SKYTRAX: 2021 Awards – Qatar best airline

I don’t have much faith in the independence of the SkyTrax award process, but they are one of the few worldwide airline awards worth reporting so here goes:

Skytrax World Airlines Awards 2021 (2019 placing in brackets)

1. Qatar Airways (1)
2. Singapore Airlines (2)
3. ANA All Nippon Airways (3)
4. Emirates (5)
5. Japan Airlines (11)
6. Cathay Pacific Airways (4)
7. EVA Air (6)
8. Qantas Airways (8)
9. Hainan Airlines (7)
10. Air France (23)

2PAXfly Takeout

This is another timely reminder to wear your seatbelt when seated. Holding you close to your seat will protect you from the sort of injuries sustained on this flight, when unsecured passengers flew to the ceiling of the aircraft, and then came crashing down once the ‘drop’ ceased.

The hope will be that this is an anomaly – a ‘freak accident’ in casual parlance. If it is a systemic error either mechanical or electronic, then this is a larger concern for the airlines that fly Boeing Dreamliner 787 aircraft. Let’s hope it isn’t. If it is, it will pile on the woes to Boeing’s existing stack.

I have not flown on half of these airlines, so putting that aside, I certainly agree with Qatar Airways scoring number 1. And I haven’t even flown in Q-Suites yet!

On the other hand, about no one flew on most of these airlines in 2020.