 View the full 2009 World Airline Awards results
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".
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BEST ECONOMY CLASS
AIRLINES : 2009 |
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Rank |
Airline |
2008 |
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1 |
Qatar Airways |
2 |
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2 |
Asiana
Airlines |
1 |
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3 |
Air New Zealand |
7 |
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4 |
Singapore Airlines |
3 |
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5 |
Malaysia Airlines |
4 |
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Result publication with prior consent of Skytrax |
Best First Class
Best Business Class
Best Premium Economy
The winners of 2009 Skytrax World Airline Awards include
Aegean Airlines, Air Arabia, Air Berlin, Air New Zealand, Air Tahiti Nui, AirAsia, Asiana Airlines, Bangkok
Airways, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, China Southern Airlines, Continental Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines,
easyJet, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Finnair, Jet Airways, jetBlue Airways, JetStar Airways, Kingfisher
Airlines, Kingfisher Red, Kulula.com, LAN Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Porter Airlines, Qantas Airways, Qatar
Airways, SilkAir, Singapore Airlines, Skymark Airlines, South African Airways, Spring Airlines, Swiss
International Air Lines, TACA, Thai Airways, Transero Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Virgin America, Virgin
Atlantic Airways, Volaris, Webjet, Wizz Air
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Airline of the Year
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