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Top 10 Airlines in the World (Skytrax)

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Updated: Jul 1, 2020

SKYTRAX is an international air transport rating organization. This company started in 1999 and every year SKYTRAX will rank the airlines and airports considering all the aspects like business, service, maintenance, customer reviews, customer satisfaction, and many more. This is the top 10 airlines of SKYTRAX's latest rankings.



10. Thai Airways

Origin - Thailand Founded -  29th March, 1960

Hubs - Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi Int Apt) & Phuket Int Apt. 

Fleet size - 80

Destinations - 74

Headquarters - Bangkok, Thailand.

Leading People - Chaiyapruk Didyasarin (Chairman).

Revenue - 188,954 million bhat.

Employees - 23,492. 

IATA - TG, ICAO - THA, Callsign - THAI.


9. Lufthansa 

Origin - German Founded -  6th January, 1953

Started Operations - 1st April 1955

Hubs - Frankfurt Int Apt & Munich Int Apt.

Fleet size - 300

Destinations - 220

Headquarters - Cologne, Germany.

Leading People - Carsten Spohr (Chairman & CEO).

Revenue - € 33.43 billion.

Employees - 138,353.

IATA - LH, ICAO- DLH, Callsign- LUFTHANSA.


8. Qantas Airlines

Origin - Australia Founded -  6th November, 1920

Started Operations - March 1921

Hubs - Sydney Int Apt, Melbourne Int Apt, & Brisbane Int Apt.

Fleet size - 131

Destinations - 85

Headquarters - Mascot, Sydney, Australia.

Leading People - Richard Goyder (Chairman), Alan Joyce (CEO).

Revenue - A$ 17.96 billion.

Employees - 30,179.

IATA - QF, ICAO- QFA, Callsign- QANTAS.


7.Hainan Airlines

Origin - China Founded - 1993

Hubs - Beijing Int Apt, Haikou Int Apt, Xi'an Int Apt, & Shenzhen Int Apt.

Fleet size - 221

Destinations - 110

Headquarters - Meilan District, Haikou, Hainan.

Leading People - Chen Feng (Chairman), Wang Jian  (Co-Chairman).

Revenue - 60.64 billion. (CNY)

IATA - HU, ICAO- CHH, Callsign- HAINAN.


6. EVA AIR

Origin - Taiwan. Founded - 8th March, 1989.

Started Operations - 1st July 1991.

Hubs - Taoyuan Int Apt.

Fleet size - 82

Destinations - 62.

Headquarters - Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Leading people- Chang Yung-Fa (Founder), Ling Pang Sui (Chairman),

 & Clay Sun (President)

Revenue - TN$ 167.20 billion.

IATA - BR, ICAO- EVA, Callsign- EVA.


5. Emirates Airlines (my personal favorite)

Origin - Dubai. Founded - 25th March, 1985. Started Operations - 25th October 1985. Hubs - Dubai Int Apt. Fleet size - 257 Destinations - 159. Headquarters - Dubai, UAE. Leading people- Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum(Founder & CEO), Tim Clark (President) Revenue - US$ 13.3 billion. IATA - EK, ICAO- UAE, Callsign- EMIRATES.


4. Cathay Pacific 

Origin - Hong Kong. Founded - 24th September, 1946. Hubs - Hong Kong Int Apt. Fleet size - 155 Destinations - 79. Headquarters - Cathay City, Chek Lap Kok, Hongkong. Leading people- Patrick Healy (Chairman), Augustus Tang (CEO) Revenue - HK$ 111.060 billion. IATA - CX, ICAO- CPA, Callsign- CATHAY.


3. ANA (Air Nippon Airways)

Origin - Japan. Founded - 27th December, 1952.

Hubs - Haneda Int Apt & Narita Int Apt.

Fleet size - 241

Destinations - 97.

Headquarters - Minato, Tokyo, & Japan.

Leading people- Shinya Katanozaka (Chairman), Yuji Hirako (CEO & President)

Revenue - ¥ 1.7652 trillion.

Employees - 34,919.

IATA - NH, ICAO- ANA, Callsign- ALL NIPPON.


2.Singapore Airlines

Origin - Singapore. Founded - 1st May, 1947.

Started Operations - 1st October 1972.

Hubs - Singapore Changi Int Apt.

Fleet size - 137

Destinations - 62.

Headquarters - 25 Airline Road, Singapore.

Leading people- Peter Seah Lim Haut (Chairman), Tim Clark (President)

Revenue - S$ 11.6 billion.

Employees - 14,729.

IATA - SQ, ICAO- SIA, Callsign- SINGAPORE.


1. QATAR Airlines

Origin - Qatar. Founded - 22nd November, 1993.

Started Operations - 20th January 1994.

Hubs - Hamad Int Apt.

Fleet size - 237

Destinations - 172.

Headquarters - Doha, Qatar.

Leading people- Akbar Al Baker (CEO).

Revenue - QR 42,229 billion.

Employees - 45,633.

IATA - QR, ICAO- QTR, Callsign- QATARI.



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