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| May 21, 2010 | South Korea's Asiana named World's Best Airline | | Sydney: South Korea's Asiana Airlines has been named the airline of the year at the annual World Airline Awards in Hamburg,
Germany. The annual awards by Skytrax, based on surveys of more than 17 million passengers, and carried out over 10 months, were announced on May 20. Passengers
rate airlines on customer service, comfort of seating, quality of food, lounges
and cabin crew. Asiana had ranked third last year, and Skytrax chairman Edward
Plaisted praised the airline's commitment to customer service. "Asiana Airlines
are clearly meeting and exceeding their customer's expectations," the Sydney Morning
Herald quoted him as saying. Cathay Pacific, which had topped last year's list,
slipped back to fourth place, while Singapore maintained its spot as the number
two airline. Asian airlines dominated the award categories, with the full service
airlines joined by AirAsia winning the Best Low-Cost Airline award and Garuda
Indonesia picking up the Most Improved award. Qantas dropped to seventh place
down from sixth last year. In 2008, it was rated the world's third best airline.
Air New Zealand overtook Qantas to become the best-rated airline in the Australia/Pacific
region, climbing from eighth last year to fifth this year. Qantas took out two
awards for its premium economy class - Best Premium Economy and Best Premium
Economy
Seat. Virgin Blue also received an award for best low-cost carrier in the Australia/Pacific
region. The final top 10 ranking in the awards were: 1. Asiana Airlines 2. Singapore
Airlines 3. Qatar Airways 4. Cathay Pacific 5. Air New Zealand 6. Etihad Airways
7. Qantas Airways 8. Emirates 9. Thai Airways 10. Malaysia Airlines. | |
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