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BA Best in World Airline Awards |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 01 July 2006 |
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British Airways has been named as the winner of the Airline of the Year title
in the 2006 World Airline Awards.
The top 10 ranked airlines for 2006 :
1 British Airways
2 Qantas Airways
3 Cathay Pacific
4 Thai Airways
5 Emirates
6 Qatar Airways
7 Singapore Airlines
8 A N A
9 Malaysia Airlines
10 China Airlines
Commenting on the World Airline Awards, Edward Plaisted (CEO, Skytrax)
said
......"the World Airline Survey is recognised across the globe as the leading
independent monitor of passenger opinions - the survey process
offering the only truly worldwide project, with open and uninfluenced
results. The final total of 13.61 million eligible, completed
survey interviews was beyond our expectations, and we extend a very big thank
you to all those customers who participated."
"Our congratulations go to the 2006 Airline of the Year winner, British
Airways. In contrast to several previous year surveys, we found that the
level of nominations for British Airways by their premium passengers was proportionately
much higher than that of other airlines in the Top 10 rankings - clearly they are
doing something right in that particular market. An airline undergoing considerable
changes and cutting product levels to compete across Europe with the low-cost airline competition, a key
element to emerge in the passenger voting for British Airways was that it performs well
in terms of general product and service consistency."
Contrasting with the higher support for British Airways from their premium customers, the final
rankings for Cathay Pacific, Thai Airways and Emirates were much more influenced by nominations from their Economy
class customers.
"Qantas takes the 2nd place Silver Award, repeating their 2004/5 performance,
and demonstrating that they are well-established amongst the top quality airlines
in the world. A strong performer in other 2006 Category Awards, we will be watching
with interest to see if they can push themselves into the top position next year!" added
Plaisted.
The 2005 winner, Cathay Pacific, was ranked in 3rd position for the 2006 World Airline Awards,
with Thai Airways in 4th place, and Emirates in 5th. Thai Airways enjoyed further
success in the Awards, being named as Worlds Best Cabin Staff for 2006.
Continuing its upward rise in the Award rankings, Qatar Airways takes 6th position
(up from 8th in 2005), ahead of Singapore Airlines (SIA) in 7th - SIA being a previous
Airline of the Year winner in 2004. Qatar Airways strong performance extended to winning the
Awards for Best Airline Middle East, together with achieving 2nd place worldwide in the Best
Cabin Staff category.
Japan's ANA is another airline that improved on its previous-year ranking, moving into
8th place for 2006 (from 10th last year). A regular top 10 performer, Malaysia Airlines
ranks 9th this year, slipping slightly from 6th position in 2005. The final Top 10 place goes to
Taiwan's China Airlines, making a jump of 6 places from their 2005 ranking.
"We are already in planning for the 2006/7 World Airline Survey" said Plaisted,
"and expect even wider coverage as more language options are offered up for online completion. This
past year, we were able to provide English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese versions to our Business
Research Group members, and clearly it is going to be beneficial to extend that across many more customers
for the upcoming survey."
"The range of results published in the 2006 World Airline Awards are more extensive than ever before, and I hope you
will take a few minutes to explore around the different categories. Like so many things in life, what is
good for one is not for another .... what you like, I may not - but what I hope is properly represented across
the World Airline Awards is the opinion of the majority" added Plaisted.
- You can vote for your own favourite airline on the Traveloscopy.com Airline Poll
STOP PRESS:
Travel + Leisure Magazine's Top 10 International Airlines
Rank - Last Year - Airline -2006 Score
1 1 Singapore Airlines 89.25
2 2 Emirates 81.01
3 3 Cathay Pacific Airways 80.62
4 6 Virgin Atlantic Airways 78.71
5 4 Thai Airways International 77.66
6 8 Japan Airlines 76.94
7 5 Malaysia Airlines 76.80
8 7 Qantas Airways 76.77
9 10 SilkAir 76.56
10 9 Air New Zealand 74.99 |
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