 25 premium airlines are as follows:

1.Air New Zealand
2.Qatar Airways
3. Etihad Airways
4. Korean air
5.Singapore Airlines
6. Quantas
7.Virgin Australia/Virgin Atlantic
8.EVA Air
9. Cathay Pacific Airways
10. Emirates
11. Lufthansa / Swiss
12. SAS
13.TAP Portugal
14. All Nippon Airways
15.Delta Airlines
16.Air Canada
17.British Airways
18. Jet Blue
19.JAL
20.Vietnam Airlines
21.Turkish airlines
22. Hawaiian
23.KLM
24. Alaska Airlines
25. United Airlines

Air New Zealand won Best Economy Class while Qatar Airways won Best Business Class and Best Catering for the fourth consecutive year.

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Singapore Airlines won Best First Class, while Virgin Australia/Virgin Atlantic won Best Cabin Crew. Best-In-Flight Entertainment and Best Premium Economy went to Emirates, while Qantas picked up Best Lounges.

Excellence in Long Haul Travel Awards were as follows: Middle East – Qatar Airways, North Asia – Korean Air, Northern Europe – Lufthansa, North America – Delta Air Lines, South America – Latam, Southern Europe – Turkish Airlines , South East Asia – Singapore Airlines, Australia/Pacific – Air New Zealand, African Airlines – Air Mauritius.