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Best Airlines 2026 by Region

This awards results page shows the World's Best Airlines in 2026, listed by geographic region

The Best Airlines in Africa 2026

1

Ethiopian Airlines

2

Egyptair

3

Air Mauritius

4

Royal Air Maroc

5

RwandAir

6

South African Airways

7

Kenya Airways

8

FlySafair

9

Fastjet

10

LIFT

The Best Airlines in Asia 2026

1

Singapore Airlines

2

Cathay Pacific Airways

3

ANA All Nippon Airways

4

Hainan Airlines

5

Japan Airlines

6

Korean Air

7

EVA Air

8

STARLUX Airlines

9

Thai Airways

10

Malaysia Airlines

The Best Airlines in Australia/Pacific 2026

1

Qantas Airways

2

Air New Zealand

3

Virgin Australia

4

Fiji Airways

5

Jetstar Airways

6

QantasLink

7

AirCalin

8

Air Tahiti Nui

9

Air Niugini

10

Air Tahiti

The Best Airlines in China 2026

1

Hainan Airlines

2

China Southern Airlines

3

China Eastern Airlines

4

Tianjin Airlines

5

West Air

6

Spring Airlines

7

Juneyao Air

8

Air China

9

Xiamen Airlines

10

Capital Airlines

The Best Airlines in Europe 2026

1

Turkish Airlines

2

Air France

3

Lufthansa

4

Iberia

5

Virgin Atlantic

6

Swiss International Air Lines

7

British Airways

8

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

9

Austrian Airlines

10

Finnair

The Best Airlines in the Middle East 2026

1

Qatar Airways

2

Emirates

3

Saudia

4

Etihad Airways

5

Flynas

6

Oman Air

7

Gulf Air

8

flyDubai

9

Royal Jordanian Airlines

10

flyadeal

The Best Airlines in Central Asia & CIS 2026

1

Air Astana

2

Azerbaijan Airlines

3

FlyArystan

4

Uzbekistan Airways

5

Qazaq Air

6

SCAT Airlines

7

Ariana Afghan Airlines

8

Turkmenistan Airlines

9

FLYONE

10

Uzbekistan Airways Express

The Best Airlines in India / South Asia 2026

1

Air India

2

IndiGo

3

Akasa Air

4

Air India Express

5

SriLankan Airlines

6

SpiceJet

7

BeOnd

8

Biman Bangladesh Airlines

9

Pakistan Int'l Airlines

10

Maldivian

The Best Airlines in North America 2026

1

Air Canada

2

Delta Air Lines

3

Porter Airlines

4

United Airlines

5

Alaska Airlines

6

jetBlue Airways

7

Air Transat

8

Allegiant Air

9

American Airlines

10

Breeze Airways

The Best Airlines in South America 2026

1

LATAM

2

Azul Brazilian

3

JetSMART Airlines

4

SKY Airline

5

Avianca

6

Gol

7

Aerolineas Argentinas

8

StarPeru

9

Clic

10

Wingo

The Best Airlines in Central America / Caribbean 2026

1

Copa Airlines

2

Arajet

3

Caribbean Airlines

4

Air Caraibes

5

Bahamasair

6

interCaribbean

7

Cayman Airways

8

Aruba Airlines

9

Suriname Airways

10

Cubana

The Best Airlines in Western Europe 2026

1

Air France

2

Lufthansa

3

Virgin Atlantic

4

Swiss International Air Lines

5

British Airways

6

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

7

Austrian Airlines

8

Eurowings

9

Transavia France

10

Ryanair

The Best Airlines in Eastern Europe 2026

1

airBaltic

2

Air Serbia

3

Georgian Airways

4

Bulgaria Air

5

TAROM

The Best Airlines in Northern Europe 2026

1

Finnair

2

SAS Scandinavian

3

Icelandair

4

Norse Atlantic Airways

5

Norwegian

The Best Airlines in Southern Europe 2026

1

Turkish Airlines

2

Iberia

3

Vueling Airlines

4

Aegean Airlines

5

Iberia Express

6

Volotea

7

ITA Airways

8

SunExpress

9

Air Dolomiti

10

Pegasus Airlines

The Best Airlines in Central Europe 2026

1

LOT Polish

2

Wizz Air

3

Croatia Airlines

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