Qatar Airways named global Airline of the Year
PERTH, Australia, 11 hours, 8 minutes ago Qatar Airways has been named Airline of the Year for 2021 by AirlineRatings.com, the world s only safety, product and Covid rating website. Qatar Airways is being honoured for its multi award winning in-flight innovations, commitment to global travellers during Covid-19, operational safety, pursuit of excellence and environmental leadership. These many factors have stamped the airline as a clear industry leader. The AirlineRatings.com Airline Excellence Awards, judged by global editors with over 100 years industry experience, combines major safety and government audits, with 11 key criteria that include: fleet age, passenger reviews, Covid-19 rating and product offerings.
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The airline unveiled new business class seats for its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners last month.
AirlineRatings.com editor-in-chief, Geoffrey Thomas, said: In our objective analysis Qatar Airways came out number one in virtually all of our audit criteria, which is an exceptional performance.
The award comes after Qatar was also named world s best airline at the Skytrax World Airline Awards in 2019, the last time those awards were held. It was the sixth time Qatar had taken out that award. Over the past 16 months, the aviation industry has witnessed some of its darkest days, but Qatar Airways has continued to operate and stand by our passengers despite many other airlines halting operations due the pandemic, said Qatar Airways Group chief executive, Akbar Al Baker.
22 Jul 2021
Qatar Airlines has been named Airline of the Year for 2021 in AirlineRatings.com’s coveted Airline Excellence Awards.
The Doha-based airline nudged out Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines for the top spot followed by Qantas, Emirates, and Cathay Pacific.
AirlineRatings.com editor-in-chief Geoffrey Thomas said Qatar was being honoured for its innovation, product and industry leadership, as well as its extraordinary commitment to keeping the world’s critical long-haul air routes open during COVID-19.
“The airline has a host of industry firsts. First to complete IATA’s important IOSA safety audit, first to be fully COVID audited and compliant by both AirlineRatings and Skytrax, and amongst the first to trial IATA’s COVID Safe Travel Pass,” he said.
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