Qatar Airways (QA) has won three of top awards at the 2014 Skytrax World Airline Awards, the national carrier said Tuesday.
QA won the World's Best Business Class award for the second year in a row and third overall. Best Airline in the Middle East for the eighth time, and Best Business Class Airline Lounge for the second time consecutively.
The carrier finished runner-up in the Airline of the Year category.
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said, "Qatar Airways is focused on providing the best quality product and service for our passengers, and we are very proud to have Skytrax recognise our airline, our people and our products via these awards. We strive to set the highest standards in the global airline industry and our young fleet helps us deliver the finest five-star service in the sky." Skytrax is acknowledged as the only truly global, independent aviation industry monitor.
Results of the 2014 World Airline Awards are derived from millions of passenger surveys involving travellers from 160 different countries.
QA is a core part of the Farnborough Air Show 2014 in the UK. It has put on display three aircraft – the Airbus A350, A320 and a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The A350 is featuring in the flying display, while the latter two are on static display.
The State of Qatar’s national airline, has seen rapid growth in just 17 years of operations. Today it flies a modern fleet of 134 aircraft to 144 business and leisure destinations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America.