Singapore Airlines Reclaims World’s Best Airline

SINGAPORE, Sept 19, 2026, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has reclaimed the title of the world’s best airline in the latest Skytrax rankings, displacing Qatar Airways which topped the 2025 list. Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific, Japan’s ANA All Nippon Airways and Turkish Airlines rounded out the top five.

This marks SIA’s sixth win in the World Airline Awards, its last victory coming in 2023. The carrier also won awards for best airline in Asia, world’s best economy class, and best economy class catering, while finishing second behind Cathay Pacific for best cabin crew.

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Malaysia’s AirAsia retained its crown as the world’s best low-cost airline for a record 17th consecutive year, while SIA’s subsidiary Scoot was named best long-haul low-cost airline for the sixth straight year.

The survey, conducted between September 2025 and August 2026, involved 24.8 million travellers from over 100 nationalities rating more than 300 airlines.

Brief (20 words): Singapore Airlines named world’s best airline; AirAsia retains low-cost crown for 17th year in latest Skytrax global rankings.

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