Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific Named Best Airlines in the World

The 2025 Skytrax World Airline Awards bestowed their top honor on the Middle East Carrier for the second consecutive year, with Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airlines rounding out the top three.

Qatar Earns Ten Awards, Including Best Business Class

The awards began in 1999 with the goal of honoring airlines based on a global passenger satisfaction survey. For the 2024-2025 survey year, Skytrax says flyers from over 100 customer nationalities participated.

Qatar Airways not only walked away with the top award, but earned nine additional trophies. Some of their honors include best business class in the world, best business class seat, and best airline in the Middle East.

In North America, Delta Air Lines took seven awards, including the best economy class and best business class in the region. However, the Atlanta-based carrier fell short of being named the best airline in North America. That honor went to Air Canada, which also earned trophies as the most family friendly airline in North America and the best cabin crew in North America.

Among the major U.S. carriers, United Airlines was named fourth best in North America, while JetBlue earned a fifth place finish. Alaska Airlines came in sixth, while low cost carrier Allegiant Air rounded out the top ten. American Airlines was not rated in the North America top 10, but came in 83rd place in the Top 100, rating above Allegiant, Sun Country Airlines, and Hawaiian Airlines.

In individual honors, Allegiant earned marks for best low-cost airline in both the United States and North America, beating Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines for the honor. Alaska, American, Southwest Airlines, and United did not earn any individual awards.