World's Top Airlines

Tired of waiting in passenger terminals, food catered while in flight, and service being provided by your favorite airline? It's time for a change. Enjoying while flying is the best factor in choosing which airline must be selected for travel.

According to the survey conducted by cnn/money which has been categorized based on class service, catering, low cost, regional, and overall. The survey according to Gordon T. Anderson in his article, World's best: Top 10 airlines named, was carried out by London-based consultancy Skytrax, asked people, who are citizens of 94 countries to rate the world's airlines and received more than 12 million responses.

Best Catering

The category in which the airline's quality of providing good food as well as the way of serving it to its passengers is measured. In the First Class accommodation and flying in intercontinental routes, Gulf Air from the United Arab Emirates topped, next is the airline from Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific of Hong Kong then Swiss of Switzerland. Business Class accommodation and in the intercontinental route, Gulf Air still topped the rank, trailed by Continental Airlines of the United States and preceded by BMI or British Midlands Airway Limited of the United Kingdom. In the Economy Class, Thai Airways of Thailand grabbed the First Place, Austrian Airlines from Austria and Saudi Arabian Airlines from Saudi Arabia ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively. If you like to eat and appreciate good food then why not try these airlines.

Best in Class Service

This category deals with the procedures or ways to please passengers while on land and in flight. This is in the intercontinental basis. The First Class accommodation is topped by Cathay Pacific, followed by Singapore Airlines from Singapore and Malaysia Airlines respectively. Business Class is peaked by the British Airways, followed by South African Airways of South Africa and then by Virgin Atlantic Airways of the United Kingdom. Economy Class' Top Three are: Malaysia Airlines; Emirates of the United Arab Emirates and; Singapore Airlines; 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Best Low-Cost Airlines

This category is based upon the fare rates of the airlines. In the worldwide scene, Jet Blue Airways of the United States ranked first and respectively followed by Air Berlin of Germany and Virgin Blue of Australia. While in North America, Jet Blue Airways still topped the rank then followed by WestJet of Canada and Frontier Airlines of the United States. For the continent of Europe, German airline Air Berlin crested preceded by Spain's Vueling Airlines then by Easy Jet of the United Kingdom.

Best Airlines by Region:

Asia:

1. Cathay Pacific
2. Malaysia Airlines
3. Singapore Airlines

Europe

1. British Airways
2. PGA Portugalia, of Portugal
3. Finnair, of Finland

North America

1. Air Canada, of Canada
2. JetBlue, of the United States
3. Continental, United States

World's Top 10 Airlines

This is the overall rank of the airlines:

1. Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong
2. Qantas Airways, Australia
3. Emirates, Dubai
4. Singapore Airlines, Singapore
5. British Airways, United Kingdom
6. Malaysia Airlines, Malaysia
7. Thai Airways, Thailand
8. Qatar Airways, Qatar
9. Asiana Airlines, South Korea
10. ANA All Nippon Airways, Japan

Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific grabbed the highest honor being the world's number one airline. Now, you have the clue on which airlines you choose to fly with. Enjoy being on air!!