Bangkok Airways is named the World's Best Regional Airline for the ninth consecutive year at the 2025 World Airline Awards, with Virgin Australia in second place ahead of Porter Airlines in third position.
For the World Airline Awards, regional airlines are defined as full service carriers that primarily operate domestic and / or International flights up to approx 6 hours. Whilst some regional airlines may operate a small number of longer flights, the core market for this airline classification are short / medium haul routes where customer product and service expectations are different to long haul routes.
