For a lot of vacationers, flying has change into little greater than a solution to attain a vacation spot—environment friendly, typically impersonal, and infrequently memorable. However a choose group of airways proceed to spend money on the concept that the journey nonetheless issues. With refined cabins, considerate facilities, and attentive service, they goal to make time within the air really feel much less like transit and extra like an expertise.

Annually, the Skytrax World Airline Awards, also known as “the Oscars of the aviation business,” acknowledge the carriers that ship on that promise. First launched in 1999, the awards are based mostly on world passenger surveys and are thought of among the many most revered honors in industrial aviation.

On the June 17, 2025, ceremony in France, Qatar Airways was named the World’s Finest Airline for the second consecutive year and the ninth time in Skytrax historical past.

Qatar Airways rose to the highest out of greater than 325 airways that had been included within the survey outcomes. In accordance with Skytrax’s award and survey methodology, the rating is “not restricted to member airways or a pre-selected alternative of airline, and any airline on the planet may be nominated. The main target of the survey is for purchasers to make their very own, private decisions as to which airline they contemplate to be one of the best, underlining the model because the Passenger’s Selection Awards.”

“Being named the World’s Finest Airline for the ninth time is a unprecedented honor,» Qatar Airways Group CEO, Engr. Badr Mohammed Al-Meer, mentioned in the Skytrax press release. «Being constantly acknowledged as a 5-Star Airline additional underscores our mission: to set new benchmarks for the business and to make sure that our passengers really feel genuinely cared for, valued and impressed to return.”

Qatar Airways, which is the flag provider of Qatar and is headquartered in Doha, was additionally named the Finest Airline within the Center East.

Qatar Airways’ largest plane, the Airbus A380, is a flier favourite. It has two flooring and one of many world’s largest on-board lounges. Its enterprise class—branded as Qsuites and features a sequence of personal suites with sliding doorways—was named the World’s Finest Enterprise Class, whereas the airline’s Al Mourjan Backyard Lounge in Doha was named the World’s Finest Enterprise Class Airline Lounge.

Singapore Airlines, which was No. 1 in 2023 and has received the award 5 occasions, held onto second place for the second yr in a row. In third place for 2025 was Cathay Pacific, whereas Emirates got here in at No. 4 and All Nippon Airways (ANA) at No. 5.