Emirates named the best in the world at Skytrax World Airline Awards

Emirates has been named the best airline in the world for 2016 by Skytrax. This is the fourth time Emirates has garnered this honour in the last 15 years, and its first win since 2013. Emirates' victory unseats last year's top airline, Qatar Airways. The Persian Gulf-based airline also took home the top prize for best in-flight entertainment, an award it has won the last 12 years. Other winners include Turkish Airlines which took home the honours for best airline in Europe while Norwegian won for best long haul low cost airline in the world and best low cost airline in Europe. The Skytrax awards are decided based on independent surveys completed by nearly 20m passengers from around the world. <br/>
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7/13/16