We don’t have to tell you that the past few years have been wild for the travel industry.
From closures back in 2020 to the slow recovery of both domestic and international tourism, many things have changed recently. And since then, airlines have had a pretty rough go of it with constantly changing policies and lots of flight cancellations. But after all of that, which airline comes out on top?
It’s official — AirlineRatings.com has released its ranking of the top 20 best airlines in 2022. Coming in at the top spot is Qatar Airways, which Airline Ratings says is being honored for its “innovation, product, and industry leadership as well as its commitment to keeping the world’s critical long-haul air routes open during COVID-19.” In addition to the top honor, Qatar Airways was awarded Best Business Class.
Air New Zealand came in second place, also securing the awards for Best Airline in the Pacific, Best Premium Economy, and Best Economy. Singapore Airlines won the categories for Best First Class and Best Lounges, while Virgin Australia won Best Cabin Crew and Emirates was awarded Best Inflight Entertainment.
But what were the rest of the rankings for the official top 20? Here’s the full list:
- Qatar Airways
- Air New Zealand
- Etihad Airways
- Korean Air
- Singapore Airlines
- Qantas
- Virgin Australia
- EVA Air
- Turkish Airlines
- All Nippon Airways
- Cathay Pacific Airways
- Virgin Atlantic
- Japan Air Lines
- JetBlue
- Finnair
- Emirates
- Hawaiian
- Air France/KLM
- Alaska Airlines
- British Airways
So the next time you’re flying for vacation, a business trip, or to visit family, you might want to consider booking with these airlines! In order to make the list, “airlines must achieve a seven-star safety rating and demonstrate leadership in innovation for passenger comfort.” The editors of AirlineRatings.com also look for consistency in the level of service, innovation, and staff engagement.
Speaking of air travel, we’ve been following along closely with the progress on the new terminal at the Orlando International Airport. Airlines have been announced, dining options have been revealed, and we even got a peek at the construction progress! Stay tuned for all the news.
Southwest Airlines, and the reason why is, well I know there’s been a few major hiccups with their operations when traffic exponentially started to rebound during the second half of 2021 & the first half of 2022, but what I do know & believe is that throughout they’re entire time in existence flying since 1971, they’ve been working really hard & been doing the absolute best they can, & been continuously building upon and working diligently on improving on what absolutely uttermostly really matters to all the flying customers flying on Southwest, & employees working @ Southwest by always trying to go above and beyond everyday in a very positive way with true friendly, reliable, transparent, transfarent, & ultra low cost service, and where every customer & employee flying on & working for Southwest are treated fair, equally, transparently, transfarently, and inclusionably, which really makes them stand out & be a lot more recognized of wanting to be among the best airline companies in the United States.