World aviation classification
Swiss falls outside the top 10 of the best airlines
The Swiss Company fell back to 11e Place of the prestigious records, dominated by Asian carriers. She consoles herself with a 3e position at European level.
The Swiss airline loses its place in the world top 10 in the Skytrax ranking, backing to 11th position.
Silas Zindel
- The Swiss airline loses its place in the world top 10, backing down 11e position.
- Qatar Airways maintains its first place ahead of Singapore Airlines in the Skytrax ranking.
- Asian companies largely dominate the ranking with seven out of ten places.
- The SkyTrax evaluation is based on the opinions of thousands of passengers of 100 different nationalities.
It is undoubtedly a little heartbreak for Swiss. The British firm Skytrax revealed its annual ranking of the best airlines in the world at the Bourget Fair in Paris. Swiss International Air Lines With its full name, Satellite company of Lufthansa and nevertheless Swiss national company, leaves the top 10.
While she was ranked 10e In 2024, the Swiss company was therefore demoted to 11e position in the 2025 ranking. A classification also remarkably dominated by Asian companies, since, apart from Turkish Airlines, in 6e Position – and classified among European companies, although the country is straddling Europe and Asia -, and Air France, ranked 8ethe rest of the top ten companies come from the Asian continent.
Asian domination
Thus, Qatar Airways retains its title, as well as its runner -up, Singapore Airlines. In third position, it is Cathay Pacific Airways, the flagship company of Hong Kong, which rises on the podium after a 5e place in 2024.
Swiss will be able to console himself by boasting of being on the podium of the best companies in Europe. Classified 3e Regional behind Turkish Airlines and Air France, the company is ahead of British Airways and Lufthansa, its parent company.
Also for low-cost airlines
This Asian domination also extends into the low cost category, since the three best companies are also Asian there. The Malays of Airasia win the palm for the sixteenth year in a row, followed by the Singaporeans of Scoot and the Indians of Indigo. Easyjet is just among the best by occupying the 10e place of this ranking.
There too, Lufthansa achieves good performance, since its low cost subsidiary of Eurowings is placed in 4e position.
Classification established by passengers
This classification of Skytrax will be noted that it is established according to the judgment of the passengers who participate in the group’s surveys, which is completely independent financially and ethically the rest of the sector.
After a first ranking established in 1999, the organization celebrated its 25e Edition by boasting of the participation of several thousand passengers of more than 100 different nationalities giving their opinion on 325 different airlines. The list of criteria to be judged is on the page of survey methodology of the consultant’s site.
It remains to be hoped that Swiss will be able to reissue the good performances of 2022 and 2024 by rising in the top 10 of the best companies in the world. Maybe using his New luxury cabins?
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