World's top 10 airlines announced

Who doesn't love a good Top 10 list? Here's one of my favourites: the top 10 airlines in the world, according to the Skytrax World Airline Awards.

Given I'm jumping on a Qatar flight from one end of the world to the other with then in a few weeks, I'm pretty happy to see Qatar top of the list - it's hard to miss that all three major Middle Eastern airlines made the Top 10. And I did well with Australian pride to see Qantas just managed to make the list, and Turkish Airlines deserves a gong just for its food alone. Perhaps it was the Hello Kitty planes that put Taiwan's Eva Air up there (with Hello Kitty painted on the outside, the inside, on the cushions, embossed on the loo paper).

1   Qatar Airways

2   Singapore Airlines

3   Cathay Pacific Airways

4   Turkish Airlines

5   Emirates

6   Etihad Airways

7   ANA All Nippon Airways

8   Garuda Indonesia

9   EVA Air

10 Qantas Airways 

If budget is your bag, then AirAsia was again voted the world's best low-cost airline (and I've had genuinely cheap and fantastic flights with them), and Garuda Indonesia had the best cabin staff (hmm, this one is hit and miss, but this is not the first time Garuda has taken this award).

To read more, see http://www.worldairlineawards.com/