Gulf carrier Qatar Airways – no stranger to winning awards – has picked up more accolades at the prestigious 2016 Skytrax World Airline Awards held in the UK. It has won the World’s Best Business Class award in the 2016 World Airline Awards. Air travellers also voted the airline for Best Business Class Airline Lounge and the Best Airline Staff Service in the Middle East.
The Skytrax World Airline Awards are consumer-voted awards and millions of travellers, from 160 different countries, participate in passenger satisfaction surveys to decide the winners each year.
“Qatar Airways remains a favourite amongst air travellers year-on-year and achieved strong results across many of the 2016 awards categories, ranking No. 2 in the world. The top prize for World’s Best Business Class is notable as this is amongst the most competitive in the customer survey,” said Edward Plaisted, CEO of Skytrax.
“The recognition of the Al Mourjan lounge as the world’s best is another great achievement for Qatar Airways,” he added.
Over the last year, Qatar Airways announced an expansion of its network with 13 new destinations for this year, including Adelaide, Atlanta, Birmingham, Boston, Chiang Mai, Seychelles and Sydney. It will extend its presence in 2017 with new destinations such Nice, Skopje, Lusaka and Auckland.
