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Singapore Airlines named world’s BEST at the Skytrax Awards 2018


The winner of this year’s Skytrax World Airline Awards for Best Airline has been announced, and it’s Singapore Airlines.

The awards were voted for by customers all around the world and are seen as the industry’s equivalent to the Oscars.

Singapore last won the award in 2008 and has knocked Qatar Airways into second place.

It was featured in a Channel 4 Documentary earlier this year as it vied to become the world’s top airline again – and it looks like its efforts have paid off.

Yeoh Phee Teik, Singapore’s vice president of customer experience, told CNN: "We're very ecstatic."

He continued: "I think we can attribute this to the hard working team, which has continued to elevate the customer experience.

"We're glad that our work has been recognised and our customers have voted for us to be the world's best."

The airline also won first position in three other awards, World’s Best First Class, Best Airline in Asia and Best First Class Airline Seat.

While it’s no longer on the top spot for World’s Best Airline, Qatar Airways has won the World’s Best Business Class award.

In terms of staff on board, Garuda Indonesia has won the award for World’s Best Airline Cabin Crew.

The airline is the national airline of Indonesia and operates flights across Asia, the Middle East, Australia and Europe from Jakarta, which is its hub.

It’s not just the swankier seats which have been winning awards – low cost airlines have won big too.

AirAsia was named as the World’s Best Low Cost Airline, while Norwegian came in second place and easyJet came in third place.

"This is a truly excellent achievement for an airline that is still undergoing rapid expansion."

EasyJet was named as the Best Low Cost Airline in the UK.

The airline recently announced that its winter seats are on sale, with return flights to Europe from £56pp.

The World’s Most Improved Airline is China Southern Airlines, while Ryanair claimed fourth place in the category.

Meanwhile, British Airways won the award for Best Cabin Crew in the United Kingdom.

Sun Online Travel previously revealed which UK airline has the comfiest seats.

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