World’s Best Regional Airlines 2026

Bangkok Airways wins the top award as the World's Best Regional Airline for the eleventh consecutive year in the 2026 World Airline Awards. Canada’s Porter Airlines moves into second place globally, with Virgin Australia in third position.

Mr Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth, President of Bangkok Airways receives the World's Best Regional Airline award

World’s Best Regional Airlines 2026

1

Bangkok Airways

2

Porter Airlines

3

Virgin Australia

4

Aegean Airlines

5

Azerbaijan Airlines

6

Hong Kong Airlines

7

jetBlue Airways

8

Royal Air Maroc

9

RwandAir

10

Azul Brazilian

11

Breeze Airways

12

StarFlyer

13

WestJet

14

Air Dolomiti

15

QantasLink

16

Copa Airlines

17

Air Serbia

18

Tianjin Airlines

19

Bamboo Airways

20

Juneyao Air

Best Regional Airlines in Africa 2026

1

Royal Air Maroc

2

RwandAir

3

Airlink

4

Nile Air

5

Air Côte d'Ivoire

6

Tunisair

7

Uganda Airlines

8

Air Zimbabwe

9

Air Senegal

10

LAM Mozambique Airlines

Best Regional Airlines in Australia/Pacific 2026

1

Virgin Australia

2

QantasLink

3

Air Tahiti

4

Solomon Airlines

5

Samoa Airways

Best Regional Airlines in Asia 2026

1

Bangkok Airways

2

Hong Kong Airlines

3

StarFlyer

4

Tianjin Airlines

5

Bamboo Airways

6

Juneyao Air

7

Shenzhen Airlines

8

Chengdu Airlines

9

Mandarin Airlines

10

Sichuan Airlines

Best Regional Airlines in Central Asia & CIS 2026

1

Azerbaijan Airlines

2

Uzbekistan Airways

3

Qazaq Air

4

SCAT Airlines

5

Ariana Afghan Airlines

Best Regional Airlines in Europe 2026

1

Aegean Airlines

2

Air Dolomiti

3

Air Serbia

4

Air Nostrum

5

Air Greenland

6

KM Malta Airlines

7

Luxair

8

Loganair

9

Georgian Airways

10

Atlantic Airways

Best Regional Airlines in India / South Asia 2026

1

Maldivian

2

Nepal Airlines

3

Alliance Air

4

US-Bangla Airlines

5

SereneAir

Best Regional Airlines in North America 2026

1

Porter Airlines

2

Alaska Airlines

3

jetBlue Airways

4

Breeze Airways

5

WestJet

Best Regional Airlines in South America 2026

1

Azul Brazilian

2

StarPeru

3

SATENA

4

Conviasa

5

Avior Airlines

Best Regional Airlines in China 2026

1

Tianjin Airlines

2

Juneyao Air

3

Shenzhen Airlines

4

Chengdu Airlines

5

Sichuan Airlines

6

Shandong Airlines

7

Kunming Airlines

8

Lucky Air

9

Okay Airways

10

Qingdao Airlines

Best Regional Airlines in Central America / Caribbean 2026

1

Copa Airlines

2

Bahamasair

3

interCaribbean

4

Cayman Airways

5

Aruba Airlines

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World’s Best Regional Airlines 2026

Bangkok Airways wins the top award as the World's Best Regional Airline for the eleventh consecutive year in the 2026 World Airline Awards. Canada’s Porter Airlines moves into second place globally, with Virgin Australia in third position.

World’s Best Regional Airlines 2026

1

Bangkok Airways

2

Porter Airlines

3

Virgin Australia

4

Aegean Airlines

5

Azerbaijan Airlines

6

Hong Kong Airlines

7

jetBlue Airways

8

Royal Air Maroc

9

RwandAir

10

Azul Brazilian

11

Breeze Airways

12

StarFlyer

13

WestJet

14

Air Dolomiti

15

QantasLink

16

Copa Airlines

17

Air Serbia

18

Tianjin Airlines

19

Bamboo Airways

20

Juneyao Air

Best Regional Airlines in Africa 2026

1

Royal Air Maroc

2

RwandAir

3

Airlink

4

Nile Air

5

Air Côte d'Ivoire

6

Tunisair

7

Uganda Airlines

8

Air Zimbabwe

9

Air Senegal

10

LAM Mozambique Airlines

Best Regional Airlines in Australia/Pacific 2026

1

Virgin Australia

2