Cathay Pacific Airways is named Airline of the Year, Qantas 6th

Following from http://www.worldairlineawards.com/index.htm
Cathay Pacific Airways picked up the 2009 Airline of the Year award at the first live SKYTRAX World Airline Awards ceremony held in Hamburg, Germany on 1st April 2009.
The SKYTRAX World Airline Awards celebrated their tenth anniversary with around 500 people attending the 2009 Awards ceremony in Hamburg to see the winning airlines receive their accolades. Edward Plaisted (CEO of Skytrax) handed out awards in 34 categories - the winners being selected by the airline industry's most important audience, it's customers.

AIRLINE OF THE YEAR 2009

       
SOME KEY AWARD WINNERS

Airline of the Year
1 Cathay Pacific
2 Singapore Airlines
3 Asiana Airlines
4 Qatar Airways
5 Emirates
6 Qantas
7 Etihad Airways
8 Air New Zealand
9 Malaysia Airlines
10 Thai Airways

BEST INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT
1 Emirates
2 Singapore Airlines
3 Virgin Atlantic
4 Cathay Pacific
5 Qatar Airways

EST FIRST CLASS CATERING

1 Singapore Airlines
2 Asiana Airlines
3 Cathay Pacific Airways
4 Etihad Airways
5 Qatar Airways

BEST BUSINESS CLASS CATERING
1 Etihad Airways
2 Qatar Airways
3 Austrian
4 Emirates
5 Singapore Airlines

BEST ECONOMY CLASS CATERING
1 Asiana Airlines
2 Emirates
3 Qatar Airways
4 Etihad Airways
5 Austrian



QATAR AIRWAYS IS NAMED AS BEST ECONOMY CLASS AIRLINE FOR 2009


       
BEST ECONOMY CLASS


"the respected Air Travel Awards"




Qatar Airways scooped the award for Best Economy Class airline in the 2009 results, moving up from 2nd place that it held in 2008.

Last year's winner, Asiana Airlines, maintained a strong performance in 2nd position, with Air New Zealand coming into 3rd place, ahead of Singapore Airlines (4th) and Malaysia Airlines in 5th position.

"The typical Economy Class trip experience does not offer the same ability for an airline to serve customers as intensively as would be the case in the Premium cabins of the aircraft" said Edward Plaisted of Skytrax, "but Qatar Airways success in this Economy class category shows that quality consistency can still be achieved in the main cabin".


BEST ECONOMY CLASS AIRLINES : 2009
1 Qatar Airways
2 Asiana Airlines
3 Air New Zealand
4 Singapore Airlines
5 Malaysia Airlines


WORLD'S BEST CABIN STAFF 2009
1 Malaysia Airlines
2 Asiana Airlines
3 Thai Airways
4 Singapore Airlines
5 Cathay Pacific


BEST LOW-COST AIRLINES :  WORLDWIDE
1 Air Asia
2 Air Berlin
3 easyJet
4 Jetstar Airways
5 Virgin Blue

THE WORLD'S BEST AIRLINES : 2009 REGIONAL BREAKDOWN
Best Airline : Asia                  Cathay Pacific
Best Airline : Australasia       Qantas
Best Airline : Africa                South African Airways
Best Airline : Europe             Swiss International Air Lines
Best Airline : Middle East       Qatar Airways
Best Airline : North America   Continental Airlines
Best Airline : South America   LAN Airlines
Best Airline : Central America TACA
Best Airline : Pacific region     Air Tahiti Nui
Best Airline : China                 China Southern Airlines
Best Airline : Central Europe   CSA Czech Airlines
Best Airline : Southern Europe Turkish Airlines
Best Airline : South East Asia    Cathay Pacific
Best Airline : Northern Asia       Asiana Airlines
Best Airline : India/Central Asia Kingfisher Airlines
Best Airline : Transatlantic         British Airways
Best Airline : Transpacific          Asiana Airlines
Best Airline : South East Asia    Cathay Pacific
Best Airline : Northern Asia        Asiana Airlines
Best Airline : India/Central Asia  Kingfisher Airlines
Best Airline : Transatlantic          British Airways
Best Airline : Transpacific           Asiana Airlines

BEST BY CABIN TYPE 2009 WINNER
Best First Class                         Singapore Airlines
Best Business Class                  Etihad Airways
Best Premium Economy Class   Virgin Atlantic Airways
Best Economy Class                   Qatar Airways


BEST BUSINESS CLASS LOUNGE : 2009

Rank      Airline                    Airport
1            Virgin Atlantic        LHR
2            Cathay Pacific       HKG
3            Emirates                DXB
4            British Airways       LHR
5            Qantas Airways     SYD

原帖由 荷包蛋 于 5/4/2009 07:30 发表
WORLD'S BEST CABIN STAFF 2009
1 Malaysia Airlines
2 Asiana Airlines
3 Thai Airways
4 Singapore Airlines
5 Cathay Pacific

哇塞~ 果然还是马航~

马航 is great, 5 star airline.  They have won the best cabin staffs quite few times.

BEST BUSINESS CLASS AIRLINES : 2009

Rank   Airline
1          Etihad Airways
2          Singapore Airlines
3          Virgin Atlantic
4          British Airways
5          Air New Zealand

BEST FIRST CLASS AIRLINES : 2009

Rank         Airline
1                Singapore Airlines
2                Emirates
3                Qatar Airways
4                Cathay Pacific
5                Thai Airways

I personally think Cathay Pacific is good.

WORLD'S BEST CABIN STAFF 2009
1 Malaysia Airlines
2 Asiana Airlines
3 Thai Airways
4 Singapore Airlines
5 Cathay Pacific

哇塞~ 果然还是马航~

BEST FIRST CLASS LOUNGE : 2009

Rank    Airline                     Airport
1           Thai Airways         BKK
2           Qantas                   SYD
3           British Airways      LHR
4           Cathay Pacific      HKG
5           Lufthansa              FRA