SIA pips Qatar Airways to top Skytrax poll on world’s best airline

National carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) has been voted the world’s best airline in a global poll of more than 20m travellers, wresting the top spot from Qatar Airways. In 2019, 2021 and 2022, SIA had finished second behind the Middle Eastern carrier in the annual world rankings done by London-based research firm Skytrax. Travellers of more than 100 nationalities rated over 325 airlines in surveys conducted between September 2022 and May 2023. Based on the poll, Qatar Airways was ranked second, Japan’s All Nippon Airways was in third place, with Emirates and Japan Airlines coming in fourth and fifth, respectively. It is the fifth time SIA has taken home the gold prize. The airline also bagged the Best First Class Airline, Best First Class Comfort Amenities, and Best Airline in Asia titles at the 2023 Skytrax World Airline Awards ceremony, which was held on Tuesday on the sidelines of the Paris Air Show.<br/>