SIA reclaims world’s best airline title, AirAsia takes low-cost honours

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has been named the world's best airline in the latest Skytrax rankings, reclaiming the title from Qatar Airways.

This marks SIA's sixth win in the history of the World Airline Awards, with additional accolades for best airline in Asia and best economy class.

Meanwhile, AirAsia maintained its position as the world's best low-cost carrier for the 17th consecutive year.

The rankings were based on a survey of over 24.8 million travelers from various nationalities.

Despite delays in rolling out new seats, SIA continues to enhance its offerings and has achieved record financial performance in the 2025/26 year.

SINGAPORE, Sept 19 — Singapore Airlines (SIA) has reclaimed the title of the world’s best airline, while Malaysia’s AirAsia retained its crown as the world’s best low-cost carrier in the latest Skytrax rankings.

SIA displaced Qatar Airways, which topped the 2025 rankings, while Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways, Japan’s ANA All Nippon Airways and Turkish Airlines rounded out the top five, The Straits Times reported today.

The win is SIA’s sixth in the history of the World Airline Awards, with its previous victory coming in 2023.

The Singapore carrier finished second behind Qatar Airways in 2025.

For Malaysian travellers, AirAsia’s showing provides a regional talking point, with the carrier named the world’s best low-cost airline for a record 17th consecutive year, while SIA’s low-cost subsidiary Scoot retained the world’s best long-haul low-cost airline title for a sixth straight year.

The rankings are based on a Skytrax survey conducted from September 2025 to August 2026, involving more than 24.8 million travellers from more than 100 nationalities who rated more than 300 airlines.

SIA also won the awards for best airline in Asia, world’s best economy class and world’s best economy class onboard catering, while finishing second behind Cathay Pacific for the world’s best cabin crew.

SIA chief executive officer Goh Choon Phong said the award reflected the dedication and professionalism of the airline’s staff and thanked customers for their continued trust and support.

“We are grateful to our customers for their trust and support, and we are committed to delivering an exceptional, world-class travel experience every time they fly with us,” he was quoted as saying by the Singapore newspaper.

SIA Group recorded its highest-ever revenue of S$20.5 billion (RM64.6 billion) in the 2025/26 financial year, while SIA and Scoot carried a record 42.2 million passengers between April 2025 and March 2026.

The carrier is also preparing to introduce new first- and business-class seats on its Airbus A350-900 fleet, although the rollout has been delayed to the first quarter of 2027.

The new seats were initially scheduled to debut in the second quarter of 2026 and were also intended for Boeing’s 777-9 aircraft, whose production has faced delays.

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在最新的 Skytrax 排名中，新加坡航空公司 (SIA) 被评为世界最佳航空公司，从卡塔尔航空公司手中夺回了这一头衔。

这是新加坡航空在世界航空奖历史上第六次获奖，此外还获得了亚洲最佳航空公司和最佳经济舱的荣誉。

与此同时，亚洲航空连续第17年保持了全球最佳低成本航空公司的地位。

该排名基于对来自不同国家的超过 2480 万名旅行者的调查。

尽管新座位的推出有所延迟，但新加坡航空仍在不断提升其产品和服务，并在 2025/26 年度取得了创纪录的财务业绩。

新加坡，9 月 19 日——在最新的 Skytrax 排名中，新加坡航空公司 (SIA) 重夺世界最佳航空公司的称号，而马来西亚亚洲航空则继续保持其世界最佳低成本航空公司的桂冠。

据《海峡时报》今日报道，新加坡航空取代卡塔尔航空位居2025年排名榜首，而香港国泰航空、日本全日空航空和土耳其航空则位列前五。

这是新加坡航空在世界航空奖历史上第六次获奖，上一次获奖是在 2023 年。

2025年，新加坡航空公司排名第二，仅次于卡塔尔航空公司。

对于马来西亚旅客来说，亚航的表现成为了一个区域性的热门话题，该航空公司连续第 17 年被评为全球最佳低成本航空公司，创下纪录；而新加坡航空的低成本子公司酷航则连续第六年蝉联全球最佳长途低成本航空公司的称号。

该排名基于 Skytrax 从 2025 年 9 月到 2026 年 8 月进行的一项调查，该调查涉及来自 100 多个国家的 2480 多万名旅客，他们对 300 多家航空公司进行了评分。

新加坡航空还获得了亚洲最佳航空公司、世界最佳经济舱和世界最佳经济舱机上餐饮奖，同时在世界最佳客舱乘务员评选中位列第二，仅次于国泰航空。

新加坡航空公司首席执行官吴俊峰表示，该奖项体现了航空公司员工的奉献精神和专业精神，并感谢客户一直以来的信任和支持。

据新加坡报纸报道，他表示：“我们感谢客户的信任和支持，我们致力于每次都为他们提供卓越的世界级旅行体验。”

新加坡航空集团在 2025/26 财年创下有史以来最高的收入纪录，达到 205 亿新元（646 亿令吉）。同时，新加坡航空和酷航在 2025 年 4 月至 2026 年 3 月期间运送了创纪录的 4220 万名乘客。

该航空公司还准备在其空客 A350-900 机队上推出新的头等舱和商务舱座椅，尽管推出时间已推迟到 2027 年第一季度。

新座椅最初计划于 2026 年第二季度推出，也计划用于波音 777-9 飞机，但该机型的生产遭遇了延误。

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