Air New Zealand has suffered a big drop in the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards.<\/p>\n
The national carrier has slumped 10 places to 30th in a survey won by Qatar Airlines for the seventh time.<\/p>\n
The poll was carried out between September 2021 to August 2022 and involved more than 13 million customer surveys in more than 100 countries.<\/p>\n
In a separate study in July, Air New Zealand placed second behind Qatar in the Airline Excellence Awards, as judged by airline safety and product rating review website AirlineRatings.com.<\/p>\n
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Air New Zealand has come in 30th in the Skytrax survey.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere on the Skytrax awards, Singapore Airlines came home in second, with Emirates third and ANA (All Nippon Airways) and Qantas rounding out the top five.<\/p>\n
As well as airline of the year, Qatar won a host of other awards including Best Business Class and Best Business Class Seat.<\/p>\n
Chief executive Akbar Al Baker said he is delighted at the airlines progress: To be named as the Worlds Best Airline was always a goal when Qatar Airways was created, but to win it for the seventh time and pick up three additional awards is a testament to all the hard work of our incredible employees.<\/p>\n
To win these awards in the same year that we celebrate our 25th anniversary is even more rewarding and I want to offer a sincere thanks to all our passengers who voted for us.<\/p>\n
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Qatar Airways won for the seventh time.<\/p>\n
Skytrax is based in the UK and is an airline and airport review and ranking site. It has been running the awards since 1999.<\/p>\n
In naming the top 100, it said in a press release that the top 40 airlines in 2022 reflect a number of changes from earlier year ratings, and Skytrax attribute part of this to the varying operational levels of some airlines due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions during the period of the customer survey. <\/p>\n
Chinas borders effectively still remain closed due to their Covid zero policy which has meant very few international flights being operated for the last 2 years.<\/p>\n
Skytrax top 10 airlines for 2022 (last years position in brackets)<\/p>\n
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30. Air New Zealand (20)<\/p>\n
57. Jetstar (56)<\/p>\n
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